Player Discussion Jonathan Drouin - Blue White Red Dead Redemption Edition

[The Great Weal]

Drouin has had strong season start every year in Montreal. He just falter as the season goes on (injury or not).

Drouin was making smart choices with his strong performance at the start of the year which is something I've never seen him do. He produced well at the start of ever season, but he was a lot more effective this year. He was playing effective hockey instead of flashy hockey. If he worked harder and smarter instead of solely depending on his talent, he would be a 60 point player.

 

[sharknado]

Are there any stats on how many give aways this guy had last game?

 

[MisterY]

Drouin wants to play with Lafrenière.

He is the only one that has the future of the club at heart.

 

[Hins77]

Drouin is a 50 pts/season guys while he is playing with armia and kotkaniemi (at 18 years old). Or lehkonen. Drouin is the kind of guy i would really like to see beside a guy like barkov, or mackinnon, matthews. Pretty sure he could be a 70 pts and + if he would playing with those studs. Drouin need space. These studs make space cause they are overprotecting by the opponent. Yeah. He is a complementary guy. But he looks to work hard and with efforts. Sometimes it doesnt work. But the last thing i would do is to trade him when is value is as much low.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Drouin wants to play with Lafrenière.

He is the only one that has the future of the club at heart.

Maybe Clode is also in on it.

Wait, naw, that's just Clode being Clode.

 

[Habs Icing]

Have you ever seen a player openly complain about a teammate?

Actually, Drouin did it. At the end of his first year (I think it was). Asked why he had such a terrible year. He gave a few BS reasons and then towards the end of his reply he lay some responsibility on his linemates.

Yes I know he didn't name them but everyone knew who his linemates were during the year.

 

[Habs Icing]

Sometimes it looks like he has the pressure of the world on his shoulders, I actually feel bad. I think a trade to a market with less pressure would do him wonders.

Do you mean the Swiss League or junior A?

 

[Habs Icing]

I wonder if we can acquire CBJ’s underperforming Anderson in a deal for Drouin.

CBJ is already big on the wings and we might benefit from a different style player.

Torts would have Drouin crying on the bench and changing his underwear during every intermission.

 

[Habs Icing]

I get people are pissed at him but he still had a much better game yesterday than the previous two games. Armia was the anchor on that line yesterday

You're right. He went from a putrid effort to simply a terrible one.

 

[tazsub3]

I don't even want to think about Gomez fiasco.

Passing is like riding a bike, after a decade and a half, the brain automatically compensates the "lead" on the pass. He couldn't even do that.

Don't get me wrong, I want the Habs to lose, but I stall can't stand a no show. At the very least, it's disrespectful to his teammates and fans.

Some are claiming "rust". Doubt it, but let's see, what other excuse can we generate before we accept what he really is.

You see if it was just playing bad then rust it can be . But zero effort , rust has nothing to do with it

 

[Captain Mountain]

Drouin was making smart choices with his strong performance at the start of the year which is something I've never seen him do. He produced well at the start of ever season, but he was a lot more effective this year. He was playing effective hockey instead of flashy hockey. If he worked harder and smarter instead of solely depending on his talent, he would be a 60 point player.

Drouin was riding an extreme percentages bender that made Domi's 2018-2019 season look snakebitten by comparison. He was playing better, but even playing like that, he was probably only around 50 points for a full season. He is what he is.

 

[sharknado]

Drouin is a 50 pts/season guys while he is playing with armia and kotkaniemi (at 18 years old). Or lehkonen. Drouin is the kind of guy i would really like to see beside a guy like barkov, or mackinnon, matthews. Pretty sure he could be a 70 pts and + if he would playing with those studs. Drouin need space. These studs make space cause they are overprotecting by the opponent. Yeah. He is a complementary guy. But he looks to work hard and with efforts. Sometimes it doesnt work. But the last thing i would do is to trade him when is value is as much low.

It does not matter who you pair him with, he has no heart and no ambition to do anything. This is how he was in Midget AAA and has never changed. Only our GM was willing to give up our #1 drafted Dman before seeing what he would become to get someone with JD's track record and pay him millions. I want to see what guys like Gallagher, Tatar, etc are going to ask for when their contract is up becuase their stats, heart, and compete level and miles above JD.

I am pretty sure that Bergevin will not disapoint and will get rid of these guys just to keep Drouin.

 

[japhi]

Played well tonight

 

[Dutronc]

Played well tonight

Will play great with Kotkaniemi ! I hate to see Ouellet with them. This guy is just awful...

 

[the]

My Drou-Drou played some good hockey.

 

[ForeverHabs97]

After his goal he got better. Looks like the monkey was off his back a little.

 

[ahmedou]

Player Discussion - Jonathan Drouin - Trust me bro Edition

 

[sharks9]

Hopefully getting the monkey off his back lets him relax a little bit and we see 15-16 playoff Drouin

 

[Habs Halifax]

Drouin is a 50 pts/season guys while he is playing with armia and kotkaniemi (at 18 years old). Or lehkonen. Drouin is the kind of guy i would really like to see beside a guy like barkov, or mackinnon, matthews. Pretty sure he could be a 70 pts and + if he would playing with those studs. Drouin need space. These studs make space cause they are overprotecting by the opponent. Yeah. He is a complementary guy. But he looks to work hard and with efforts. Sometimes it doesnt work. But the last thing i would do is to trade him when is value is as much low.

100% agree! Those who are thinking we should just get rid of Drouin should calm down. He has flaws yes but our overall roster is flawed and Drouin needs to play with a physical and mature center. Until then, just chill and relax on the attack. Your not being a hero as a fan pointing out his flaws people. It's noise on top of noise and not necessary

 

[dackelljuneaubulis02]

I love that he knows long flow Drouin is bad luck lol.

He and KK seemed to click in a way that he didn't with Suzuki.

Drouin might be too high maintenance to even be worth keeping but I think if you put him in the best possible position to do well, he can generally do better than he's done in the past and possibly be a net positive. It's still too early to tell. There's was plenty bad in the first 2 games but saying he did NOTHING good is just dishonest.

Hate him all you want and say he'll be nothing more than a 50 pt guy. That doesn't really matter.

What matters is what he'll do now in the playoffs. he's more than capable of being a damn fine player in a 10-15 game stretch. He's done it before and he's done it in the playoffs. No reason to think he can't do it again.