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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
that's really going out of your way to find an excuse for Johnny.
He is paid to be a front line player that produces. Period.
He is paid to drive the offense on that line.
He wasn't good enough. Not by a long shot.
No need to give him excuses. He just needs to be better.
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Sure,maybe, but not wrong about Ferland. He did nothing last season and caught lightning in a bottle for a few months this year.
Since Hudler left, JG and to a lesser extent Monahan have looked lost at the end of last year and first half of this year as they need that third line mate to keep other teams honest and not just focus on them.
Ferland had a good game 1 but degenerated the rest of the series to the point where he couldn't take a pass properly last night and got switched with Brouwer a few shifts in the third period. As mentioned, yes JG has to take the slack up to be the elite player but it's clear he still needs a reliable other winger to give him that space and extra split seconds he needs to make plays.