GDT: Habs vs Drouin (and the rest of the Colorado Avalanche), Mon. Jan. 15: 7 PM | SN

[Boss Man Hughes]

Happy for Drouin to be experiencing success and I know Hab fans will give him a good ovation.
Habs have absolutely no chance tonight. I just hope a couple of the kids show some good things.

Habs have a good chance. Good teams play like crap against them and the Habs play up to the better teams.

 

[StCaufield]

nice to know he mailed it in here for so many years, and can contribute when he wants to.

Nah it’s hard to play with guys like Gallagher x12 and do anything. It’s extremely rare for one player to be able ti carry. He was never that guy. The team as a whole was pathetic and let’s face it. If he were English he wouldn’t get as much hate. Did Alzner or does Gallagher? Yes but not in the arena with boos or in the media. He deserved criticism 100% but we found out why he was bad with his mental health issues. He was around .5 ppg on a pathetic team. We needed more from him but again there’s reasons. No excuses but factual mental health issues and horrible line mates and injuries. I can relate to the guy in some ways and I think most people can. Now that he has an actual team he can show why he was highly touted. After his underwhelming performance and hard ships he deserves his recent success. I hope he scores lol but hope Montreal wins

 

[LaP]

Habs have a good chance. Good teams play like crap against them and the Habs play up to the better teams.

Not sure the Avs wont show up tonight though as Drouin will surely put some money on the table.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Perfect metaphor – six years of trying to get Drouin to properly load.

The only thing he loaded was his pants every time he got a scoring chance.

Nah it’s hard to play with guys like Gallagher x12 and do anything. It’s extremely rare for one player to be able ti carry. He was never that guy. The team as a whole was pathetic and let’s face it. If he were English he wouldn’t get as much hate. Did Alzner or does Gallagher? Yes but not in the arena with boos or in the media. He deserved criticism 100% but we found out why he was bad with his mental health issues. He was around .5 ppg on a pathetic team. We needed more from him but again there’s reasons. No excuses but factual mental health issues and horrible line mates and injuries. I can relate to the guy in some ways and I think most people can. Now that he has an actual team he can show why he was highly touted. After his underwhelming performance and hard ships he deserves his recent success. I hope he scores lol but hope Montreal wins

What are you talking about? He gets very little hate because he is french.

 

[The Real Timo]

I don't know why people are happy for Drouin. the dude did absolute SFA for 5 years here while collecting an enormous pay check. He showed up once every 20 games or so. If anything I am happy about is that he is gone but i am still bitter.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

I don't know why people are happy for Drouin. the dude did absolute SFA for 5 years here while collecting an enormous pay check. He showed up once every 20 games or so. If anything I am happy about is that he is gone but i am still bitter.

Agreed. I have no use for players that have some ability and play like shit like Dadonov and Drouin so that they have absolutely no trade value.

 

[Tyson]

Habs have a good chance. Good teams play like crap against them and the Habs play up to the better teams.

The Allen factor...

 

[LaP]

I don't know why people are happy for Drouin. the dude did absolute SFA for 5 years here while collecting an enormous pay check. He showed up once every 20 games or so. If anything I am happy about is that he is gone but i am still bitter.

I see Drouina as a victim of MB stupidity.

Getting a young winger to play the role of 1st line center for a team in win now mode was probably the most stupid logic i've ever seen specially when you know you wont be able to extend Markov and Radulov.

 

[Tyson]

I see Drouina as a victim of MB stupidity.

Getting a young winger to play the role of 1st line center for a team in win now mode was probably the most stupid logic i've ever seen specially when you know you wont be able to extend Markov and Radulov.

If Drouin wasn't francophone he would have never been traded for. A trade made without a true strategy

 

[Monsieur Miz]

With his pay cut, Drouin might be driving a Hyundai for real now. WAH!

 

[LaP]

If Drouin wasn't francophone he would have never been traded for. A trade made without a true strategy

I still think this trade was a decoy.

When we acquired Drouin the Kraken draft had not occurred yet and since we traded Sergachev i was 100% sure Markov and Radulov were being extended. The Drouin trade made sense only if Markov and Radulov were extended so i was relatively positive about the trade.

Two days after the Kraken draft when it was clear now Markov and Radulov were not going to be extended (they would have been the day after the draft) i went from relatively positive to totally flabbergasted.

I still strongly believe MB knew all along Markov and Radulov were not re-signing here and he knew fans would be mad about it so he acquired Drouin as a decoy to pretend he did something. The correct move would have been to admit defeat and retool/rebuild.

 

[Jaynki]

If Drouin wasn't francophone he would have never been traded for. A trade made without a true strategy

It is a bit unfair to Drouin.

As much as he totally underperformed and was an absolute failure.

At the time we acquired him, he was a very, very promising player.

