DISQUS

The Eagle-Tribune: Ryder's contract makes no sense

  • idov · 1 year ago
    As a Ranger fan I was hoping we'd get Ryder to replace the departing Jagr. We got Zherdev, so can't complain. But I remember one game last year. Rangers led 5-0 in the second period and it was because of Ryder's sensational effort that the Habs won in the shootout 6-5. You had to see it to believe it. He got the first two goals and then set up the fourth. If Julien can light a fire under him to play like that consistently, he'll get his 30 goals.
  • HabsFan · 1 year ago
    I remember the comeback game and loved every minute of it (as a die hard Habs fan)! Yeah, so Ryder is a -24 career. What EVERYONE fails to mention is, he had ONE really bad year where he was a -25. But what everyone fails to mention is that the same year, we had Koivu (-21), Souray (-28),Kovalev (-19), Latendresse (-20) and the team overall was a -166. It was just a bad year for the Habs, without it Ryder is a +1. I'm not saying that he doesn't deserve to be a -24 as he did have that bad year, I'm just showing how one bad season can make someone look worse than they actually are!