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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Ferland progressed statistically because he wasn't snakebitten.
The real progression Ferland showed was all under Bob Hartley.
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So the argument now is that a player, with 6 goals in his NHL career and a career high 18 points did not show progression under Gulutzan's tenure, despite scoring 21 goals and putting up 45 points last season. Even from the year prior that was a 20 point improvement.
The player that went 4-14-18 to 21-20-41 in 2 years did not show progression? That's the pigeonhole we want to go down simply because we want to make the revisionist history that no one succeeded at all under Gulutzan?
Oh CP. We've jumped the shark.
Look you can argue that Bennett stalled because of Gulutzan's system, I'd disagree, but we're probably going to be able to find out next season with a new coach if Bennett is able to refind his game. That's cool. I don't know why we can't say that Ferland was able to breakthrough while playing under Gulutzan, it's simply the truth.