 

[Jeune Poulet]

If Drouin wasn't francophone he would have never been traded for. A trade made without a true strategy

If Dvorak wasn't an anglophone, he would never have been acquired. A trade made without any semblance of strategy.

 

[Habs]

Nah it’s hard to play with guys like Gallagher x12 and do anything. It’s extremely rare for one player to be able ti carry. He was never that guy. The team as a whole was pathetic and let’s face it. If he were English he wouldn’t get as much hate. Did Alzner or does Gallagher? Yes but not in the arena with boos or in the media. He deserved criticism 100% but we found out why he was bad with his mental health issues. He was around .5 ppg on a pathetic team. We needed more from him but again there’s reasons. No excuses but factual mental health issues and horrible line mates and injuries. I can relate to the guy in some ways and I think most people can. Now that he has an actual team he can show why he was highly touted. After his underwhelming performance and hard ships he deserves his recent success. I hope he scores lol but hope Montreal wins

But, let's not make excuses for how bad he was, and how little he tried, that isn't fair for the guys that actually have tried and got roasted in the press. Drouin was handled with little kid gloves his entire time, and when he had it tough he would take little breaks, and he was forgiven. He totally mailed it in, he rarely gave a full shift, backchecked, threw a hit, gave the extra ounce that a professional often does. At least Gally tries, he sucks, but he tries. Drouin did nothing at all, a total paycheck player.

It is a bit unfair to Drouin.

As much as he totally underperformed and was an absolute failure.

At the time we acquired him, he was a very, very promising player.

There were a ton of red flags when Tampa buried him in the minors. When good teams put top picks up for trade, you just know something is up with that player.

 

[StCaufield]

The only thing he loaded was his pants every time he got a scoring chance.


What are you talking about? He gets very little hate because he is french.

Nobody said anybody said anything specifically about him being French but you can see the difference in the last 30 years and more. Québécois players have more expectations in Montreal everybody knows this. High expectations that aren’t met aren’t handled well

 

[Leon Lucius Black]

Drouin with the Habs had a 0.58 PPG, Drouin on the Avs has a 0.59 PPG.

The issue with Drouin was his expectations were through the roof given he was traded for a highly touted prospect and then signed a big deal. The best thing for him and Montreal was for him to go somewhere else where he could just be the 40-45 point guy he is and not the top line guy he was expected to be.

 

[LaP]

If Dvorak wasn't an anglophone, he would never have been acquired. A trade made without aany semblance of strategy.

It was a trade made with lot of panic and lost of control. Both were tbh.

The Drouin trade (and Alzner signature) was made right before losing Markov and Radulov for nothing. It was a desperation move to try to stay relevant. The Dvorak trade was made right after losing Kotkaniemi for not much. It was also made out of desperation to try to stay relevant.

 

[Tyson]

It was a trade made with lot of panic and lost of control. Both were tbh.

The Drouin trade (and Alzner signature) was made right before losing Markov and Radulov for nothing. It was a desperation move to try to stay relevant. The Dvorak trade was made right after losing Kotkaniemi for not much. It was also made out of desperation to try to stay relevant.

Dealing from the position of desperation is why Bergevin set this franchise back and is still doing so

 

[MarkovsKnee]

I expect Barron to be back in tonight. Avs drafted him.

Hopefully they keep Matheson-Guhle together. They played well against Edmonton.

Put Harris with Savard, and Struble-Barron as the bottom pairing.

 

[JRichard]

Usually, getting booed at the Bell Center is a mark of respect for a visiting player.

Been reading that a lot: booing as a sign of respect.
so what are they doing when its a player underserving of respect?

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Nobody said anybody said anything specifically about him being French but you can see the difference in the last 30 years and more. Québécois players have more expectations in Montreal everybody knows this. High expectations that aren’t met aren’t handled well

By who? The media would kiss Drouin's ass if he deliberately scored an own goal every game.

 

[morhilane]

Been reading that a lot: booing as a sign of respect.
so what are they doing when its a player underserving of respect?

Those visiting players are just ignored.

 

[MXD]

nice to know he mailed it in here for so many years, and can contribute when he wants to.

Nah. He didn't mail it.
He had physical issues, and he's a passenger at the NHL level. Like, a very good passenger, but a passenger.

Been reading that a lot: booing as a sign of respect.
so what are they doing when its a player underserving of respect?

Whatever happened with Mike Hoffman, which is, absolutely nothing.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

If Dvorak wasn't an anglophone, he would never have been acquired. A trade made without any semblance of strategy.

Both were acts of desperation and stupidity.

 

[waitin425]

What Drouin is showing us, is that even shitty players can look good with exceptional players. It doesn't mean he has miraculously improved or anything, it is all a smoke screen. He will earn a contract somewhere for 3 years and decent money, and the team he signs with, will be regretting that decision within 6 months.