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Originally Posted by Dion
He will be taking a roster spot that should be going to one of our players down in Abby. I'd like to see someone like Ferland up here for a cup of coffee to see what he can do.
We already have McGrattoan and MacdonaldDermid, how many more enforcers do we need?
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Lane MacDermid if not a typical enforcer, he's got some good defesnive skills, played a lot of PK minutes in juniors, checks hard - a tough to play against individual. Definitely a guy I'd like to keep in our system.
Ferland is not an enforcer, he may be a power-forward in the making. In fact, if there's any winger in our system with power forward abilities, it's Ferland and Poirier (and due to this they're the last guys I'd consider trading)
The very fact that he's a scary fighter does not make him a goon or something - it's just a "nice to have" feature. He's got good wheels and soft hands so IMHO Ferland - Monahan - Baertschi may be an excellent 2nd line one day.
I like what Burke is doing so far.