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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Way too early in his career to put his ceiling at bottom 6 forward. Are you not watching the kid closely? His hands are actually very soft and he makes some fantastic passes.
I wouldn't trade Ferland for Hayes straight up. I think Ferland could have the better career.
Some of you are seriously underrating Ferland's upside. He has Lucic upside for sure.
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Lucic upside?
Come on man, you've gone off the deep end.
Lucic was a 40 point player in his second year in the league. He was a menacing physical player every night (and not just in one 6 game series) and was fighting some of the toughest guys in the league. He scored 8 goals as a rookie getting rookie-callup minutes. As a 19 year old. Ferland will be 24 by the end of the season.
This is ludicrous hyperbole.
Ferland is a bottom 6 player on one of the worst teams in the NHL and other than a few instances hasn't shown any kind of offensive flair at the NHL level. It is likely he will continue to improve as a player, but until he scores say, 10 goals in a season, he's not going to be a top 6 player, even on a bad team like Calgary.
This is facepalm level hyperbole that I'd expect from Oiler fans about their latest and greatest. Josh Freakin' Jooris has more goals than Ferland THIS YEAR, and has a greater impact physically than Ferland has this season as well. In less games. In Ferland's first 60 games, he has 4 total goals. In Jooris' first 60 games, he had 12, aka, 3x as many. From the fourth line.
I'm seriously embarrassed for some of the posters around here. HF Boards level insight.