Untitled Page

Bobby Ryan News & Rumors

Bobby Ryan's second goal of game gives Bruce Boudreau his first Ducks win
December 7
Los Angeles Times
 
"Never has a victory in December been so important to Bruce Boudreau as the Ducks' dramatic 3-2 triumph over the Kings Tuesday at Honda Center. In each of his first two games since he replaced Randy Carlyle as the Ducks' coach his team built and squandered a 2-0 lead and lost. The Ducks followed that pattern Tuesday until a shot by Bobby Ryan following a faceoff in the Kings' zone caromed off defenseman Drew Doughty and popped beyond the reach of Jonathan Quick with 48.8 seconds left. "It's not the Cup," Boudreau said, "but it felt pretty good, there's no doubt.""
Will Ducks trade Ryan after all?
December 3
Courier-Post
 
"Bobby Ryan had been thinking he might be moving a lot closer to home real soon. The Anaheim Ducks star right wing and pride of Cherry Hill was on the trading black, and if you believed all the gossip, the 24-year-old sniper possibly was headed to the rival New York Rangers or Buffalo Sabres, not the Flyers, as nice as he'd look in orange and black. But following a few days of hot rumors, everything apparently changed late Wednesday night when the Ducks made a much different big move by firing long-time coach Randy Carlyle. "Let's see what happens now because Randy and Bobby butted heads quite often," NBC hockey analyst Pierre McGuire said. "Maybe Bobby Ryan no longer is on the market"
Ducks' Ryan 'wouldn't be surprised' by trade to Rangers
December 1
New York Post
 
"Ducks winger Bobby Ryan said Tuesday he "wouldn't be surprised" if he were traded, possibly to the Rangers. Ryan told the Orange County Register, "If they feel like the Ducks are going to get better and I'm going to get a chance to play somewhere else, I guess I would. But I'm certainly not thinking about it day in and day out." Rangers general manager Glen Sather has been in touch with Ducks counterpart Bob Murray regarding the availability of the 24-year-old power winger. "At any time if we get offered a deal on any player that makes this team better, we would have to take a long, hard look at that," Murray told the newspaper."
Ducks' Ryan knows he might be the one to go
November 30
Orange County Register
 
"Bobby Ryan is fully aware that he is front and center in the trade rumor mill as the Ducks try to keep their season from going down the drain. As speculation intensifies that he could be included in a possible blockbuster deal, the perennial 30-goal scorer said that he would not be shocked if the Ducks were to move him. "I wouldn't be surprised," Ryan told the Register on Tuesday. "That's all I'll say about that." The Ducks are 6-13-4 and have lost 16 of their past 18 games to fall to 14th place in the Western Conference. A trade of Ryan, who has 112 goals in three-plus seasons, would present a major shake-up for a disappointing, stagnant team."
Ducks' Ryan has funny feeling about this
June 19
Orange County Register
 columnist Jeff MIller
"He is conducting an interview. His team's season has been over for seven weeks. He's on a golf course. He's in Idaho, at a place so remote that he has to stand next to the clubhouse just to acquire sufficient cell reception. The subject: This hockey player's latest project ... as an actor. Yes, Bobby Ryan's popularity continues to grow with his game, his Q score more like multiple scores — a Q hat trick. He no longer can escape fame, this guy, in terms of time or distance. A skunk would have more luck shaking its scent. "I try to embrace the opportunities as much as I can," the Ducks forward says. "Maybe I do have a future in it in some capacity. But I'm definitely not going to be an"
Bobby Ryan, a winger on Ducks' top line, is suspended for two games by NHL
April 17
Los Angeles Times
 
"Ducks forward Bobby Ryan claimed he said he was sorry on the ice, after stomping on the foot of Nashville defenseman Jonathon Blum late in Friday night's game. "He shoved me," was Blum's response, according to Ryan. Ryan got another push Saturday — out the door. The NHL handed him a two-game suspension for what Colin Campbell, the league's senior vice president of hockey operations, called "reckless and dangerous" actions. "I don't agree with it, but there's not much to be said," Ryan said. "I don't think [it warranted] a two-game suspension. But it's [the league's] call. Now, I'll be a good teammate and move forward." The suspension will cost the Ducks one of their best players in a"
Ducks' Bobby Ryan questionable for Saturday's game
April 2
Los Angeles Times
 
