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Originally Posted by GoJetsGo
You were one of a handful of people on this site pretty much writing Ferland off after his first full rookie season because he wasn't playing every game like he did in the Vancouver playoff series a year earlier.
It's already been explained he started hockey much later than most players and he possesses a rare combination of size and physicality along with soft hands good speed.
Those things (especially when combined with his size and rough style of play) are things this organization covets.
There is simply no way they leave him unprotected at this point, especially when he is already many of the things they some day hope Lazar might become. That makes absolutely no sense.
The issue here isn't the group of people you feel are over-rating Ferland's potential. This is black and white: What he is right now is enough that he warrants protection. It's just that simple.
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Except it's not black and white or simple because we don't know if they are going to expose Brouwer. The only thing I think I ever wrote off in regards to Ferland is that he's not a top 6 talent.