Coming into this season, Ryan Strome was at a crossroads in his career. He was seeing less usage as a member of the Edmonton Oilers and eventually was shipped to the New York Rangers as a salary dump in early November.
The exchange saw Ryan Spooner head to Edmonton with Strome going to Broadway after Spooner could not match the production he saw in 2018. Nonetheless, the addition of Strome was supposed to be nothing more than adding another bottom-six center to a team with a logjam at center.
Quickly, however, Strome found favor with head coach David Quinn who’s shown he is not afraid to use the 25-year-old in any kind of situation, and Strome has rewarded Quinn with some of the best production in his career.