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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Monahan is a nice player but as has been said in this thread he's no Crosby or Malkin and Conner Sheary scored 23 goals/53 points and happens to be the exact same age as Ferland. I know you love to bring up that Ferland got off to a late start to his career but that doesn't really matter in a sport where peak performance is tied to physical age regardless of if you started paying at 6 years old or 14 years old. Even if he progresses to say 20 goals and 35 points (being realistic not pie in the sky) that's not ideal production for a first line winger. Flames have five years left with Gaudreau on the roster and it would be a shame to waste those years with makeshift line mates.

If Ferland scores 20 goals and 35 points AND continues to beat everyone up, I'll take that over Sheary everyday. I think the physical element is what some fans are missing about Ferland, there's a lot of value there and for the Flames that value went up 10 fold with the loss of Engelland. I guarantee there's lots of interest in Ferland from other teams. I'd be shocked if Tre traded him and more shocked if Burke allowed it.