Player Discussion Jonathan Drouin----Nothing burger edition.

[Sorinth]

I don’t care what he did in Tampa. During the most critical stretch of last season the Habs highest paid forward disappeared.

Like I said, basing your opinion solely on the last 25 games for any player is just dumb. You asked which Drouin will show up this year as if he's either going to be good for 82 games or bad for 82 games. Drouin will do what he always does look great for some stretches and terrible for others. Those terrible stretches have nothing to do with it being crunch time, they can happen at any time because he's simply inconsistent.

 

[Tyson]

Like I said, basing your opinion solely on the last 25 games for any player is just dumb. You asked which Drouin will show up this year as if he's either going to be good for 82 games or bad for 82 games. Drouin will do what he always does look great for some stretches and terrible for others. Those terrible stretches have nothing to do with it being crunch time, they can happen at any time because he's simply inconsistent.

Dumb? Grow up with the insults.

 

[HuGort]

pennies on the dollar is the word on Drouins trade value.

Nobody is taking this guy with out Bozo retaining most of the salary.

Everybody hated the Domi trade when MOntreal first made it. It turned out pretty good.

I would take a Subban type return for Drouin. Which was 2 seconds, a former 7th rounder and a fringe NHLer.

 

[Habs]

i keep hoping i'll open up the board and see a thread about how he has been traded, I'm disappointed.

 

[PaulD]

Everybody hated the Domi trade when MOntreal first made it. It turned out pretty good.

I would take a Subban type return for Drouin. Which was 2 seconds, a former 7th rounder and a fringe NHLer.

That would be a decent deal for the habs .

 

[Rapala]

Yet he's also been extremely good at crunch time when Tampa went to the ECF and he was one of their top producers. So it doesn't seem like he's a choker, he's just an inconsistent player.

As a fifth wheel not as the go to guy.

 

[Deebs]

Everybody hated the Domi trade when MOntreal first made it. It turned out pretty good.

I would take a Subban type return for Drouin. Which was 2 seconds, a former 7th rounder and a fringe NHLer.

Not everyone hated the Domi trade

 

[HuGort]

Not everyone hated the Domi trade

Geez, like for you to show me one. This board was irate when that trade was made

 

[ottawa]

No I don't like him. He was a lazy heartless player in Midget AAA and is still a lazy heartless player. Someone like Hudon will consistently give you 100% while Drouin won't. Don't be blinded by his talent. It means nothing if he has no heart.

The problem is that Hudon is trash.

Stop giving this long leash to French players. Drouin deserves to be traded and Hudon's NHL career is over as far as I can tell. You don't clear 30 teams because you're an NHLer.

 

[ottawa]

Geez, like for you to show me one. This board was irate when that trade was made

I honestly remember this board being happy if anything, look up the oroginal trade thread.

 

[THE HOFF]

Geez, like for you to show me one. This board was irate when that trade was made

I liked it

 

[The Great Weal]

Initially, I thought the Drouin trade was great. However, I did not expect us to not resign Markov and Radulov without replacing them with qualified players. I loved the Drouin trade as I thought he was an ADDITION to the team, not a substitution.

 

[Sorinth]

As a fifth wheel not as the go to guy.

Isn't the number 5 spot pretty much exactly where a 50 point player should be?

 

[HuGort]

I honestly remember this board being happy if anything, look up the oroginal trade thread.

Yes, I wish you would.

 

[ottawa]

Yes, I wish you would.

Link?

 

[Rapala]

Isn't the number 5 spot pretty much exactly where a 50 point player should be?

Yeah if we brought him here to be a fifth wheel sure. But we didn't. MB made him our highest paid forward and was also hoping he'd lead our offense while directing the PP. The pressure of playing in Montreal aside he had nowhere to hide. Teams weren't discussing Kucherov and Stamkos and Hedman etc. when game planning. Against us they were talking about shutting down and being aggressive on Drouin.

 

[Sorinth]

Yeah if we brought him here to be a fifth wheel sure. But we didn't. MB made him our highest paid forward and was also hoping he'd lead our offense while directing the PP. The pressure of playing in Montreal aside he had nowhere to hide. Teams weren't discussing Kucherov and Stamkos and Hedman etc. when game planning. Against us they were talking about shutting down and being aggressive on Drouin.

Which really has nothing to do with Drouin and everything to do with MB. Drouin has done exactly the same thing in Montreal as he was doing in Tampa. He was a 50 point winger with defensive issues in Tampa, and that's what he is with us.

 

[Runner77]

Which really has nothing to do with Drouin and everything to do with MB. Drouin has done exactly the same thing in Montreal as he was doing in Tampa. He was a 50 point winger with defensive issues in Tampa, and that's what he is with us.

If that’s what he was, I don’t think our scouting people did a great job in assessing him.

The GM brought him in to play center. He and his advisors apparently missed out on quite a bit regarding his background and abilities.

 

[Sorinth]

If that’s what he was, I don’t think our scouting people did a great job in assessing him.

The GM brought him in to play center. He and his advisors apparently missed out on quite a bit regarding his background and abilities.

Agreed. They did a terrible job assessing him, just like they did a terrible job assessing Alzner, Shaw and many others.

 

[26Mats]

Which really has nothing to do with Drouin and everything to do with MB. Drouin has done exactly the same thing in Montreal as he was doing in Tampa. He was a 50 point winger with defensive issues in Tampa, and that's what he is with us.

Its his worst trade so far. And Alzner his worst signing. And Radulov and Markov his worst negotiations. Was an awful off season.

At least he's now getting Timmins a lot of picks and allowing him to draft for talent instead of size.

And also, the Domi for Glachenuk trade seems to be making up for the Drouin for sergachev trade.

I'd take Domi and Drouin over Galchenyuk and Sergachev. Best player wins the trade.

Shaw for two early 2nds and then trading shaw for a 2nd (probably later) and a 3rd was his second wost trade. But trading ufa's weise and Fleischmann for Danault and a new 2nd (Romanov) again makes up for it.

 

[TannedBum]

Shaw for two early 2nds and then trading shaw for a 2nd (probably later) and a 3rd was his second wost trade.

Lol one of the best trades he has ever made. How you even manage to think so simple ? Amazing all-around cluelessness.

 

[sandysan]

If that’s what he was, I don’t think our scouting people did a great job in assessing him.

The GM brought him in to play center. He and his advisors apparently missed out on quite a bit regarding his background and abilities.

Our scouting people didn't say peep when someone got the idea he could solve out lack of depth down the middle.

You don't make many mistakes worse than that.

He was a sulky entitled bum in Tampa and very little has changed.

If he has to earn his icetime he is going to do exactly the same thing. It's who he is. It has already begun.

 

[salbutera]

Drouin has a very good contract for a 50-60 point player - lower than the going rate.

I get people expect more looking at his skill set but Drouin is very comparable (stats-wise) to Kovalev at the same age....similar enigma as well it seems.

 

[GoodKiwi]

Drouin has a very good contract for a 50-60 point player - lower than the going rate.

I get people expect more looking at his skill set but Drouin is very comparable (stats-wise) to Kovalev at the same age....similar enigma as well it seems.

Ironically enough, it is my view that Drouin's skillset and the one of Kovalev aren't at all similar in terms of that there's absolutely nothing Drouin can do better on the ice in order to affect a game's outcome anywhere close to as much as Kovalev could.

 

[26Mats]

Lol one of the best trades he has ever made. How you even manage to think so simple ? Amazing all-around cluelessness.

Best trades??? You're clueless.