The Ferland Thread

[Reaper]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

That picture annoys me. Fine for a fan to do it but Flames employees need to show more class.

Don't feed the Canucks more billboard material.

Let the guys on the ice get in the Canucks head on their own.

Is it okay if Michael Ferland went to Staples and had it printed out on large format paper before returning to the dome to put it up himself?

[V]

Dude, you have to tape it to the outside of the monitor, not right on the screen. Geez.

[Cleveland Steam Whistle]

Originally Posted by Reaper

Is it okay if Michael Ferland went to Staples and had it printed out on large format paper before returning to the dome to put it up himself?

I'd suggest yes. Might not be a good idea, but it's much more ok given Ferland is actually part of the team and playing the games.

[Reaper]

Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle

I'd suggest yes. Might not be a good idea, but it's much more ok given Ferland is actually part of the team and playing the games.

K, how about if I were to get a cube van vinyl wrapped with that picture and park it in front of the Canucks' hotel, only moving it to follow the team bus to the rink and back?

[Cleveland Steam Whistle]

Originally Posted by Reaper

K, how about if I were to get a cube van vinyl wrapped with that picture and park it in front of the Canucks' hotel, only moving it to follow the team bus to the rink and back?

That is also better, assuming you don't work for the team, you are a fan, and if you want to go crazy go for it. Members of the organization who aren't in the trenches, shouldn't get in the trenches, given they aren't subjected to the blow back they create, only the players are.

[Reaper]

Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle

That is also better, assuming you don't work for the team, you are a fan, and if you want to go crazy go for it. Members of the organization who aren't in the trenches, shouldn't get in the trenches, given they aren't subjected to the blow back they create, only the players are.

Now to place some kijiji ads...

[getbak]

Great comments from Hartley today...



"I love him."

[Locke]

Hey Kevin....

Some language...

NSFW!

[keratosis]

I think his name is Calvin. Or something like that. Calvin Brusselsprout. That's it.

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by Reaper

Is it okay if Michael Ferland went to Staples and had it printed out on large format paper before returning to the dome to put it up himself?

Yes if Ferland wants to print this himself I would have less of an issue for it since he would actually have to answer on the ice.

I would still not like it as I would rather him have more class then that but couldn't really fault him.

Originally Posted by Reaper

K, how about if I were to get a cube van vinyl wrapped with that picture and park it in front of the Canucks' hotel, only moving it to follow the team bus to the rink and back?

If you don't work for the organization that is fair game. You are a fan and if you want to taunt the other team go for it.

If the Flames bought a bus and did the same thing I would have an issue with it and call it classless.

I just want our organization to show a little more class then taking meme's off the internet and posting it for the other team to see. I can guarantee you that Hartley and Treliving probably weren't fans once they saw it.

[sureLoss]

Treliving told Rob Kerr that Phoenix really tried hard to get Ferland in the Langkow/Stempniak trade.

Feaster wouldn't do it.

[Gaskal]

Made this in celebration of his 23rd birthday and his finest hockey ever.

Spoiler!

(StarCraft font btw)

[FBI]

So after this treat of playoffs this year from Ferly, how the heck is he going to keep it up in the regular season next year???
I'm certainly penciling him into a spot though and Bennett too..

[Caged Great]

Originally Posted by FBI

So after this treat of playoffs this year from Ferly, how the heck is he going to keep it up in the regular season next year???
I'm certainly penciling him into a spot though and Bennett too..

Like Bickell in Chicago, I wouldn't be surprised if he tones it down significantly until the playoffs arrive again.

[rohara66]

Should bring a "Calvin Biecska is irrelevant" sign to the game tomorrow. Haha

[Robo]

great thing about ferland is he is taking all the heat off our top line who has not had a great series so far but you haven't heard a peep of criticism about them. Hopefully after monahans goal they start to heat up now

[Mitt31]

Sorry i just read every thread and dont post in all my years.

So i dont know if this has been posted as im drinking tonight,

My wife who i turned into a Flames Fan told me about this and its awesome, but i state the way the Canucks treated the Flames top prospects.... Hit them....

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/nhl/...ins/ar-AAbl9d0

[Robo]

it's kind of funny reading some other forums canuck fans think because Bieksa bravely mugged Ferland that Ferland will be looking over his shoulder now and be afraid to throw his weight around..... I honestly don't even think it phased him if anything he probably got more confident seeing Bieksa cower the second Ferland got his gloves off.

[MissTeeks]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sport...&click=dlvr.it

On Monday, the day he celebrated his 23rd birthday, Calgary Flames rookie Michael Ferland – the toast of one town and the scourge of another – was reflecting on where he was exactly a year ago.
“I was in rehab,” Ferland said. “I didn’t think I’d be playing in the Stanley Cup playoffs, that’s for sure.”

Unexpectedly, Ferland has become one of the central figures in the Flames’ Pacific Division semi-final series against the Vancouver Canucks, which Calgary leads 2-1.
In Sunday’s 4-2 victory over the Canucks, Ferland set the physical tone for what is largely an undersized collection of Calgary forwards, making nine bone-crunching hits, most of the time looking as if he’d been shot out of a cannon. Ferland always had an enticing power forward’s skill set – good hands, decent speed and a willingness to play a physical brand of hockey.
But as recently as two years ago, it looked as if he were frittering away any chance of a professional career because of an alcohol problem. Ferland played for four teams in 2012-13, and the direction was all wrong – he sank from the AHL to the ECHL and then back to junior. Around Christmas last year, after blowing out his knee, Ferland was close to rock bottom, wondering what path to follow.
The decision to get clean and sober, he said Monday, was “the best I ever made. People always told me when I was getting help, ‘You’ll see your life unfold in front of you, and it’ll be the best thing for you.’ I never really understood it, but now, my life’s kind of unfolding in front of me, and I do. I’m enjoying it. I’m having a lot of fun right now.”

Flames general manager Brad Treliving revealed Monday that, when he was still working for the Arizona Coyotes, he tried to talk Calgary into trading Ferland. But his predecessor, Jay Feaster, turned him down.
“A lot of people who watched him play in junior knew he was a real unique package,” Treliving said. “There was a lot of work to be done, and he’s the one who put the work in. Where he was a year ago to today is a real testament to him. If you know where this guy comes from, it’s not been an easy road. You root for those kinds of guys.”

Moreover, Treliving believes Ferland is just scratching the surface of his potential.
“He’s a young 23, in the sense that he’s just starting to figure things out,” Treliving said. “Now, he’s starting to realize what you can do if you look after yourself and take care of yourself and you’re training. He’s still a young player and it’s not going to be a flat line, but to me, we’re at the ground floor of what this guy is capable of doing.”
The challenge of one-day-at-a-time sobriety is its relentlessness. There’ll be temptations put in his way, especially now, as he becomes something of a cult hero in Calgary.
“I just want to stay focused on one game at a time,” Ferland said, and in his case, it isn’t a cliché but a fact of his daily life – from now until the end, wherever his path may take him.

[TurdFerguson]

I'd love to see a "what's my name" chant in the dome after every ferland hit!