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Originally Posted by dissentowner
In no universe is Raymond better than Ferland or Jooris. How exactly has Raymond played better recently? By getting undeserved ice time and skating fast? Even Bollig brings at least something that is contributing to the team when he is dressed. Mason Raymond is useless, he needs to be waived.
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I think that Raymond is better than Jooris in this universe at this time. Raymond is just as fast but more skilled. I liked Jooris' game last season but this year he looked like nothing more than a checker who takes way too many penalties. I also don't see any players that Jooris has chemistry with. Raymond's been pretty good recently when playing with Backlund and Frolik. He had a really solid game against San Jose (including a great shift on that Backlund goal with all the passes where he caused two turnovers on the forecheck), played well against Chicago, and even last night he got a few chances. I don't mind Raymond's game recently at all, he's been adequate and certainly not the worst forward on the team during this homestand.
I'll grant you that Ferland is probably better since he brings so much more physically and neither player is producing much in the way of points. I'll just leave the Bollig issue alone since I have never appreciated him as a player and whatever it is that other people like about his game, I'm not seeing it.
On the topic, I would definitely agree that Granlund has outplayed any of the players mentioned and that it would be a mistake and completely inconsistent with the stated philosophy of the team if he were sent down.