[Gaskal]

You two are describing the "Jekyll" and "Hyde" versions of Ferland, respectively. He is two different players.

When is 'on', GranteedEV is correct - he scores like a top 6 power forward. Soon after he was put with those two, he had something like 6 goals during that win streak. He has the finishing and hitting in that package too, which freed up space for Mony and Johnny.

When he is 'off', dammage is correct - he disappears entirely, goes into ghost-mode and you forget he's even playing most of the game. Occasionally also had catastrophically bad mistakes that ended up in the back of our net.

But here's the thing - no one else has seen the kind of chemistry with Monahan and Gaudreau while he is on, outside of 2014-15 Hudler. He will have his games where you're wondering why he's asleep on his feet and dragging the line down, but you accept it knowing that when the line is again firing on all cylinders, it is a top 5 in the league with the way those 3 feed off each other and find the back of the net.

I do think that unlike Gulutzan, Peters will be much smarter in managing that 1RW spot. He has a better idea of who is 'on', at a shift-to-shift basis. While I do expect Ferland to spent significant time again with those two, he will eventually drop off the map for a time and Bill will drop him down the lineup in favor of a winger who's more 'feeling' it.

Until, of course, 'Ferland' takes a seat and 'Ferkland' shows back up again.