"Forward Bobby Ryan is optimistic but not sure he will be able to play in the Ducks' game at San Jose on Saturday after taking a knee-on-knee hit from Flames defenseman Mark Giordano near the end of the Ducks' 4-2 victory at Calgary on Wednesday, a team spokesman said. The Ducks had Thursday off and practiced Friday, but Ryan didn't participate in the full session. Ryan, the left wing on the top line with Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry, is second on the team in goals with 33 and fourth in points with 66. He's expected to skate Saturday morning to test the knee to see if he's comfortable enough to play. The Sharks rank second in the West with 99 points, and the Ducks are seventh, with 93"
Ryan, Ducks shoot down Red Wings in OT
March 3
Orange County Register
 
"One of these years there might be such a thing as a nice, clean Ducks-Detroit game with few penalties. Maybe by then the Ducks will discover what it's like to play the Red Wings without watching much of the game from the penalty box. That might be exaggerating things, but the Ducks seemingly broke new ground by giving Detroit nine power plays Wednesday night yet emerging with a 2-1 overtime victory in front of a boisterous 15,098 at Honda Center. Bobby Ryan scored on a penalty shot at 2:50 of overtime, but the Ducks special teams helped them grab two points to pull one point from a playoff spot in the Western Conference. The Ducks killed five power plays in the first 25 minutes, a"
Ducks' Ryan leads offensive outburst with hat trick
January 13
Orange County Register
 
"Bobby Ryan has always tended to score goals in bunches, which can be good and bad for the Ducks over time. But it was all good for Ryan on this particular evening against St. Louis. Three more goals by Ryan on Wednesday night gave him his second hat trick this season and it powered the Ducks to a 7-4 victory over the Blues at Honda Center to close out a critical homestand that saw them take five of six. As cold as he was in December, Ryan has suddenly turned it on in January as he has scored six times during the Ducks' current three-game winning streak. "I certainly wasn't hot for quite some time," said Ryan, who's got 21 goals for the season. "To be on the other side of things and have"
Ducks' Ryan celebrating the new year
January 11
Orange County Register
 
"No player probably wanted the New Year to come more than the Ducks' Bobby Ryan, who has put a horrid December behind him in style. Ryan scored the only goal in the Ducks' 1-0 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday night, and the club's new No. 1 center has three goals in his past two games. How bad was his December? Ryan had three goals and three assists in 15 games - and that's counting scores Dec. 1 against Florida and on New Year's Eve against Philadelphia. So is Ryan's slump officially over? "Let's hope so," he said. "I'm not going to try and get too far ahead of myself. We'll take tomorrow (off), let it go and then I'll come in and try and get better. "I've been more disappointed"
Ducks' Ryan celebrating the new year
January 10
Orange County Register
 
"No player probably wanted the New Year to come more than the Ducks' Bobby Ryan, who has put a horrid December behind him in style. Ryan scored the only goal in the Ducks' 1-0 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday night, and the club's new No. 1 center has three goals in his past two games. How bad was his December? Ryan had three goals and three assists in 15 games - and that's counting scores Dec. 1 against Florida and on New Year's Eve against Philadelphia. So is Ryan's slump officially over? "Let's hope so," he said. "I'm not going to try and get too far ahead of myself. We'll take tomorrow (off), let it go and then I'll come in and try and get better. "I've been more disappointed"
Ryan's December drought continues
December 27
Orange County Register
 
"Bobby Ryan's numbers for the Ducks - 14 goals and 27 points - are respectable enough, but look beneath the surface and you'll find a winger who has come up dry in December. Ryan has just two goals and three assists with just two games left in the month, facts that Ducks coach Randy Carlyle readily pointed out Sunday in a clear attempt to get his two-time 30-goal scorer going. "Bobby Ryan is, I would say, in a slump," Carlyle said. "(He) has got to take some responsibility in providing some offense, too. He's got over 20 minutes a game played, and bottom line is we need more than what he's given." The sharp critique of his play didn't blindside Ryan as he said he has heard it straight from"
Ducks' scoring line tows workload
December 13
Orange County Register
 
"Bobby Ryan used an opponent's stick to score a goal and then taunted him with it. Corey Perry enjoyed a career night although his face paid a price for it. Ryan Getzlaf had a chance at a hat trick but decided to let his running mate enjoy the spoils. It was quite a Sunday night for the Ducks' big line, which imposed its will from the first shift of the game through its last in a 6-2 rout of the Minnesota Wild at Honda Center. The power trio of Ryan, Perry and Getzlaf put on a display that showed what the three can do at the peak of their powers. Perry's first career three-goal game powered the second five-point night for the gritty winger in his six NHL seasons. "It's pretty cool," Perry"
Ducks are mad about Ryan
November 6
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
 
