MasterD
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Reinforces why I was so mad at the Subban trade. Love him or hate him, he's one of the rare players we've had who just lived for the spotlights. It fueled him.
Confirmed with Link: Drouin taking indefinite leave of absence for personal reasons - placed on LTIR (Mod warn #28, 382
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You don't know what you got till it's gone... Please take the time to get well Jo. Best of wishes.
What the f***. I hope any decent human being would "bail" on his team, or work colleagues, or business partners, whatever, to deal with family issues.
Disgusting comment.
Monsieur Miz
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How so? Let's just close this board then if we can't discuss players performances because it might hurt their feelings.
Lolonegoal
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Although I'm all for player privacy we had this situation last year with Rask, where no statement was released when it would of been really simply to clarify and it just resulted in a lot of preventable resentment and hate sent his way.
The Great Weal
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His play did a complete 180 after the covid break, something had to have happened. I wish him all the best and hope he is ok.
Habs Icing
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I'm not a doctor but if he is suffering from depression it doesn't really matter if he plays in Montreal or in Arizona.
Adriatic
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Ya let's ban fans from commenting on games and players.
EveryDay
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Are you insane? Rask deserve that bullshit because he decide to take care of his sick child??? GTFO.
MasterD
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MasterDecoy
Who took my beer?
Vachon23
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We don’t know what he have but in Arizona he will just have to concentrate on hockey.
habergeon
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it’s been a tough year for everyone, athletes are no different. They are human.
I’ve got nothing but prayers and support going his way.
I’ve got nothing but prayers and support going his way.
WatchfulElm
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I think we know who they are already. Hopefully this gives an opportunity to the mods to kick them out.
Good luck to JD. I always wanted him to become a star in Montreal. And I still think he's better than what he's shown so far. But as Stéphane Richer once said, there's more important things than hockey in life.
I was never diagnosed but I'm 100% certain I've been depressed for about 12 years now (ever since I tried to force myself to go through engineering school). If that is indeed what he's dealing with then I completely understand why Drouin would "take the night off" sometimes. There is no on/off switch on depression but when it hits, it becomes impossible to get to work effectively. You can go through the motions by experience and talent but giving real effort can literally be impossible. I hope he can find a way to deal with this because depression is a bitch
Habs Icing
Formerly Onice
From what I've seen depression goes looking for a reason. Not the other way around.
MasterDecoy
Who took my beer?
Can’t believe that needed to be said
Said it before, will say it again...............It's ok to wish him well, and still be glad he is gone......
Chill guys......we can all have our opinions.....
I would think 50 percent of us on here, have battled mental health issues.....just relax. Everyone including myself deals with this stuff in their own way.
There's quite a bit of a gap between the abuse Drouin received and discussing player performance.
Some people on social media are quite vicious.
That’s what you get when a fan base / media prefer to spit on its struggling players instead of supporting them.
DramaticGloveSave
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Ya. Heading into the break he was playing the best hockey of his career. After the break he’s been shell of himself.
le_sean
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But why exactly are we entitled to know private information? I can’t call your company and ask why you’re on an extended leave of absence. Why is it different for players?
Andrei79
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I wish him all the best. It's hard being a Franco in this city and Drouin's been as much a target as anyone I've seen not named Brisebois. I mean, I'm a Habs fan and want to see the best from the players, but they're all human in the end and you can't but feel for then when they go through rough patches.
Ive looked at the clip where he leaves the warmup and it looks to me its not Jo who says he can't go, its Graham who tells him something. My guess is that its a family matter. Take care 92
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