97.1 the Ticket’s Will Burchfield notes that new Red Wings forward Bobby Ryan decided to sign with the Wings for some very specific reasons:
Bobby Ryan, who signed a one-year deal with Detroit on Friday, said that after he heard from Steve Yzerman in free agency, he had no desire to hear from anyone else.
His mind was already made up.
“While I did still have some other meetings and calls and back-and-forth’s with my agents, my heart just wasn’t in it,” Ryan said on a Zoom call with local media. “Because I had spoken to Steve first, and it was a 45-minute call that just left me with the impression that it was the right fit, without knowing what else was out there. It didn’t feel like it was going to matter. I knew where I wanted to be based on (our) conversation.
“The passion that comes through for the Red Wings, through him, is contagious. I left and walked out of the room and told my wife, ‘I think we’re signing in Detroit.’ I would go through the process like I’m supposed to with everything else, but after the phone call I didn’t feel like I needed to hear anything else from anybody.”
Continued with similar remarks from Dylan Larkin….
? pic.twitter.com/mXBekOGjGz— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) October 9, 2020
Bobby Ryan talked with Steve Yzerman for 45 minutes, left the room and told his wife they were going to Detroit.
“The passion that comes through for the Red Wings, through him, is contagious,” he said. pic.twitter.com/BmNEcXHSS2— Brad Galli (@BradGalli) October 9, 2020
