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Originally Posted by ricardodw
I coach doesn't know what to do with him. He can win the game for you and then he plays to a level where he does not belong in the league.
How the coach handles it is basically a no win situation. When he goes bad he is way too bad to wait for him to get better on the #1 line and he appears to be pouting or at least disinterested when asked to play on another line.
Lot of Flames seem to fit in this category.... Hamilton w/o Gio, Gaudreau and Monahan without each other. Brodie without Gio or Engelland or Stone...
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Fair enough, however I disagree with most of that. Lots of non-elite wingers are streaky, and I don't think that Ferland is really
that bad when he goes cold.
I see no issue with simply demoting him when he's not playing well. And I have not seen him pout or act disinterested when he's been demoted. I think calling Ferland a coach killer is to overestimate his value to the team, and that's not to say he isn't valuable... but I don't think he is 'killing' any coaches.