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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Absolutely no way the Flames take that risk. 0.0% chance Lazar is unprotected. The Flames will do fine without Ferland. He's been great lately on the first line but really he's only had to look better than Chaisson who was a waiver wire player last year. He's almost 25 and is probably as good as he's ever going to be. It would be nice to keep him but I don't think Treliving will lose much sleep as he's let go guys like Byron, Colborne, etc when push comes to shove.
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Ferland is, and has been, a much much better NHLer than Lazar already. In no way do you risk losing MF to protect CL...just isnt happening. The room he has figured out how to create for Monahan and Gaudreau is invaluable and actually was what kickstarted the resurgence for both of them. BT isnt forgetting that anytime soon.
Lazar is a project at this point...totally unkown whether or not he will succeed.
Ferland is the RW on one of the best lines in hockey of late.
Its blatently obvious who would stay and who would go if it came down to picking one.