Would we all want a health Ferland - I believe so but it would be frustrating for all to have play a couple games and gone. When can a doctor stand up and say no? Hell maybe they can't even do this?Madcombinepilot wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 2:12 pmI would say that he should not be gifted a spot as all, but has to try out during training camp, just like everyone else.Zedlee wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 11:07 amI hope the Canucks aren't counting on this. Ferland will likely attempt a comeback at least one more time and if he's fit to play, he has to have a spot.Megaterio Llamas wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 8:38 pmIf the doctors can get Ferland on LTIR for the season I think we should be in pretty good shape.Strangelove wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 8:30 pmYeahn, buyouts are no good because the cap-hits would carry over to the next season(s).Megaterio Llamas wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 4:24 pm It looks like with the condo market being not so good and everything Mr Aquilini has squashed buyouts this season so Cool Hand Jim wasn't able to clear the space he needed to carry out this off season's plan.
Petey and Hughes big bucks seasons.
Jimmy will add the necessary sweeteners to move contracts out IF he has to.
But he probably won't have to, this year at least.
plus, 1 good "kerbang" from a guy Like MacEwen, and thats all she wrote anyways. Off to LTIR...
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I think if a 'Healthy' Ferlund is 100%, then yes you want that dynamic on the ice.
If he is 95% and prone to another concussion, then no.
Problem is, He seems to want to play so bad that he appears to be less than accurate to the Docs so they can clear him to play. Unless he has some other kind of undetectable brain thingy happening which is fooling everyone...
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Gillis shut down Malhotra against his wishes for his own safety. Gillis didn’t want to live with the guilt if something bad happened to him. Maybe Benning should do the same for Ferland. He’s taking a risk with the rest of his life at this point. I’d love to have him play his game for this team, but if he gets irreparably hurt, it’d be pretty hard to live with for a GM. He’s had too many concussions to think it won’t happen again.
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That's funny, I remember the Howe's being involved with Amway and did those commercials too. Yes so you were around my age back then, I'm surprised you saw a correlation there.Micky wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 11:33 am18---ish. My parents talked with Gordie Howe often. Went to meetings with him quite a few times. It was the am-way those days. I was awayCurmudgeon wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 10:01 amThat's not at all what happened with Gordie. When Howe retired from the NHL at the end of the 70/71 season he was 43 years old, the only reason he came back and signed in the WHA was to play with his boys and he kept that going for one more season in the NHL to complete the experience as a 51 year old.
I still have the program from his final game in Vancouver as a Hartford Whaler March 28, 1980. How old were you back then? lol
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure he'll try to come back again, he seemingly has no concern about turning his brain into mush. I don't know if the medical people will be prepared to clear him to play again any time soon though. I can't see how personally, not after what went on last season. And even if he tries to come back again I doubt he makes it through camp without another flare up.Zedlee wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 11:07 amI hope the Canucks aren't counting on this. Ferland will likely attempt a comeback at least one more time and if he's fit to play, he has to have a spot.Megaterio Llamas wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 8:38 pmIf the doctors can get Ferland on LTIR for the season I think we should be in pretty good shape.Strangelove wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 8:30 pmYeahn, buyouts are no good because the cap-hits would carry over to the next season(s).Megaterio Llamas wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 4:24 pm It looks like with the condo market being not so good and everything Mr Aquilini has squashed buyouts this season so Cool Hand Jim wasn't able to clear the space he needed to carry out this off season's plan.
Petey and Hughes big bucks seasons.
Jimmy will add the necessary sweeteners to move contracts out IF he has to.
But he probably won't have to, this year at least.
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Daym dat's old!
I found a pic of them on the shore of Iwo Jima back in the day.
That's Micky in front and Curm right behind him.

