Hopefully he comes back and he puts up a decent 40-50 point season. Thats really all we can ask for him. We need all the help we can get
Thats impossibleDrouin needs to score minimum 70 points to be an effective player.
Drouin needs to score minimum 70 points to be an effective player.
Would be great if he could hit that but that's a little much in my opinion. I'm putting my expectation for him at 60.Drouin needs to score minimum 70 points to be an effective player.
Thats impossible
Loads of talent..........nothing else...we are stuck with him, let's hope he finally puts it all together...this would be awesome.For all the hate Drouin gets, he is still a 50 pts player. He's not nearly as bad as what most people think.
For all the hate Drouin gets, he is still a 50 pts player. He's not nearly as bad as what most people think.
His PP contributions over all have been the reason poster’s focus on and critique his D play. I felt Drouin committed to becoming a better defensive player last season and I also commended him on the effort. The reality is that is not his forte nor will it appease many. We need a minimum of 60 points out of him including a serious jolt to his PP performance. From what I’ve seen so far PK’s have no fear of closing on him all over the ice. Unlike Kovalev he doesn’t have the ability to burn player’s consistently so his time and space is drastically reduced. No fear factor. I have been less than impressed with his insertion at the point and would only use him up front. Probably on a second wave. Will he once again be that square peg who didn’t fit any of the round holes available?Well it sounds crazy but he will probably be relied on for being the primary puck distributor for all of our scoring wingers on the PP. If he isn't ass at playing hockey again and sticks as PP QB, he might actually sniff 60 to 70 poins.
Who knows.
For all the hate Drouin gets, he is still a 50 pts player. He's not nearly as bad as what most people think.
People exaggerate how bad he is, but most of those posters have hated him since Day 1 as if it was his fault that we traded Sergachev for him. 50 point player that isn’t nearly as bad defensively as people claim. And he also steps it up in the playoffs.
As much as I dislike him, his playmaking ability would have been welcome in the playoffs last year.
True and despite what I’m reading about the handful of negative posters on this forum. I count myself as one of them. I also felt that plenty of respect and restraint was evident in almost all of us in terms of commenting negatively on his health.
True and despite what I’m reading about the handful of negative posters on this forum. I count myself as one of them. I also felt that plenty of respect and restraint was evident in almost all of us in terms of commenting negatively on his health.
Agreed I just want him to replace Tatar's regular season output but i doubt he does especially in the goals categoryYeah it is - he's just not good and he doesn't fit anywhere in this line-up because the only skill he brings, he can't maximize since the other winger is also bad defensively resulting in any center they have getting buried in defensive duties and a lot of pucks ending in our own net.
Agreed I just want him to replace Tatar's regular season output but i doubt he does especially in the goals category
I think production is all he has to offer. Nobody is saying that he's good defensively. He can still improve. I've always been in the camp of moving on from him and thinking he's not very good but if we are going to keep him I'd rather be positive about him in the offseason. At least until he dissapoints me when the games startTatar was part of one of the best 5 on 5 lines in hockey, where Drouin is one of the worst 5 on 5 defenders in the league.. he might be able to replace his production but the impact will be negative, he has to outscore his problems a lot more than he has.
I think production is all he has to offer. Nobody is saying that he's good defensively. He can still improve. I've always been in the camp of moving on from him and thinking he's not very good but if we are going to keep him I'd rather be positive about him in the offseason. At least until he dissapoints me when the games start
Hopefully he comes back and he puts up a decent 40-50 point season. Thats really all we can ask for him. We need all the help we can get
Tatar was part of one of the best 5 on 5 lines in hockey, where Drouin is one of the worst 5 on 5 defenders in the league.. he might be able to replace his production but the impact will be negative, he has to outscore his problems a lot more than he has.
Solid writeup here from @mynamejeff420 that used to post here. In his time as a Canadien he ranks 8th worst in the league in xGA (essentially weighting the shots Montreal surrenders with him on the ice by location), but I will note this is a tad unfair as it includes the 17-18 year at centre. If you exclude that season and just go with the past 3 years as a winger he improves to uh...the 27th worst defensive forward in the league by that metric.Just out of curiosity are there stats on that or is that your evaluation?