Honestly, I'm a pretty big fan of Ferland. I loved the fact that he came out this year and used that laser shot and potted as many goals as he did. He does have great talent and seems to fit on that top line, but it's hard to argue against the fact that he occasionally just goes completely cold and stops scoring. Now, I'm not expecting the guy to get 50, but for him to be accepted (on this site at least) as a top line winger, he needs to even out his play and show that he can stay useful during the cold streaks.
But despite my previous post, I'm okay with him up there as well. I was mostly just pointing to Hayes as a possible target and outlining why he'd be a good fit. Ferland on the second line and bumping Frolik down to third, and so on would be ideal to me. Or even Hayes on second. Whatever works.
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