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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
He's a dime-a-dozen type of player that some fans tend to glorify due to his contributions against our bitter rival in a playoff series.
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Well, I disagree that (Ferland)'s a dime-a-dozen type of player. Guys with his combination of size, hands, intelligence, and skating are rare, even if we're just talking 3rd liners. Name a comparable and you'll find that player isn't all that similar to Ferland in one way or another. People focus too much on his hitting, he's had some games that were completely impressive where I don't know if he made a hit in them. You look at Kassian, and I point to the idiotic PIMs he's known for. You look at Bouma, I point to the possession that he drives. You look at Byron, I point to the size and shot. You look at Dustin Brown, and I point to the fact that Dustin Brown is the captain of a two-time champion and we'd be ecstatic if Ferland becomes that.
Guys like Drouin are more dime a dozen arguably, other than Drouin's potential (which is different from what he is now). Everybody has an undersized dangling wizard or two that's tweening between the minors and majors.