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Originally Posted by yourbestfriend
Ferland is tied for 12th in goals for LWer's and 5th for RWer's in the league.
He might not be a bonafide top line winger, but he's doing everything expected of him and more.
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Originally Posted by locsofblu
He's filled in ok but I see him time and time again miss wide open chances and make lazy stupid defensve plays which leads me to believe he just doesn't have the hockey iq to be a consistent top line rw.
Also think Gaudreau and Monahan have a lot to do with why Ferlend is barely floating above water on the first line.
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I'm going to go against the grain here and say that it's actually Monahan at the moment who is making Ferland look bad in the offensive zone.
Last night, Monahan had 2 wide open nets to shoot at. Both times he makes a bad pass to Ferland who is not expecting it. Ferland misses both times, and now he looks ''bad''. Monahan could of had a hat trick last night. Instead he opted to pass into Ferland's skates and now Ferland is the goat for missing the net.
I've noticed (and the announcers too) that it's happened a bunch of times over the past couple games where Monahan tries a cross ice pass instead of shooting. Ferland (unfairly) isn't ready, it bounces off him and he ''misses''.
Monahan needs to shoot, shoot, shoot. Stop looking for Ferland. Shoot!!