Posts About "Derek Ryan"
Flames Find Chemistry with Upgraded Depth
February 22nd, 2019 The National Hockey League is a tough league to win in, with a razor-thin margin between winning and losing. That's doubly so in the second half of the season, when games are often decided by which team makes fewer mistakes. More than ever, it's beneficial for a team to be able to roll four strong lines. A lack of depth was the...
Flames Newcomers Have Mixed Early Results
November 23rd, 2018 Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving was busy this past off-season. After a disappointing 2017-18 campaign that saw his club miss the playoffs, Treliving made several big moves to reconstruct the Flames' roster. Through the first 22 games of the 2018-19 season, the five newcomers he brought into the organization have...
Flames Radically Remake Forward Ranks
July 5th, 2018 The Calgary Flames went into the 2017-18 National Hockey League season with high expectations. Bolstered by the off-season additions of Mike Smith and Travis Hamonic, the team didn't just expect to qualify for the playoffs but to make some noise once they got there. Instead, they missed the post-season by 11 points. These...
Flames sign Ryan and Czarnik
July 1st, 2018 The Calgary Flames have agreed to terms with center Derek Ryan and right wing Austin Czarnik on multi-year deals, per a report from Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman. Per reports, Ryan's deal is for three years with a $3.125 million average annual value, while Czarnik signed for two years with a $1.25 million annual cap hit. Ryan, 31,...
Surging Hurricanes, Struggling Penguins
December 30th, 2017 As the calendar runs out on 2017, the Carolina Hurricanes season really got going in earnest Friday night as they began a deep dive into competition in the Metropolitan Division. The Pittsburgh Penguins came calling for the season's first matchup with the Hurricanes. Raleigh's PNC Arena was packed and loud with 17,975 fans, a fair...
Are the Hurricanes Playoff Ready?
July 7th, 2017 As the dust settles in Raleigh, NC during this NHL offseason, the question rises to the fore, "Are the Carolina Hurricanes Playoff Ready?" Executive Vice-President and General Manager, Ron Francis has been active, axing off loose ends, attending to staffing details and making moves to bring in players that he hopes will make them playoff...
