Why trade Drouin? He play very well this season. Just put more goals in his actual stats and his the guy we wanted in Sergachev trade. 70 points type player.
I can take this.
Why trade Drouin? He is paid as one of the highest paid players on the team, despite this.. his production involves no goals and no threat of goals (big for a playmaker) and a whole lot of second assists from being carried by Suzuki/Anderson.
He play very well this season... eh, not really.. he's playing -better- in spurts, but most of it is just due to being a passenger on a line that compliments him better than previous lines he's been on.
Just put more goals in his actual stats - doesn't work this way, he can't score goals.. so we can't manufacture goals for his stat line.
and his the guy we wanted in Sergachev trade - no, the guy we wanted in the Sergachev trade was a genuine game breaker. We got a defensively irresponsible player who needs to be carried by a line and doesn't genuinely fit anywhere.
70 points type player. - Where? He's on pace for a 55 point season. That's up there with his best Habs season.. nowhere near 70 points and nowhere near good enough to get rid of a defenseman who has the same production as him... from the back end.