speaking of Kassian, bye bye Zack. hello Brandon Prust.
Kassian seemed to have everything, size, speed and good hands. He showed so much potential and displayed flashes of brilliance.
He had disciplinary problems (including an arrest) going back to the OHL and as a Canuck was benched, healthy-scratched and demoted to the AHL. Mike Gillis said of him "Weve had lots of experience at dealing with young players like this and thats just it, hes young. Hopefully he can turn this around as a Hab instead of pissing away his talent and natural gifts.
I don't even recall Ferland in the regular season, but I imagine the response to his play would be a bit different in the than in the playoffs.
You can't hit people like that for 82 games a year and expect to stay healthy or have a very long career …