"Five years and one pingpong ball later, Sidney Crosby and Bobby Ryan play hockey in opposite ends of the country but remain forever linked by the 2005 NHL draft lottery. Crosby's star has been detectable since Day 1. While Ryan doesn't figure to ever reach Crosby's status, his emergence as a top-tier NHL player is undeniable. The top two picks of the 2005 draft met Friday night at Honda Center, and the duo has a clear admiration for each other ? even if neither spends time pondering what might have been. "Not really anymore," Ryan said. "I thought about it maybe three, four years ago, but not now." Ryan's career has taken off in the past three seasons. He scored 31 goals in only 64 games"
Ryan takes point on power play
September 24
Orange County Register
 
"If preseason is a time for experimentation, the Ducks are putting on their white laboratory coats with Bobby Ryan. After moving him from left wing to center, the team unveiled a new wrinkle Thursday when it put Ryan at the point position on the power play. The idea is to utilize Ryan's ability to shoot and find teammates. It might not stick, but Coach Randy Carlyle clearly isn't afraid to move pieces around and might try it when the team opens a two-game exhibition trip tonight at San Jose. "I think when you have skilled players, and he's one of our most skilled players, we think it would be foolish not to put him in as many offensive situations as possible," Carlyle said. Ryan played that"
Ryan center of attention at Ducks' camp
September 19
Orange County Register
 
"Change was in the air at Anaheim Ice on Saturday as an overflow crowd of hockey fans gathered to bid goodbye to a long summer and watch the Ducks open their training camp in a period of transition. There were old faces such as Teemu Selanne and Todd Marchant, recognizable faces such as Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry and new faces such as Andy Sutton and Paul Mara. And there were fresh faces Cam Fowler and Emerson Etem. But the biggest thing to come out of Day One of camp was Coach Randy Carlyle's proclamation that he's going to use reigning top goal scorer Bobby Ryan in the middle and form three scoring lines. Ryan has lined up on either wing exclusively dating back to junior hockey. "I"
Ducks' Ryan brought sides together
September 15
Orange County Register
 
"Months ago, it was fine for Bobby Ryan to wait and see what was possible heading into his first big contract. And if it meant drawing a hard line at times with the Ducks in negotiations, then so be it. Training camp eventually appeared around the corner instead of being off in the distance and with contract talks essentially at a standstill, Ryan decided that it was up to him to find a way to break through the impasse. The club's top young sniper drove both sides back to the table for nearly two weeks of discussions and the payoff was a five-year deal worth $25.5 million that pleased both sides as he signed the contract Tuesday. Negotiations on a long-term extension stalled over the"
Ducks, Ryan officially come to terms
September 15
Orange County Register
 
"The Ducks announced Tuesday that Bobby Ryan has signed a five-year deal expected to be worth $25.5 million. The life of the contract is interesting because it takes Ryan two years beyond the end of the contracts of Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry. It also goes beyond the expiration of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement, by which time Ryan might well be viewed as a bargain. The Ducks can now count on Getzlaf, Perry, Ryan, Jonas Hiller, Lubomir Visnovsky and Toni Lydman for the next three seasons. The agreement came after more than a week of talks that resumed in earnest prior to Labor Day weekend, eliminating the possibility of a large distraction heading into training camp that opens"
Ducks and Bobby Ryan agree to 5 year, $25.5 million deal
September 15
Los Angeles Times
 
"When restricted free agent Bobby Ryan's contract negotiations with the Ducks hit a midsummer snag he decided to take matters into his own hands. Ryan, so eager to stay in Anaheim that he discouraged teams from sending him offer sheets, wanted to hit the free-agent market in 2013 with teammates Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry. The Ducks hoped to avoid that squeeze by securing Ryan for five years — but not for more than Getzlaf will earn. After getting assurances from Getzlaf and Perry that they're happy here, Ryan kick-started talks with Ducks General Manager Bob Murray before Labor Day. The result Tuesday was a five-year $25.5-million contract that will pay Ryan $3.25 million this season and"
Ducks, Ryan agree on five years, $25.5M
September 14
Orange County Register
 
"The Ducks have agreed to a five-year contract with winger Bobby Ryan worth $25.5 million, according to source close to the negotiations who didn't have the authority to announce the deal because it has yet to be made official. The agreement came after more than a week of talks that resumed in earnest prior to Labor Day weekend, eliminating the possibility of a large distraction heading into training camp that opens on Saturday. It is believed that the offer Ryan ultimately accepted was put on the table sometime last week. Ryan has been working out with teammates at Anaheim Ice over the past few weeks."
Ducks' GM Murray talks Ryan, Kariya
August 9
NHL.com
 
