Ferraro on a better team where he's not asked to do more than he should be asked to do would excel. Deeper teams would excel with him. Vegas playing him on the 3rd pairing would be ideal for them. Same with Florida, Edmonton and Dallas.
I don’t think the Sharks are asking too much of him. He was playing less this year than the previous two and has a better forward group in front of him. So far this season he has looked even worse than the last couple seasons.
It’s the fundamentals that he cannot do, and it’s not a matter of playing too many minutes. He is soft in front of net, goes into battles on the wall with his stick up (allowing opposition easier escape paths), and has no vision for breakout passes and defaults to “up the wall and out” regardless if it’s cut off. For that reason he wouldn’t excel anywhere, in my opinion.
If there was any actual trade talk last season, they should have made the deal - but I’m starting to think there were no offers for him.
I'd play Mario at 4th line wing.
On the Cuda?