Selanne reaches out to Ryan

[Jasmine]

http://www.tsn.ca/selanne-reaches-out-to-struggling-ryan-1.383081

[Josh]

Meh, more of the same old. I don't really care to read much more about Ryan's struggles until I'm reading about them being a thing of the past :laugh:

The only thing he really says about what he's doing about all of this is shooting more. But then just prior to that he talks about all his shots being off-target. Rather than throw MORE off-target shots at the net, why doesn't he work on his accuracy or look for another solution? I mean, I haven't seen any stats, but when I watch he's money in the shootout, so this is more of an in-game mentality in my opinion..

[Jasmine]

I saw him doing an interview not long after his arrival in Ottawa and I seem to remember him saying that his style of game is not the Eastern conf..I think it was following a game against the Bruins, where he had a solid game. At the time, the Bruins were probably the team playing the closest style to the Western conf...things that make you go hum...

[Josh]

I saw him doing an interview not long after his arrival in Ottawa and I seem to remember him saying that his style of game is not the Eastern conf..I think it was following a game against the Bruins, where he had a solid game. At the time, the Bruins were probably the team playing the closest style to the Western conf...things that make you go hum...

He really does seem better suited for the West. I hadn't really given that consideration until now, but it's a really good point. Sucks too, because there's no way in hell we will get anything close to what we gave up for him. I think the best we could hope for is a similarly talented player who is similarly struggling. Any moves to the West where the player seems much better suited for the East?