"Bob Murray tried to sign Bobby Ryan to a long-term deal earlier this summer, even going so far as publicly revealing the terms of five years and $25 million. He was rebuffed, so now he's going at it in a different way. During a conference call on Monday, Murray told reporters, "There is the Bobby Ryan issue still sitting out there and we're attempting to go at that in a different way in the next couple of days." Asked to clarify, Murray said, "I don't want to comment on contract negotiations, but we're going to try something different and that's all I'm going to say." He was then asked if that means a shorter-term deal, but Murray stood his ground and wouldn't comment. "That has to fall"
Ducks, Ryan at odds
July 19
Orange County Register
 
"Contract length appears to be the major stumbling block in stalled negotiations between the Ducks and winger Bobby Ryan, a restricted free agent. The Ducks have offered him a five-year, $25 million deal, slightly less than $5.3 million average salaries in the contracts signed previously by linemates Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry. The money is fine, but Ryan apparently believes he'll be worth more in the final years of that proposal so he woul prefer a shorter term deal. So why not compromise and offer Ryan three years for $15 million? Sounds like a simple solution, right? Not exactly. On a shorter term, the Ducks would offer Ryan less than $5 million a year because it would not buy out a"
So what's the holdup for Ducks, Ryan?
July 18
Orange County Register
 columnist Randy Youngman
"Spraying to all fields, offering the latest and juiciest grapevine gossip: Why hasn't first-line Ducks winger Bobby Ryan accepted the Ducks' five-year, $25 million offer? Ryan already has said he's not worth more than linemates Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry, both of whom earn an average of $5.3 million a year, so what's the hold-up? Is Ryan's agent trying get another team to make a bigger offer to the restricted free agent, forcing the Ducks to match? My guess is Ryan believes he'll be worth more than $5 million in the final years of the contract, so he would prefer to sign for, say, only three years."
All quiet now between Ducks and Ryan
July 17
Orange County Register
 
"For those who are looking for some kind of news of the negotiations between the Ducks and Bobby Ryan, well there's … nothing. The two sides, who appear to be at a legitimate stalemate, are playing it cool for now as Ryan's lead Newport Sports Management agent, Don Meehan, said in an e-mail to the Register that there have been "no discussions" since Ducks GM Bob Murray revealed the winger turned down reported contract offers of five years and $25 million and four years and $18.6 million. Murray said last week that there was "nothing new to report" with the situation, which is among the lingering issues that the Ducks are dealing with. He has had regular conversations with Teemu Selanne,"
Murray: Ryan turned down five years, $25M
July 2
Orange County Register
 
"Sounding like he is growing increasingly frustrated with the negotiations, Ducks GM Bob Murray said on Thursday that he's "done for a while" after his latest contract offer to winger Bobby Ryan was turned down. In a conference call to announce the signings of center Saku Koivu and defenseman Toni Lydman, Murray revealed that he sweetened his previous offer to a flat five-year deal worth $25 million and said it was rejected. "We went to five years at $5 million a year, thinking that after what I heard him say last week that it would be very close," Murray said. "We offered him a four-year deal at a lower number and they flat out turned that down as quick as you can say whatever you want to"
Rumor of Ryan extension goes nowhere
June 26
Orange County Register
 
"A rumor of Bobby Ryan re-signing with the Ducks spread quickly throughout the press table sometime early in the proceedings of the NHL entry draft at Staples Center but it was quickly debunked. ESPN.com's Pierre LeBrun tweeted that Ducks GM Bob Murray and Ryan's agent, Don Meehan, quashed the rumor and Meehan also confirmed that there's no deal in place in an e-mail to the Register. "No truth to it," Meehan said. "We haven't talked in the last two weeks." Ryan also replied in a text message that he was unaware of any agreement. The difference between the sides has been revealed when Murray said he offered the winger a four-year deal worth between $20-25 million while Ryan has said"
Ducks push Ryan to get more 'involved'
April 4
Orange County Register
 
"Six games without a point might not be a cause for concern for some players but it's much different when you're the team's leading goal scorer and it's third-leading point producer overall. Until he assisted on Saku Koivu's tying goal in regulation Friday night against Vancouver, Ducks left wing Bobby Ryan went that long without a point. But it was his ineffectiveness and lack of scoring chances that's really set off the alarm bells. "I think it's just a lull," said Ryan, who has 31 goals. "When things aren't getting to you or the pucks aren't really finding you and your shots aren't kind of hitting the net, it's tough. You just kind of try to stay with it. Get back to basics. Whether it's"
U.S. rides Ryan express past Switzerland
February 17
Orange County Register
 
