Giving Ferland 4 years was super dumb at the time. Good for him cashing in on a GM that is known to give out long term contracts to bottom six players.
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thekernel
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Poor guy. There's so much uncertainty around these injuries....at this point you have to wonder if Ferland is done for good
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Starting to wonder if he signed knowing this is what was going to happen. And I wouldn’t blame him one bit
bad signing from the beginning the warning signs were there. ferland is done for the year and hockey itself. Life/family is more important. so IF he decideds to retire. his caphit doesn't affect the canucks cap correct? moving forward. sorta like derek dorsett situation.
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Peak Canucks pessimism right here...
Like, term is injury assurance if you're an agent, sure, but come on man. Nobody signs a real contract thinking "my career is done". If he truly thought his career was over and his future was in jeopardy, he wouldn't have risked playing a single period.
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A worthwhile gamble and if it's injury related it has no long term costs to the Canucks and it is sad for Ferland I know I suffer from post concussion it's something I'd wish upon no one well maybe Duncan Keith but...
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If he retires his caphit would dissappear, but why would he retire? Best case scenario for the Canucks is that he goes on LTIR for the rest of his contract.
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What the hell is wrong with. Like really the first thing that comes when you hear he is hurt is a way to bash Benning. How about wondering how the player is. Hockey players are still human
.Also why do care when he retires the cap hit disappears and it's not like you are paying the contract.
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Just seen who the OP is. Can we leave this thread open past 1000 posts? just leave it forever as a tribute... RIP EPC
That's why they insure player contracts, for scenarios like this. Canucks will be fine. Signing Ferland was a worthwhile gamble. If he's cleared to sign an NHL contract, he should be insurable. He will just sit on LTIR for three years.
What the hell is wrong with. Like really the first thing that comes when you hear he is hurt is a way to bash Benning. How about wondering how the player is. Hockey players are still human
While it may not be perfectly appropriate to talk about that now, your last sentence is not quite correct. Just because a player is injured long term it does not mean his cap hit will magically disappear. During the off season it will count, giving the team less flexibility and in season you only get cap relief for an LTIR player if you reach the salary cap. And if you use LTIR cap relief during the season potential performance bonus will carry over into next season. So yeah, none of the fans is paying his salary but it still has certain cap implications which fans are allowed to worry about.
What the hell is wrong with. Like really the first thing that comes when you hear he is hurt is a way to bash Benning. How about wondering how the player is. Hockey players are still human
Someone can be both critical of the decision to sign Ferland for four years but sympathetic to Ferland the person. What has happened to Ferland isn’t such that any discussion regarding his contract is inappropriate.
I’m not shocked. I didn’t really like the tone of the interviews the last couple of weeks. It seemed that he wasn’t looking at Utica in terms of a conditioning stint but rather a test to see if he was capable going all out in a hockey game because they really didn’t know what would happen.
You don’t like to see this type of thing happen. Take the rest of the year off and see what training camp brings.
This was his third game in about 14 weeks. Last game was mid December. Didn’t suffer a concussion in those games but didn’t feel right after the last 2 games.
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Usually with this management group being secretive and not giving updates is usually quite bad. Or they'll say that something is just "2-3 weeks" and it ends up being season ending.
So Montreal says nothing about Weber cause they don’t have a firm diagnosis thus this board starts thinking his career is in jeopardy.
If you don’t know for certain better to say nothing than give out incorrect information IMO if you are an NHL team. Despite what gets said on message boards.
I totally agree, but we've had instances like Juolevi where the GM of the team is telling us he's fine, just 2-3 weeks and then BAM he needs surgery out 6 months.
