Bouboumaster
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Player Discussion Jonathan Drouin - Part 5
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What’s the upside ? I’ve seen enough of Drouin. I don’t want him , even for a minimum AHL contract . I’m sure Hughes feels the same
nhlfan9191
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Hell no!!! Ive waited too long to get rid of this bum to even consider bringing his bitch ass back!
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ChesterNimitz
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A cautionary tale about the perils of continuing the flawed and imbalanced efforts to secure home town heroes.
Grand Admiral Thrawn
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Is Drouin still a thing? People are serious still talking about this guy?
Oublie ça man!
Oublie ça man!
Ironic considering there's an active thread going with over 4K replies talking about PLD - a career ~60 point player so far. It sounds like other fans here don't agree
ChesterNimitz
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Yes. Ironic isn’t it. And so predictable.
BLONG7
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Absolutely predictable.............that being said, the two players are vastly different.
I don't get that sense of entitlement from PLD, although he has had a checkered past already with the two NHL teams he has played for.
Big two way 60 pt guy who is built for the NHL. Drouin was never anything but a dipsy doodle kind of character and got away with it, until The Big Show.
Let a kid like RHP take his spot for 1.2M instead.........wall to wall effort instead of lazy no effort....
CHwest
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And yet everyone is orgasmic over getting the next one.
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Not everyone, I don't care. Quebec hockey is in a sharp decline with very little to offer right now. I like having home town players, but not at what Drouin cost or what winnipeg wants for their diva.
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Did you happen to watch Winnipeg's last two games before being eliminated? He was completely disengaged. His coach's post-game rant after elimination was one for the ages.
Very inconsistent effort levels from PLD and there's a large sample size to go off. It will frustrate the hell out of Habs fans.
Drouin's gone. It will be interesting to see what his next contract looks like.
Bouboumaster
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The upsides?
A 40/50 points player on a cheap ass contract, and he's also one of like 5 players who can complete a goddamn pass
Drouin has issues, like, he's never healthy, doesn't backcheck and he doesn't fight along the boards, but 2.5M AAV is nothing and we could maybe flip him if the need for that is there
Redux91
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Drouin hasn't hit 50 points in Four Years, and do you know what else he hasn't done in those 4 years? He couldn't even get to 30 points...
You say yourself, he's never healthy, he doesn't backcheck, doesn't fight along the boards??? Uhh Shit that's 3 strikes RIGHT there bud (among many others)... But you... inexplicaply.. STILL want to sign such a player..? I just can't make sense of that
But the obvious is and i still cant believe people can't understand this, it's not about the money with Drouin anymore, we're finally out of THAT, it's purely about : look, there's just no room for him anymore either. We've got a couple of AHL kid's graduating in RHP and Ylonen, on top of still sadly having a couple of anchor contracts that are difficult to move.
The "relationship" has run it's course, simple as that. It's time for both parties to move on, and they obviously will.
(For the love of god, do not reply lol, this thread needs to return to the shadows.. peacefully)
BigDaddyLurch
Have some PRIDE, Eric...
...ol' Johnny Floaty's time as a Hab is done!!...
Bouboumaster
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Drouin doesn't live in my head, I can appreciate the fact that he's one of our best 9 forwards we have right now, and if he's willing to sign up here for cheap, I'd do it hands down
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Raphael Harvey Pinard .58 PPG, plays with Suzuki
Jonathan Drouin .50 PPG plays with scrubs
Just sayin'...
Jonathan Drouin .50 PPG plays with scrubs
Just sayin'...
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That just mean we need better forwards, not that we should bring back the one that already failed for half the price.
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Redux91
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Raphael Harvey Pinard .58 PPG, plays with Suzuki
Jonathan Drouin .50 PPG plays with scrubs
Just sayin'...
Get lost with that shit lol
Grate n Colorful Oz
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The only way I'd sign Drouin is at league minimum for one year as an experiment to see how he'd react to not having any expectations. Worst comes to worst, he lives out that year in Laval.
BigDaddyLurch
Have some PRIDE, Eric...
Drouin is a pretty good player. The problem is that his defence, effort, and physicality are poor so he pretty much has to play top 6, or even top line, to be worthwhile and he’s not that good. He’s a very good player with a minimal nhl fit.
He might have a role on a team of huge unskilled guys, but that would be a bad team.
He might have a role on a team of huge unskilled guys, but that would be a bad team.
