Boom: Bollig (relatively speaking of course ) there's a reason Quenville used him for all 82 games one season and a reason Treliving brought him in a character guy.
Bust: Backlund - his production at the end of last year, and has to prove himself to the new coaches whereas he was a Hartley favorite it seemed.
And...boom and bust may be strong words, and it's more just what the relative expectations of those players are.
Agree with others on Ferland. Last chance. I think Bouma has a bounce back year. Hamilton has to play with the confidence we saw near the end of the season, a lot more and not look somewhat intimidated. Bennett was great last year for his age, but hopefully things fall into place for him a bit, you can see him getting frustrated last year when they weren't, and you hope he doesn't get too down because of that. That said, a coach that doesn't yell at him and the team in general a lot of the time might help that situation, too.
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