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Teemu Selanne With Some Advice For Bobby Ryan
by Paul on 10/26/15 at 01:49 PM ET
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from Ian Mendes of TSN,
A text came into Bobby Ryan's phone last week from an NHL legend.
"Just slap the side of that bottle a little bit," it read.
While the message is confusing to an outsider, Ryan knew exactly what it meant.
The text was from Teemu Selanne, who was a mentor for Ryan when the two played together for the Anaheim Ducks. Selanne - who ended his NHL career with 684 goals - used to tell Ryan that goal scoring in the NHL was not unlike dealing with a popular condiment.
"Teemu said it best when he called goal scoring a ketchup bottle. You just got to get one and it will start flowing," Ryan explained on Monday.
"We played so long together and it's nice to see that he's still following me," said Ryan. "He's probably gone through this (slump) - probably not to the same extent as I have the past 40 games or so. But he's a guy that's been through it and a Hall of Famer. It always means a lot."
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