Yea Ferland was a nice player, just inconsistent. Regardless of the quality of players we got back I think the team will miss his grit and scoring this year for sure.
The reason I'm personally a fan of this trade though is that there is massive uncertainty on both Ferland and Fox. Someone is going to overpay Ferland massively in UFA next summer and Fox has all the vibes of a player who is going to play out his eligibility and incur a bidding war and play for one of the big northeastern teams. I would bet good money that neiyher plays a single game for the hurricanes in the 19-20 season and beyond. Contrast that with the high pedigree, hole-filling young players we got that are under team control for multiple years. As good as Hamilton is I'd easily trade him for that every day of the week.
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