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Originally Posted by saillias
Those goals do not exist in a vacuum, at the time Hudler was not really producing, Monahan was not producing etc. Now they are, Ferland fills a more important role. Raymond is not a top forward just because he started the season on a hot streak.
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But you can't rely on them every game, there will be games coming up where they struggle as they get matched up against other teams top lines. They are hot at the moment, but they will go through dry spells. Putting a decent sniper like Raymond in at 3 gives us a bit of hidden punch which should get time and space against weaker opposition and alongside Granlund and Byron(maybe Ferland and Byron can rotate on that 3rd line?) I'd fancy him to get some points and get that 3rd line moving again.
Put it this way, this swap doesn't weaken the team. We are playing in the next few imo teams that are more reliant on skill and speed than they are on size and physicality. I think this will add more than it takes away.