Forget his point total. His ability to play away from the puck, his defensive game and his board battles were among the very best on the team. Add elite passing and vision and he's a much, much better player than Colton. Completely different tier.
I suppose I just have enough basic faith in this management group to know that -- especially after Drouin's agent raved about meeting with them -- that they want Drouin back, know that he's MacK's friend (which is why they signed him...), have seriously pursued their options, and if Drouin was literally willing to sign a great deal that it would already be done by now. I'm not going to start imagining scenarios where Drouin is willing to sign an amazing deal but management are just a bunch of bozos who met with Drouin's agent as soon as the season ended as a funny prank and are refusing to sign Drouin to the really team-friendly deal that he wants to sign asap.
Bring our boy back
Ryan Murray has only played 57% of his career potential games due to various injuries.
PTO never hurts. But if CMac does that, Bednar needs to have Manson and every other player absolutely testing him in board battles. Stress the hell out of his back to make damn sure he can hold up. Even then, no more than league minimum on a one year deal if he truly earned it over others. I'd be very skeptical.
I'm mostly tongue in cheek. I don't think there is much left there. But he he wants to come to camp, why not.
Nobody, we have no cap, league minimum all around on the menu, we might splurge for a 1.5/1.75 contract, but that's it
Prediction #1 is they announce Drouin on a 5-6 year deal at a low(ish) AAV.
