[Signing] Ferland and Flames agree to 2 year 825K AAV 1 way deal - Page 7 - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

killer_carlson · 09-10-2015, 09:58 PM

Ferland has an uppercut he throws from his shoelaces in fights. If it lands, the person will go to sleep. If it doesn't, he'll be off balance and fall to the ice, likely eating a few in the process.

calgarywinning · 09-11-2015, 02:18 AM

Ferland is on the uptick for sure. Physically and in the game. Great signing for a player that can make a difference.

Tinordi · 09-11-2015, 03:32 AM

Imagine him emerging to a 35 point 80 pim player. He has that potential. Would be a huge part of the roster.

T@T · 09-11-2015, 03:42 AM

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Imagine him emerging to a 35 point 80 pim player. He has that potential. Would be a huge part of the roster.

That would be great but secretly I want a 50-60pt - 100pim Lucic type player.

Poe969 · 09-11-2015, 07:52 AM

I don't really want to start a new thread for this but I'm just wondering what everyone thinks BT's next move will be? He's honestly had an amazing summer and I don't think he's done one thing that hasn't been considered a good move. I still think that one other shake up is going to happen before all is said and done for the summer and I think it'll be in goal. For some reason I think Hiller is on his way out and we'll be able to go with a tandem of Ramo and Ortio...but knowing BT, we'll end up getting a great goalie for one of our "questionable" contracts. What do you think?

FBI · 09-11-2015, 07:54 AM

If he wants to continue his wizardry it would be shedding some of the dead weight for picks.

Poe969 · 09-11-2015, 08:03 AM

I still think our biggest issue is goaltending. If he puts on his hat and casts another spell of confusion or whatever like he did on Sweeny, then I'd love to see something along the lines of Raymond+Smid+Hiller for either a better goalie option or something else amazing.

heep223 · 09-11-2015, 08:09 AM

Why? We have two capable NHL 1B goalies, a young pro goalie who's ready to make a case as a #1, and two very strong goalie prospects one of which is turning pro this year. I see very little need to add...one of Ortio, Gillies or McDonald will compete to grab the starting role over the next number of years.

Poe969 · 09-11-2015, 08:13 AM

I agree but if we could get a proven starter for 1 year I think it'd be great. I'm not confident with either of Hiller or Ramo and I think one of them has to go so we can have Ortio on the team. I would just rather have Ortio and a proven starter who's better than Ramo and Hiller. I think we'll be good down the road but this year I wish we had a better option.

heep223 · 09-11-2015, 08:19 AM

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I agree but if we could get a proven starter for 1 year I think it'd be great. I'm not confident with either of Hiller or Ramo and I think one of them has to go so we can have Ortio on the team. I would just rather have Ortio and a proven starter who's better than Ramo and Hiller. I think we'll be good down the road but this year I wish we had a better option.

Fair enough, if we could get rid of two anchor contracts for an upgrade on Hiller for the year then by all means pull the trigger haha. I know Treliving is a wizard and all that but really can't see your proposal happening. We'd have to give to get, and it's not worth it IMO.

Poe969 · 09-11-2015, 08:22 AM

Like we did with Hamilton?? He's shown that he's active and willing to do the work to get deals done. If there's a deal out there, he'll get it. I know that proposal was out of this world but if there's anyone who could do it, it'd be BT.

Bourque's Twin · 09-11-2015, 08:28 AM

I think Ferland can become Lucic 2.0
Ferland is 6'1, 225. Lucic is 6'3, 225.

If you compare their stats from their 3rd WHL seasons:
Ferland: 68GP, 47G, 49A, 96P, 84PIM
Lucic: 70GP, 30G, 38A, 68P, 147PIM

It looks like Ferland had way better scoring stats, but less PIMs.

Another important thing to look at is Lucic's first 2 seasons in the NHL. I know he was a few years younger than Ferland is now, but it's worth looking at.

Lucic first NHL Season: 77GP, 8G, 19A, 27P, 89 PIM
Lucic second NHL Season: 72GP, 17G, 25A, 42P, 136PIM

These two seasons aren't super impressive. I think Ferland can put up similar numbers in his first two seasons, and then hopefully breakout like Lucic did in his 3rd, when he scored 30G and had 62P.

GranteedEV · 09-11-2015, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Bourque's Twin

I think Ferland can become Lucic 2.0
Ferland is 6'1, 225. Lucic is 6'3, 225.

If you compare their stats from their 3rd WHL seasons:
Ferland: 68GP, 47G, 49A, 96P, 84PIM
Lucic: 70GP, 30G, 38A, 68P, 147PIM

It looks like Ferland had way better scoring stats, but less PIMs.

Ferland played with Mark Stone, so his stats were pretty inflated that year. Look at the year after when he was sent back to Junior and his stats fell back down to earth.

Also Lucic at 22 (Ferland's age last season) was already a 30 goal scorer. That would be the most optimistic projection possible, and we don't even have offensive players of the level of Krejci and Horton for him to feed off.

Honestly I'd be happy to ever get a 20 goal / 15 assist season out of Ferland. A guy like Lucic is a pipe dream as Ferland lacks the reach that makes Lucic so effective.

Five-hole · 09-11-2015, 08:50 AM

I'm hoping Ferly can make a career out of making McDavid's life miserable.

Poe969 · 09-11-2015, 08:52 AM

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I'm hoping Ferly can make a career out of making McDavid's life miserable.

I'm pretty sure that's going to be Taylor Hall's job.

The Fonz · 09-11-2015, 10:16 AM

If BT has anymore wizard moves up his sleeve, I hope it's a trade that sends Raymond out of town without bringing a bad contract back.

Jackpot_Smooth · 09-11-2015, 10:27 AM

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I'm hoping Ferly can make a career out of making McDavid's life miserable.

I see it more as ferland vs nurse.

PsYcNeT · 09-11-2015, 11:49 AM

GreenLantern2814 · 09-11-2015, 01:36 PM

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I'm hoping Ferly can make a career out of making McDavid's life miserable.

I don't see anyone making McDavid's life more miserable than Sam Bennett. I predict they fight more than once.

Love the signing - under 1M per is incredible. Ferland is an incredibly useful player, and it was astonishing to see him dominate a playoff series the way he did. As soon as he went down against Anaheim, the Flames chances of pulling the upset went with him.

That said, I'm expecting at most 25 points from him this year. Seeing swing duty on the 3rd and 4th line, very little pp time, maybe he gets to play with Bennett and that drives up his totals a bit.

GioforPM · 09-11-2015, 01:44 PM

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I don't see anyone making McDavid's life more miserable than Sam Bennett. I predict they fight more than once.

Love the signing - under 1M per is incredible. Ferland is an incredibly useful player, and it was astonishing to see him dominate a playoff series the way he did. As soon as he went down against Anaheim, the Flames chances of pulling the upset went with him.

That said, I'm expecting at most 25 points from him this year. Seeing swing duty on the 3rd and 4th line, very little pp time, maybe he gets to play with Bennett and that drives up his totals a bit.

Ferland would look good as a net front guy on the PP.