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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Ferland needs a coach like Mike Keenan. When Roenick passed up an opportunity to finish his check, Keenan grabbed him around the neck, leaned down and told him that if he does that again, he will not play him.
I suspect that the feel good story of Ferly's adversity last year has bought him some extra rope with the coaching staff.
Players who can do little things right but not be an impact player are a dime a dozen. That is what Ferly is until he can figure out what he can bring consistently and then deliver.
He had 6 G in 25 GP in the AHL then 7 in 32. Glencross was great than point per game in Syracuse before coming up. Even Glencross's late trajectory puts him as an outlier and he also showed more than Ferly at the AHL level.
This is an emotional argument from folks expecting an impact winger.
Never say never, but nothing points to him suddenly becoming something consistently, that he showed he was for one playoff series.
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Yep, I agree with that pretty much. That's why I was so shocked when people in the Ferland Contract talks thread kept saying Ferly would be foolish to accept a multiyear deal. He should accept a 1 year deal, then collect a major payday after that deal.
It seemed like that was the majority opinion. A minority of guys said that if the club offers a multiyear deal, Ferly should jump at the chance. He's not an impact player (yet) nor does he have the high end skill to be a hard negotiator like that and turn down multi year offers. Ferly was smart to accept a 2-year deal and it was a smart deal for the Flames too. It'll give them time to see what Ferly actually is, and in my mind, he's forever a bottom 6 energy guy. And there's nothing wrong with that.