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Originally Posted by CSharp
I absolutely see no comparisons between the two players. Ferland was a power forward who stepped up. Just too bad he got concussed and banged up from how he played the game full on rather than float around.
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You see absolutely no comparisons to Sam Bennett and Micheal Ferland? In my opinion, the 2 players are cut from a very similar cloth. Both hit like trucks,
clean too and could separate players from pucks on the forecheck. Sam Bennett also has a lot of power forward qualities. He has a very gritty game, scores a lot of goals a few feet from the net, has very strong edgework and can make hard cuts to the net while protecting the puck. He's certainly more of a power forward than a skilled guy in my opinion.
I think the biggest difference between Bennett and Ferland was the hockey sense. Ferland had extremely underrated hockey iq and puck skills. Very soft hands for a power forward and he also had a bomb of shot in comparison. I think that's why he worked with Gaudreau and Monahan whereas Bennett didn't. His awareness allowed him to play off that duo very well.