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Originally Posted by burnitdown
Yeah, don't get me wrong. Not saying they're having bad years by any means...and injuries definitely had an affect on Ferland's season...but when this poll was done, I know we were hopeful Bennett would be in the mix for the Calder and Ferland would be a fixture in the top 6 playing like he did in the playoffs.
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Yeah I can see why some thought Bennett might be further along. The point of the poll wasn't who would be best the fastest though. Bennett IMO may still end up our #1 centre ahead of Monahan or he'll give us an insane 1-2 punch on LW with Johnny. Personally I like the idea of Ferland-Bennett as a combo, with Gaudreau-Monahan another combo.
As for Ferland I think power forwards usually take a while to develop. Ferland just looks better and better all the time. Hoping his play from the playoffs would exactly translate was probably a bit optimistic. But the sky is still the limit for him and that's why I voted him extremely high this summer. He can be a top two line power forward easily in the long run.
Poirier has been slightly disappointing and obviously the Gillies injury is annoying. Ortio did disappoint so far but there's lots of time for him to turn his season around.