Player Discussion Jonathan Drouin - So comman Edition

[ahmedou]

You're capable l'gros

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[Habs 4 Life]

Maybe in Novice Jonathan played defense?
Bergevin should try him out, could have an even better defense than he already believes!!!!!

 

[vHAB]

I think we should try him in nets. Price let the team down this year, we need a better goalie to carry us to the cup.

 

[The Great Weal]

He is everything Habs management think Galchenyuk is. A lazy, one dimensional, horrible defensive player that can't win faceoffs and loses every board battle.

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

I think we should try him in nets. Price let the team down this year, we need a better goalie to carry us to the cup.

Nah. Left defense.

 

[Justin11]

I still have faith in this kid but not in the center position. I really believe he can be productive at wing.

 

[OldCraig71]

I still have faith in this kid but not in the center position. I really believe he can be productive at wing.

Steve Yzerman is tired of laughing by now.

 

[le_sean]

He is everything Habs management think Galchenyuk is. A lazy, one dimensional, horrible defensive player that can't win faceoffs and loses every board battle.

See that puck flip and then skating through the two Bruins defenders move? Galchenyuk would have tried to toe drag and get knocked off the puck. Drouin has his shortcomings but he can do things Galchenyuk can’t even dream of, like beat players to pucks.

 

[groovejuice]

See that puck flip and then skating through the two Bruins defenders move? Galchenyuk would have tried to toe drag and get knocked off the puck. Drouin has his shortcomings but he can do things Galchenyuk can’t even dream of, like beat players to pucks.

Drouin has below Desharnais level defense. He can backcheck effectively because of his speed. That's it.

Belittle Galchenyuk all you like. The truth is he's been superior to Drouin in every facet of the game. I doubt the trade will ever come close to being even.

 

[Monsieur Miz]

He looks like a french Andrei Kostitsyn to me so far.
Plays as he sees fit, no emotion, the charisma of a mollusc.
Yup, not a fan.

 

[Habs Icing]

He is everything Habs management think Galchenyuk is. A lazy, one dimensional, horrible defensive player that can't win faceoffs and loses every board battle.

And sulks. You forgot, he sulks.

 

[The Great Weal]

See that puck flip and then skating through the two Bruins defenders move? Galchenyuk would have tried to toe drag and get knocked off the puck. Drouin has his shortcomings but he can do things Galchenyuk can’t even dream of, like beat players to pucks.

It's sad how you remember the one good play that Drouin made the entire game, but disregard the dominant shifts by Galchenyuk.

 

[Carey Chant]

He looks like a french Andrei Kostitsyn to me so far.
Plays as he sees fit, no emotion, the charisma of a mollusc.
Yup, not a fan.

Yea I can see that....every once in a while they try and have a multipoint game, maybe a good hair day or a girlfriend is in the crowd. Stevie Y sold real high on Jonathan Laflamme.

 

[SirClintonPortis]

Giving away a potential franchise D. Giving a division rival a successor to their current franchise D(Hedman will eventually hit the land of the "old" in three years while Sergachev will start peaking then). Getting a 2nd line left winger who can barely score 20 goals a season and has yet to eclipse the 60 point mark and due for much worse this season. Above all, said winger was overpaid for because of motivated reasoning. The triggerman wanted Drouin to be the next Lafleur to the point of delusion. Instead, you get a soft 2nd line playmaking winger with questionable defense and lacking in physical dominance. The problem with Drouin will always be the cost it took to get such an "plain top 6 forward" and how we turned Tampa's D from just "OK" to "potentially worthy of winning the Cup".

 

[sandviper]

It's sad how you remember the one good play that Drouin made the entire game, but disregard the dominant shifts by Galchenyuk.

For every good, there is a bad...

 

[82Ninety42011]

Was a horrible trade at the beginning but he's not at fault. He's a good player but a complimentary player not a star. He needs a play maker to play with and he'll put up solid points as a top line winger. He was never going to be a Centre in the NHL.

 

[The Great Weal]

For every good, there is a bad...

I'm totally fine with those mistakes as long as he does SOMETHING offensively. He hasn't done anything worthwile.

 

[le_sean]

It's sad how you remember the one good play that Drouin made the entire game, but disregard the dominant shifts by Galchenyuk.

I’m not ignoring anything. Both suck. But this is a Drouin thread and exactly zero people mentioned or compared him to Galchenyuk and you came with your agenda of comparing the two for no good reason. So I called you out on it.

 

[sandviper]

I'm totally fine with those mistakes as long as he does SOMETHING offensively. He hasn't done anything worthwile.

He played wing last night and to be honest, I expected him to be a lot more dominant. Really disappointing.

 

[The Great Weal]

I’m not ignoring anything. Both suck. But this is a Drouin thread and exactly zero people mentioned or compared him to Galchenyuk and you came with your agenda of comparing the two for no good reason. So I called you out on it.

I'm not comparing. I'm just saying that Drouin is doing basically everything this management hates and have hated with players like Galchenyuk.

 

[The Great Weal]

He played wing last night and to be honest, I expected him to be a lot more dominant. Really disappointing.

He was there for like 1 period and Boston is an incredible shutdown team. I'd be giving him more chances. It was just recently that Boston's top line was on the ice for a goal against for the very first time.

 

[sandviper]

Was a horrible trade at the beginning but he's not at fault. He's a good player but a complimentary player not a star. He needs a play maker to play with and he'll put up solid points as a top line winger. He was never going to be a Centre in the NHL.

And that is ok, being a complimentary player. He’d probably be one of our best but we traded a potential franchise player for a complimentary player. Again, maybe fine if he had Radulov as his wingman.

Just saying, looking at the centers in our division, Drouin isn’t going to match well against their #1s.

Matthews
Eichel
Stamkos
Barkov
Bergeron

I’d say we are pretty even against Ottawa.

 

[le_sean]

I'm not comparing. I'm just saying that Drouin is doing basically everything this management hates and have hated with players like Galchenyuk.

You’re right and neither is the solution down the middle. We need Ryan Poehling to be 22 years old because that’s the type of centre the two of them need between them.

 

[The Great Weal]

You’re right and neither is the solution down the middle. We need Ryan Poehling to be 22 years old because that’s the type of centre the two of them need between them.

I would hope that we have a better center than Poehling.

 

[LaP]

I would hope that we have a better center than Poehling.

Sadly i don't think we have. Anyway not one that fulfill the rispek requirement set by MB.