Bobby FING Ryan to Ottawa!!

LeKing wrote:When is Corvo shown around town?

SpezDispenser wrote:http://espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3782270

Wow, that is a nutty story. His name is actually Bobby Stevenson.

SpezDispenser wrote:

LeKing wrote:Guy is asked about contract extensions and his answer is "the organization gave up great young players for you so you wanna reward it"

All in all sounds like just a great guy.

 I love that.  I can't say anything more positive about his character if he follows through with that and re-signs next summer.

Hoags wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

LeKing wrote:Guy is asked about contract extensions and his answer is "the organization gave up great young players for you so you wanna reward it"

All in all sounds like just a great guy.

 I love that.  I can't say anything more positive about his character if he follows through with that and re-signs next summer.

If Eugene has the money and Ryan and his agent follow through on that and don't pull an Alfie/JP Barry then we should be good

I wonder if that means they'll cut Spezza loose as he's up for renewal in the same year.

Hoags wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

LeKing wrote:Guy is asked about contract extensions and his answer is "the organization gave up great young players for you so you wanna reward it"

All in all sounds like just a great guy.

 I love that.  I can't say anything more positive about his character if he follows through with that and re-signs next summer.

If Eugene has the money and Ryan and his agent follow through on that and don't pull an Alfie/JP Barry then we should be good

I wonder if that means they'll cut Spezza loose as he's up for renewal in the same year.

SpezDispenser wrote:If Melnyk holds Spezza back from re-signing...there'll be BIG problems. This isn't an old man, this is the franchise C.

tim1_2 wrote:

Hoags wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

LeKing wrote:Guy is asked about contract extensions and his answer is "the organization gave up great young players for you so you wanna reward it"

All in all sounds like just a great guy.

 I love that.  I can't say anything more positive about his character if he follows through with that and re-signs next summer.

If Eugene has the money and Ryan and his agent follow through on that and don't pull an Alfie/JP Barry then we should be good

I wonder if that means they'll cut Spezza loose as he's up for renewal in the same year.

By "pull an Alfie", do you mean take numerous hometown discounts to stay here before finally leaving?  I hope he does pull an Alfie.

SpezDispenser wrote:
I seriously doubt that.  You build around Methot, Karlsson, Cowen, Spezza, Ryan, Turris, Zibanejad, Lehner.  Then there'll be a couple more added to the 'core' like Lazar and Pageau, but you need to identify exactly who the core is and get things done.

If Melnyk holds Spezza back from re-signing...there'll be BIG problems.  This isn't an old man, this is the franchise C.

tim1_2 wrote:
By "pull an Alfie", do you mean take numerous hometown discounts to stay here before finally leaving?  I hope he does pull an Alfie.

Hoags wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:
I seriously doubt that.  You build around Methot, Karlsson, Cowen, Spezza, Ryan, Turris, Zibanejad, Lehner.  Then there'll be a couple more added to the 'core' like Lazar and Pageau, but you need to identify exactly who the core is and get things done.

If Melnyk holds Spezza back from re-signing...there'll be BIG problems.  This isn't an old man, this is the franchise C.

Who knows how Spezza's back holds up over the next 2 years and if/when he declines in his 30s.  Turris and/or ZIb might progress a lot as well.

Spezza and Ryan will be 2 huge contracts, if they're still on a budget then someone elsewhere might go (Michalek for example) and even then they need to play for upcoming RFAs.

Depending on the state of the budget 2 years from now, there might be some hard choices to make.  Ideally they will try and re-sign them 1 year from now and not have endless speculation in their last year before the contract is up.

tim1_2 wrote:
By "pull an Alfie", do you mean take numerous hometown discounts to stay here before finally leaving?  I hope he does pull an Alfie.

By "pulling an Alfie" I mean only make 1 initial proposal to the team and not call back to negotiate. Only contact your team the night before free agency opens to tell them you are leaving.

tim1_2 wrote:

Hoags wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

LeKing wrote:Guy is asked about contract extensions and his answer is "the organization gave up great young players for you so you wanna reward it"

All in all sounds like just a great guy.

 I love that.  I can't say anything more positive about his character if he follows through with that and re-signs next summer.

If Eugene has the money and Ryan and his agent follow through on that and don't pull an Alfie/JP Barry then we should be good

I wonder if that means they'll cut Spezza loose as he's up for renewal in the same year.

By "pull an Alfie", do you mean take numerous hometown discounts to stay here before finally leaving?  I hope he does pull an Alfie.

Hoags wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:
I seriously doubt that.  You build around Methot, Karlsson, Cowen, Spezza, Ryan, Turris, Zibanejad, Lehner.  Then there'll be a couple more added to the 'core' like Lazar and Pageau, but you need to identify exactly who the core is and get things done.

If Melnyk holds Spezza back from re-signing...there'll be BIG problems.  This isn't an old man, this is the franchise C.

Who knows how Spezza's back holds up over the next 2 years and if/when he declines in his 30s.  Turris and/or ZIb might progress a lot as well.

Spezza and Ryan will be 2 huge contracts, if they're still on a budget then someone elsewhere might go (Michalek for example) and even then they need to play for upcoming RFAs.

Depending on the state of the budget 2 years from now, there might be some hard choices to make.  Ideally they will try and re-sign them 1 year from now and not have endless speculation in their last year before the contract is up.

LeKing wrote:If you guys wanna talk about Alfie create a thread please.
I'm here to jizz about Bobby FING Ryan to Ottawa!!

SpezDispenser wrote:
Bye bye Michalek if need be, promote from within - like Lazar for example.  Not much you can do, if $$ is an issue, you let Michalek walk and use that $$, replacing him with an ELC.  Sucks, because Michalek is one of my favourites, but I know where our bread is buttered and it's with Spezza, Ryan etc.