The two cornerstones of the franchise sign max term deals. Callahan signs here. Garrison waives NTC to come here. Stralman signs here. Kucherov re-signs here. Cooper is tapped by team North America to assistant coach. Followed by Team Canada getting Cooper to be head coach there. Yzerman has made countless deals that were positive for the franchise and even when those contracts are a bit long and the player under performs he masterly is able to move around to put the Lightning back in a good spot moving forward. Between Cooper and Yzerman in 6 years they have made the Lightning organization one of the best organizations in hockey. MSL gets ******** Yzerman didn't pull rank to get him on team Canada...and when Yzerman pulls him in is barely played by Babcock. Then all this crap about prima donna Drouin ... its more about Drouin's immaturity and unwillingness to buy in like Hedman, Stamkos, Kucherov, and others.
Drouin is gonna get ruined by the scrunity in Montreal. For all the talent he has ... he made his bed the day he left the team and demanded a trade. Yzerman just patiently bought his time until Drouin regained some value to get rid of the little spit. Sergachev is gonna be a monster...Yzerman came out on top here and the Lightning organization is better for it.
This thread is a joke.