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He's already skating, practicing and saying he's feeling great. No symptoms and is looking forward to the next season. Unless he has a set-back,Megaterio Llamas wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 9:17 pmYeah, I'm pretty sure he'll try to come back again, he seemingly has no concern about turning his brain into mush. I don't know if the medical people will be prepared to clear him to play again any time soon though. I can't see how personally, not after what went on last season. And even if he tries to come back again I doubt he makes it through camp without another flare up.Zedlee wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 11:07 amI hope the Canucks aren't counting on this. Ferland will likely attempt a comeback at least one more time and if he's fit to play, he has to have a spot.Megaterio Llamas wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 8:38 pmIf the doctors can get Ferland on LTIR for the season I think we should be in pretty good shape.Strangelove wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 8:30 pmYeahn, buyouts are no good because the cap-hits would carry over to the next season(s).Megaterio Llamas wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 4:24 pm It looks like with the condo market being not so good and everything Mr Aquilini has squashed buyouts this season so Cool Hand Jim wasn't able to clear the space he needed to carry out this off season's plan.
Petey and Hughes big bucks seasons.
Jimmy will add the necessary sweeteners to move contracts out IF he has to.
But he probably won't have to, this year at least.
we can expect HIM back. Again.
Well, he is only 28 tears old so from that perspective, I understand his reluctance to give in to a long term interregnum. Hard to imagine he'll be
the player we thought we were getting though.
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Is Curm American? Seems to me Mick has stated he served in the US military and the battle for Iwo Jima was a US/Japanese battle.Strangelove wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 9:49 pmDaym dat's old!
I found a pic of them on the shore of Iwo Jima back in the day.
That's Micky in front and Curm right behind him.
Sadly they probably won't remember.![]()
Yah, I know. Iwo Jima was 1945 and pretty well all the veterans who took part have passed on.
Mick, your actual age seems to be getting younger. Judging by timelines in your past posts you were about a year older than me, now you're three years younger. How is that?
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Geez, they cleared him to skate again? That's disappointing. The guy can't skate two laps around the rink without his symptoms recurring. He's tougher to keep down than Robert De Niro was in Cape Fear. Hopefully he donates his brain to science, concussion researchers are going to want to look at that thing.Micky wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 10:03 pmHe's already skating, practicing and saying he's feeling great. No symptoms and is looking forward to the next season. Unless he has a set-back,Megaterio Llamas wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 9:17 pmYeah, I'm pretty sure he'll try to come back again, he seemingly has no concern about turning his brain into mush. I don't know if the medical people will be prepared to clear him to play again any time soon though. I can't see how personally, not after what went on last season. And even if he tries to come back again I doubt he makes it through camp without another flare up.Zedlee wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 11:07 amI hope the Canucks aren't counting on this. Ferland will likely attempt a comeback at least one more time and if he's fit to play, he has to have a spot.Megaterio Llamas wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 8:38 pmIf the doctors can get Ferland on LTIR for the season I think we should be in pretty good shape.Strangelove wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 8:30 pmYeahn, buyouts are no good because the cap-hits would carry over to the next season(s).Megaterio Llamas wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 4:24 pm It looks like with the condo market being not so good and everything Mr Aquilini has squashed buyouts this season so Cool Hand Jim wasn't able to clear the space he needed to carry out this off season's plan.
Petey and Hughes big bucks seasons.
Jimmy will add the necessary sweeteners to move contracts out IF he has to.
But he probably won't have to, this year at least.
we can expect HIM back. Again.
Well, he is only 28 tears old so from that perspective, I understand his reluctance to give in to a long term interregnum. Hard to imagine he'll be
the player we thought we were getting though.
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I think I'm a couple of years older than Mick as well. But why split hairs when most of us are geezers anyway.mr perfect wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 10:40 pmIs Curm American? Seems to me Mick has stated he served in the US military and the battle for Iwo Jima was a US/Japanese battle.Strangelove wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 9:49 pmDaym dat's old!
I found a pic of them on the shore of Iwo Jima back in the day.
That's Micky in front and Curm right behind him.
Sadly they probably won't remember.![]()
Yah, I know. Iwo Jima was 1945 and pretty well all the veterans who took part have passed on.
Mick, your actual age seems to be getting younger. Judging by timelines in your past posts you were about a year older than me, now you're three years younger. How is that?
This is actually the first forum I have ever belonged to where I could converse with my own age group and I think it's just a tremendous thing.

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Frank, I was worried I was in that picture too and didn't remember. Then again I can't recall invading an island to go into battle with no pants and armed with a grass hockey stick. At least I wouldn't admit to it, even if there was photographic evidence. Having said that, Doc must be our vintage as well, considering his posts about the east end social club he hung out with.
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I seem to recall the three of us were in Korea together, you, Doc and I. My memory of it is kind of a blur now.
However I'm certain that's where I picked of my knowledge of the deadly Oriental arts.

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Got a copy of the doctor’s notes, lab and MRI results did ya?Madcombinepilot wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 2:19 pmI think if a 'Healthy' Ferlund is 100%, then yes you want that dynamic on the ice.
If he is 95% and prone to another concussion, then no.
Problem is, He seems to want to play so bad that he appears to be less than accurate to the Docs so they can clear him to play. Unless he has some other kind of undetectable brain thingy happening which is fooling everyone...
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The father of the family I stayed with in Iowa had fought at Iwo Jima and Okinawa and was stationed in Japan for a while after the war, visiting Nagasaki among other things. He didn't talk much about it though, and now he's been dead for quite some time.Strangelove wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 9:49 pmDaym dat's old!
I found a pic of them on the shore of Iwo Jima back in the day.
That's Micky in front and Curm right behind him.
Sadly they probably won't remember.![]()
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