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868904 · 01-24-2019, 01:43 PM

In light of Burke's comments, I guess this is just Tre driving up the price to his rivals again?

Love Ferly, but the one thing that I didn't like was that he didn't show up or wasn't engaged against the big teams.

He was invisible against the Oilers and was nowhere to be found when Kassian and Lucic were running around.

Against the Ducks, he fought Bieksa (who is smaller) regularly but wasn't there to stand up to Manson or Ritchie.

I don't question his toughness because i've seen his junior fights and I think he could take all of those bigger guys on, but he never did. Bieksa was the toughest guy he ever fought and he had a little bit of a size advantage on him.

I think this is where the Flames brass's issue with Ferly was. He simply wasn't there when they needed him (ie., against the Oilers).

01-24-2019, 01:43 PM	#218
868904 Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Exp:	In light of Burke's comments, I guess this is just Tre driving up the price to his rivals again? Love Ferly, but the one thing that I didn't like was that he didn't show up or wasn't engaged against the big teams. He was invisible against the Oilers and was nowhere to be found when Kassian and Lucic were running around. Against the Ducks, he fought Bieksa (who is smaller) regularly but wasn't there to stand up to Manson or Ritchie. I don't question his toughness because i've seen his junior fights and I think he could take all of those bigger guys on, but he never did. Bieksa was the toughest guy he ever fought and he had a little bit of a size advantage on him. I think this is where the Flames brass's issue with Ferly was. He simply wasn't there when they needed him (ie., against the Oilers). __________________ Calgary Flames, PLEASE GO TO THE NET! AND SHOOT THE PUCK! GENERATING OFFENSE IS NOT DIFFICULT! SKATE HARD, SHOOT HARD, CRASH THE NET HARD!