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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
Ferland is BETTER than we were thinking we were getting out of Brouwer.
He seems to be improving his scoring - his shot is damn good.
He is faster.
He plays with more grit.
He is tougher.
Ferland checks off a lot of what this team needs. He has also shown the ability to actually play on a top line with top-line players, and did so admirably.
I don't get everyone's take here. Ferland was injured, and didn't come back playing as well - but the whole team was crappy.
I get it if his contract is up and he is asking for way too much money. Otherwise, it is an absolute no-brainer to keep him, rather than selling high. Put him in a scoring line, and he will get you 20+ goals, and not be a liability, and when he isn't scoring he is doing a lot of other stuff out there. Remember when Stajan was hit? Who on this team stepped-up and fought Rousseau?
I hope the team finds another couple of Ferlands, rather than trading away the only one we have.
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Disagree entirely. It's not Ferlands skillset that's the issue. It's consistency or the lack of it. And I'll add his on ice awareness is just plain bad. If you got Good Ferland for half a season or more,things wouldn't be an issue, and even then making him top line RW is just another stop Gap in a line of stop gaps along with Brouwer (that's what he was signed for and played on their line until it was clear it was a long over do mistake), Colborne.
Once again we wade into an off season full of ever hopeful Ferland fans and once again we have all been left wanting. And once again we will read about how he is the answer when it's clear he is not.
Bad Ferland is the worst player on the team. Good Ferland is exactly what everyone wants him to be because we have seen it. Things is you never know which Ferland your getting..
If he stays this offseason, the plan better be to have him slot in the bottom six where he should have always been. And nowhere near the Gaudreau line.