[Report] Philly's Ristolainen drawing interest

[Coconuts]

Two seasons left on his deal after this season at 5.1M per

 

https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/3141457/report-flyers-ristolainen-garnering-a-ton-of-interest

[DeNiro]

4 minutes ago, Coconuts said:

Two seasons left on his deal after this season at 5.1M per

 

https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/3141457/report-flyers-ristolainen-garnering-a-ton-of-interest

Fits this management and coaches profile.

 

Big rangey D man that can skate and play with a bit of an edge.

 

Rather have Sanheim though.

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 04:36 AM by DeNiro

[Provost]

I was on the Ristolainen train a few years ago.  It turns out, he just isn’t very good.  Maybe an incremental improvement on Myers but at a much bigger cap hit.

 

He is another guy who really should be on a 3rd pairing but doesn’t play well when he has to play higher up.

Edited Wednesday at 04:36 AM by Provost

[canucks curse]

Risto sucks 

[CanuckMan]

No thanks. I think the plan is to actually win games. Have no fear, Allvin will pick someone up eventually. He is not known to sit around for too long. I expect a trade before Valentines Day.

[Hammertime]

Is he an artist? I didn't know he could draw. 

[The Duke]

I’d prefer Risto to Vinny.  With some retention on Risto and Desharnais going the other way, it could be palatable.

 

The cost on that move would be high, though.  And we need a guy to carry the 2nd pair, not a luxury item on the 3rd pair.  
 

Doesn’t seem like a fit.

[DrJockitch]

Good god not this again. 
Guy is big and moves well but is a career loser. Everywhere he goes sucks. Some of that is situation, some of that is teams keep paying this guy big money  to win when he has no idea what that means. 
Please PA stay away. 

Edited Wednesday at 02:17 PM by DrJockitch

[Alflives]

Risto is a dough head. Myers is the far superior player and for a lot less money. Benning, the moron, is gone. Allvin will have no interest in a dough head. 

[Angry Elf]

I agree that Ristolainen is not very good.  Sanheim, on the other hand,  I could get excited about.  Sanheim is also on a very reasonable $6.25 mil contract ending in 2030/31.  I wonder what it would take to get him from Philly?  Obviously a lot.

[Devron]

Oh hell no 

[aGENT]

IMO we should be targeting a long term 2nd pair lefty. Whether that's a pending UFA like Pettersson or Lindgren or even better (though more unlikely) pending RFA like Miller, Romanov etc.

 

If we're targeting a righty, I'd far, FAR prefer Borgen. Risto would just be another, more expensive Myers and not what we really need. But unfortunately with Myers extended, I think our right side "is what it is" until Willander arrives.

[RJCF96]

Need atleast 50% retention to even consider this. He just isn't very good, heck even at 50% retention, you can argue some of our prospects may surpass him in the depth chart within the time frame of this contract.

[Screw]

He is not the defender in Philly I would be looking at.

[tas]

15 hours ago, DeNiro said:

Rather have Sanheim though.

so would philly. 

[Rypien-Punch]

Ristolainen could be a buy low player. his stock is not as high as some of the other names out there like Rasmus Anderson, Marcus Pettersson or Jacob Trouba. 

 

His personality would probably fit in well with Vancouver. Our D coaches could help simplify his game like they did for Myers. He plays a similar style to Myers. 

 

He would be cheaper than the other names listed above to acquire and could help us right now. 

 

If management feels Branstrom Myers is a decent second pair than Soucy Ristolainen on the bottom pair would be ok. We would need to send Desjarnais back in the trade 

 

Edit.  all he really needs to be is better than Juulsen 

Hughes Hronek

Branstrom Myers

Soucy RIstolainen 

Edited Wednesday at 09:32 PM by Rypien-Punch

[Rypien-Punch]

38 minutes ago, Rypien-Punch said:

Ristolainen could be a buy low player. his stock is not as high as some of the other names out there like Rasmus Anderson, Marcus Pettersson or Jacob Trouba. 

 

His personality would probably fit in well with Vancouver. Our D coaches could help simplify his game like they did for Myers. He plays a similar style to Myers. 

 

He would be cheaper than the other names listed above to acquire and could help us right now. 

 

If management feels Branstrom Myers is a decent second pair than Soucy Ristolainen on the bottom pair would be ok. We would need to send Desjarnais back in the trade 

 

Edit.  all he really needs to be is better than Juulsen 

Hughes Hronek

Branstrom Myers

Soucy RIstolainen 

 

 

Or this 

Hughes Ristolainen 

Branstrom Hronek

Soucy Myers 

[Duodenum]

Ristolainen is not a good defender, hard pass. He was bad in Buffalo, now is bad in Philly, he'd be bad on the Canucks as well.

[Bobby James]

Risto has been in trade proposals his whole career and I've never heard anyone praising him in any significant way to justify the 5 million+ cap hit.  

 

I agree we would do better to target other Dmen. 

[JeremyCuddles]

I am just here to see the Jett Woo + 3rd rounder trade offers. I don't agree with Alf very often, but I have to agree Risto lacks a little something between the ears. We already have that guy, his name is Myers.