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Originally Posted by Toonage
Ferland fights occasionally but I think the concussions he suffered early in his career coupled with the shoulder problems he's had leaves him picking his spots a lot more. The team would be wise to find bigger physical players in FA. Not popular but this is probably why they were sniffing around Zack Smith and Evander Kane (add some scoring to the snarl). Neither are super aggressive necessarily but they do finish their checks at every opportunity. I also think they look at (and this will be very unpopular) Patrick Maroon.
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I have no issues with Maroon (I think he's been a point a game player since being traded at the deadline) but as always you have to be mindful about how much you pay a guy like this in free agency. Brouwer's money would be a lot better served on a guy like Maroon that's for sure but when you still have $9 million tied up in Brouwer it makes it harder to overpay for a guy like Maroon. I think they have kick the tires on guys like Maroon and Kane in free agency at the very least.