The problem is Drouin doesn't look that foolish just once in a game. Example: the last game against the Leafs. He was looking foolish throughout the whole game.
Then Anze Kopitar and Jeff Carter, before facing the Penguins again.
Probably. He also was nothing special at camp while Peca earned a spot in the lineup.
I'm not really expecting anything from him, I'm responding to the fact that some people have him automatically pencilled in the line-up over Plekanec when he hasn't really shown much up to this point to have that said. Pleks is older and pretty much done offensively but he's still a reliable shut down guy with literally 1000 games of experience. Peca's played like 3 preseason games and 1 mediocre regular season game with us and now he's the regular 4th line C because he can skate? I don't buy it.
Droin has not hit his full potential, but he was still one of our most dangerous players last year. Be fair!
He has conditional good moments...he is looking like a real lazy player, who when he feels like it, can turn it on for short periods of time...he an immense amount of talent, and all the tools, but seems to lack something upstairs? His drive is pretty suspect at this time.............let's hope he can get it going, or he will make the clown GM look worse, if that's possible.
Mario Lemieux made Ray Bourque look like a clown on at least two (and I think it was three) occassions with highlight reel goals. Bourque looked terrible.
Plekanec is in a group of about 4 or 5 players (Hudon, DLR, Peca, Scherbak) who should all be alternating different spots on the 4th line.
I wouldn't expect anyone who's already gotten paid to step it up a notch until his next contract year. Johnny can take it easy on the workout regiment and commitment to the game. They money is already in his hands.
The cynic in me believes that they think they're fielding a weaker team by scratching them.
