Thanks to an incredible first round playoff series against the Vancouver Canucks, Micheal Ferland entered the 2015-16 season with decently high expectations. He did, after all, possess something the Flames were somewhat lacking in: size. At 6'2 and 208 lbs. (not to mention being a pretty solid fighter in his own right), Ferland brought a new dash of truculence to the lineup.
But it wasn't just that: at 23 years old, he brought potential. And with a junior scoring career vastly outshining Lance Bouma and Brandon Bollig's - a point per game in his draft+1 year, a 1.