On Sunday, July 29th, 2007 the Habs avoided arbitration by signing Ryder to a one year deal for $2.95 million. It appears to me that the Habs continue to not believe in what Ryder is doing and would rather avoid the potential risk of signing him to a long term contract.
If any other player put up the numbers Ryder has, he would be locked into a long term deal but yet the Habs keep signing him to short term contracts. Once this contract is up, then Ryder will hit the free agent market and look for a 4-5 year deal to give him some security.
By avoiding the risk of signing Ryder to a long term deal and not having him perform up to standards, Montreal assume the risk that Ryder continues his great play and will have to pay much more for his talent.
Regardless, lets all hope the Habs continue upon last season and make some noise in the post season!
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