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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Honestly I think that Ferland is getting a bit over rated here. And no I don't buy that Ferland brings more to the game. He has an impact when he want's to physically dominate the game, but the last time we really saw that consistantly was two years ago. Since then he's been ok physically, but I wouldn't class him as anything more then a once every 5 or 10 game streaky player. But he's at his ceiling, I don't believe that Lindholm is even close to his ceiling yet. I also believe in the day and age of needing skill and playmaking in your top 6, Lindholm is just plain more suited to it.
I'm not saying this is a great trade, but its not as dramatically bad as some people are laying it out as being.
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Ferland was first on the team in hits with 171 in 77 games. Hathaway had 154, Bennett in 3rd with 140. Ferlands total icetime ranked 12th on the team and his TOI per game was ranked 14th.
His 171 hits ranked him 36th in the entire NHL. Only one player ahead of him with more hits, Dustin Brown, had more goals.
14 of those with more hits were defensemen, so he ranked 22nd in hits among forwards.
Pairing it down again to right wingers, only 7 RWers in the NHL had more hits.
The stats don't lie here.