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Jason Blake will sign a 10 year extension with the Ducks. Just fucking with ya Blitty.

You forgot this one.

Byfuglien, along with D Brent Sopel, F Ben Eager and F Akim Aliu, are heading to Atlanta in exchange for the Thrashers' first round pick (24th overall) in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, the 54th pick, and forwards Marty Reasoner, Jeremy Morin, and Joey Crabb.

Atlanta got fleeced big time in this deal.

Byfuglien is basically a mid tiered power forward who can also play D. They guy is not a 25 - 30 goal power forward
 
He won't get more than $5 Million on the open market David. I say he's worth $4 - $4.5 Mil max.

Dustin Penner got a 4 mil per offer sheet, and he wasn't/isn't nearly as good as Ryan.

Look at Vanek and his 7 mil/per contract.

Bobby Ryan is going to be a star in this league for a while. Plenty of teams would love to build their team around him and would be happy to cough up $6mil/per to do so.

Considering this free agent class is fairly weak, a team that needs scoring help will overpay for Ryan. He may be WORTH 4-4.5 mil, but his worth will be dictated by the market, and he WILL get more than 5 if he doesn't work something out with the Ducks.
 
Offer sheets are usually higher to prevent the "home " team from matching.

Don't get me wrong. I think Ryan is a good player, but I think his demands are out of whack right now. I think he just wants out.

Exactly. And since Ryan is an RFA, someone will pay extra for his services, I think.

I still don't think it means he wants out. Just means he wants to get paid what he feel he deserves. I always greatly appreciate when players sign for hometown discounts, but I can appreciate a guy wanting to get paid well.