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Originally Posted by edslunch
All this discussion in the Reaves thread about needing a tougher player who can actually play....they had that in Ferland. OK, not as intimidating but very physical. He wasn't consistent but was improving every year and I don't think we saw the best of him yet. Supposedly there were concerns about his next contract but I don't recall any discussion of that on this board before the trade, but suddenly it's a huge issue.... Last time I checked it was a good thing for players to get better and if they deserve to be paid then better you pay your own than pay a premium for someone else's. I'm just having a tough time with that rationale for trading him when he was such a unique and useful piece for the Flames.
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I am as big a fan of Ferland as anyone on here, but the simple fact of the matter is that he did little to no policing on Gaudreau's line last year. Here was great offensively, he has a fantastic shot, and he threw the body plenty.
But when teams were taking liberties, there was little to no pushback last year from anyone - including Ferland. And that was the one thing about his game that disappointed me.