Pip
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Glad he really brought it against his former team
He doesn't suck. He's just not a 1st line player.
I think he's a 2nd/3rd line tweener (again, my opinion). What he's paid/where he's played in the lineup is another issue.All the lineups prior to the season with him as 1LW were sad to see. Playing a 3rd liner on the top line because grit was obviously not going to go well, like has been obvious for this exact player for 2 straight years.
But lots of people still did it anyway for some reason..
Ferland is a decent bottom-6 guy who keeps getting these stupid opportunities to drag down scoring lines because dinosaur coaches and management are still stuck in the 1980s and remember how Probert played with Yzerman back when they played.
It’ll be fascinating to see how long this experiment lasts. It took Carolina about 50 games to replace him with someone better.
Ferland is a decent, physical third-fourth line winger who'll score 15-20 goals on a "good' NHL team. On a team like the Canucks, who knows? I know that Carolina didn't make much of an effort to get him under contract at any point last season, and he basically blew hot and cold throughout the year.
Now he can become a boat anchor on Horvat's line. Goodie.
This is the first time I’ve heard that about Tulsky.Apparently Tulsky tried to retain him but Ferland's ask was unreasonable. Was looking for a massive commitment - IIRC something in the range of $40mil. The talks soured at that point.
Ferland can be a very good winger, we just haven't seen him anywhere near the top of his game yet.
The rumour I saw stated Ferland's camp was talking to Canes management about an extension, not about Tulsky specifically. Isn't Tulsky involved with player personnel?This is the first time I’ve heard that about Tulsky.
Not saying it isn’t true though as I don’t follow all the various insiders.
Do you have any links to info on that?
Dont expect the top of his game play to be much different than what you see now. Just add an extra hit or penalty, and a garbage goal every few games.
The opposition is forcing him to carry the puck and checking his good linemates.Ferland on top of his game looks night and day different from what we have seen this far. He can play fast, move the puck into good areas, get to the net and score goals. All while being a physical menace when ever he see's fit.
He's been poor through 2 games. But this is nowhere near the best we will see frommhim this season, assuming he stays relatively healthy. There is a reason so many Carolina and Calgary fans said they would have taken him back at the contract he got. The guy can play.
But the team is paying a bottom 6 winger 3.5 million a year for the next four years. The style he plays too, he's already peaked and will decline.
There's just so much cap waste on the bottom six players.
You nailed it. As a scorer Ferland basically fell off a cliff last year on a Canes team that's a lot stronger than the Canucks. I'm not getting great vibes about this signing. What were Jimbo and Canucks actually paying for? The guy who lit it up early in the schedule or the guy who's offense basically dried up when the games mattered the most?Now at 26 games without a goal dating back to last season.
Ooh....The opposition is forcing him to carry the puck and checking his good linemates.
If they want to get his game going, they need to put him on a line that isn't expected to score. His game is successful when he's chipping, chasing and hitting. I don't want a player like that on a puck possession top line.
He should be used in the top 6 for spot duty IMO. He's not a top 6 forward on his own.