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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
I have no idea what you're looking at - Ferland is fast. I would argue he's very fast. One of the better skaters on the team, and clearly under-rated I guess.
Fan perception of Ferland is baffling to me. I completely understand the viewpoint that he is what he is and he will never put it all together - I get that (though I disagree).
But the tools are there on public display every night and for some reason, some fans just don't see those tools.
Seriously, the kid can fly.
And it's kind of funny that you compared him to Kassian because Kassian is actually an excellent comparison. Ferland has an almost identical tool set to Kassian, just without the idiocy and the d-bagness.
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Where did I get this from...my eyes, and scouting reports? He simply cannot fly. Decent skater, but I can't emphasize enough that it's not + speed. Coming into the league, any scouting report you read on him indicates "needs to work on skating and foot speed to compete at NHL level".
I've seen him address his quickness to keep up to NHL speed, but nothing more than that. It's an accomplishment in and of itself for someone his side to get where he has.
My god, anything short of a homer-esque blind compliment and you're pinned to the wall around here. I'm a FAN of Ferland, I just won't call him a blazer because he simply isn't.