"This Olympic hockey tournament ends in 11 days. By then Ron Wilson hopes he's learned all the names. "Too many damn Ryans," the U.S. coach said. "I yell Ryan and five guys turn around. I'm going to have to find out what their nicknames are. If someone doesn't have one, make one up." He can start with this reminder: There's only one Bobby. The Americans were struggling with the Swiss today - they're great in the neutral zone, you know - in Game 1 of the competition. But then Bobby Ryan and linemate David Backes went to the sideboards to free up pucks. After Ryan did it, he skated immediately to center, to see if he could scavange anything that came loose."
Full disclosure lets Ryan keep focus on hockey
February 16
Orange County Register
 
"Bobby Ryan never has run from his yesterdays. They insist on chasing him anyway. The official Olympic biographies are normally terse: Sven Svensen, 28, Norway, ski jumper, Oslo. That type of thing. But Ryan's official Olympic biography recites chapter and verse on his childhood ordeal. It's the story that followed him through junior hockey and into the NHL. It did so primarily because he told it himself. "There's certainly no skeletons in my closet," Ryan said Monday, when the U.S. team convened at the arena for its first practice. The Cliff's Notes version: Bob Stevenson beat up his wife, Melody, one night in Cherry Hill, N.J. and fled to California before his trial date. Melody and"
Bobby Ryan will more than likely stay in Anaheim
February 1
Los Angeles Times
 (scroll down)
"Murray also deflated persistent rumors that speculate he will trade winger Bobby Ryan, who is eligible for restricted free agency after this season. "Unequivocally I have not talked to anybody about trading him," Murray said. "Anybody I talk to I gave a list of people I'm not going to trade, and he's one of them.""
Ducks' Ryan could face discipline
January 15
Orange County Register
 
"The NHL may take a further look at a hit Ducks winger Bobby Ryan made on Kings forward Oscar Moller in the late stages of the Kings' 4-0 win Thursday and determine whether Ryan be disciplined. Ryan could face a suspension for taking a run at Moller and ramming him into the glass behind the Ducks' net with 7.1 seconds left in the game. He was given a minor penalty for roughing, a five-minute major for charging and a game misconduct. After the game, Ryan said he expects the league will look at the hit but doesn't believe he will be disciplined. "I'd be very surprised," Ryan said. "I coasted for 10 feet before I hit him. I did definitely take some strides in that direction. But I came in and"
Ducks' Ryan 'thrilled' to make Team USA
January 2
Orange County Register
 
"Brian Burke has made a few important telephone calls to Bobby Ryan over the years, and the news he delivered in those conversations has cut both ways. Before the Ducks practiced Friday morning, Burke gave Ryan more life-changing news that the young winger has hoped he would get since he was growing up in southern New Jersey. Ryan, 22, was selected to the 23-man U.S. Olympic men's hockey team that will compete in the Winter Games next month in Vancouver. It's his first such selection and his first international competition since the 2006 World Junior Championships. "I'm thrilled," he said. "It's an unbelievable feeling. It's the dream of any American player to be able to represent his team"
Anaheim's Bobby Ryan comes home
October 11
Philly.com
 
"For Bobby Ryan, last night was a homecoming.Ryan grew up in Cherry Hill and was a Flyers season-ticket holder before moving to California when he was 11. He has dreamed of playing at the Wachovia Center.Last night, he got his wish.Now an emerging winger with the Anaheim Ducks, Ryan played in Philadelphia for the first time in a career that began last season, when he scored 31 goals and was second in rookie-of-the-year voting."It's been a long time to come home and play here before a lot of my friends and my family," said Ryan, 22, who estimated he had close to 150 friends and relatives at the game.Also returning last night: Anaheim right winger Joffrey Lupul and defenseman Luca Sbisa, two"
Ryan's Hope
October 10
Courier-Post
 
"Since he can remember, Bobby Ryan has always wanted to play in the Wachovia Center. "I remember running around my basement in Cherry Hill pretending I was Pelle Eklund," Ryan said Friday, while riding the Anaheim Ducks' team bus to the South Philadelphia sports complex, where he first saw Eklund, Rick Tocchet and Eric Lindros play for the Flyers. "And I loved that old Legion of Doom line," he said. Tonight, the greatest hockey player ever to come out of South Jersey will suit up for the Ducks and skate onto the Wachovia Center ice in front of more than 100 friends and family members. "I'm excited," Ryan said, while riding the bus alongside new Ducks teammate and former Flyers defenseman"