Micheal Ferland is a name that Vancouver Canucks fans will never forget. During the 2015 playoffs, the lone year that a team under current general manager Jim Benning managed to make the playoffs, Ferland terrorized the Canucks as a rookie.
He was trying to quickly make a name for himself by finishing every check possible, and he managed to do just that. Ferland forged himself a spot in the NHL and has stayed in the league ever since. In that 2014-15 season however, Ferland suffered his first concussion.
Ferland suffered his second concussion last season as a member of the Carolina Hurricanes, but this one was much more concerning, because there was no distinct play where Ferland or the Hurricanes could look at on the game tape and say “that’s where it happened.