Sorry, bad words to use considering his history. Dont mean to accuse him of anything, just meant he looked really bad on some of the games.
Everyone has looked bad in "some" games. Gaudreau has been our worst player in some games. Monahan is on a 5 game pointless streak despite Ferland and Gaudreau producing over that stretch. Versteeg was our worst player for the first dozen or so games, by far. Hamilton hasn't seemed to have had a good game all season. Jagr has had games where all he does is make offensive zone turnovers and take penalties.
That's hockey. Calling one individual out for having off-games is ridiculous. Yes, when Ferland is off his game, it's noticible, because he's a key puck handler tasked with getting the puck to Gaudreau under control in stride. He's carrying pucks in, which you need to do on a top line, where he could be dumping the puck and going for a line change, which would prevent him from "looking bad". Making that exit pass from the side walls is a very intricate play that he executes regularly, but when he doesn't execute it, it looks bad because it's a lateral pass in the defensive zone. It doesn't help that his center is not strong with the puck on his stick.
Don't let optics confuse you. When you play a possession style of game, you're going to make make "obvious" mistakes. Those "obvious" mistakes "look" bad. That doesn't make them "worse" than "simple, forgettable mistakes". The eyes are a mirage.
