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Originally Posted by 8sPOT
I've been finding Pinder to be really annoying lately. All his talk on stats, numbers, goals, stats. We shipped out more goals than we brought in etc.
Really Pinder? So Ferland is now a 20 goal guy? And Lindholm never will be? I just dont understand why you'd only look at numbers, and only look at last season as the basis of a trade decision. I was always able to deal with his condescending way he presents his opinions but this just situation and the way he approaches it just comes off as so snobby.
To me, Fox wasn't going to sign so yeah ship him out. Ferland is a bubble top 6 player, but that type of guy is easy to find. Dont tell me he's a 20 goal player because he just isn't.
Hamilton clearly was not meshing with his teammates and offensive stats aside he was prone to take dumb penalties, wasnt a defensive stalwart by any means and his size was maybe useful for boxing out guys but he was by no means physical.
We get back a legit top 6 right hand shot forward. Who is 23. As well as a 21 year old stud d man who could end up a better overall player than Hamilton anyways.
I think this is a great hockey trade and the team is better now than it was before the trade. IMO.
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You can count the number of players that had the number of goals and hits Ferland had last season on one hand. He is a rare player.
I don't understand how this forum can be so receptive to the idea of signing somebody like Reaves but act like Ferland wasn't a physical asset to this team.