The last pairing d almost outscored the top 6 forward last year. Pretty pathetic if you ask me. Sergachev is also 20 year old and he would be light years ahead of any current LHD. I don't agree that we should be treating Drouin and Sergachev the same. Drouin is now 23 and is playing wing. Sergachev is 20 and is playing defense. 2 very different cases imo.
I'd say considerable edge to Sergachev. Sergachev had a historic U20 performance.
I don't think it would be edge to Drouin. A 17 game sample shouldn't set how his season went. You do know that he also had a 17 game sample where he had 13 points in the AHL right? You can't use one and ignore the other.
And why is that? One plays wing and the other plays defense. If Sergachev greatly improves his defensive game and scores 35 points, I'd give him the edge.
We can say the same thing about Drouin. People today are still saying how Drouin can break out at 23 playing the far easier position.
It definitely still is too early to say who won and lost the trade, we will see what happens.
So serg has to get 40 points as a dman at 21 years old to match Drouin’s 53 points in 73 games at 21 years old lol makes sense
It definitely still is too early to say who won and lost the trade, we will see what happens.
More spectacular dekes.What would be more often to you, i mean the guy is playing very well this year, brings alot more good than bad, high risk high reward player very exciting, is it not what people where asking for the last 6 years on this board, dont get the scrutiny Drouin get around here
More spectacular dekes.
You don't get the scrutiny?? Look at his terrible backchecks like tonight when on the PP that forced Petry into a bad spot and had to take a penalty.
Look at his dumb penalty at the end.
The scrutiny he gets is totally warranted. Yes, he has talent. We all know that. Exciting? Meh.
Subban was exciting, Kovalev was exciting. I don't put Drouin in that category, yet. Maybe one day, but not now.
That was definitely the best then worst of Drouin. But I really didn’t think his stick was that vicious, looked like he just put it up to protect himself and Backes hit it coming at him.
40 points by a dman is obviously more valuable than 53 points by a forward. You don't need a calculator for that, just simple sense.Do you have a equitation calculator that determines what 53 pts from a forward is worth on Defense? Cherry picking one line with no substance in your reply lol makes sense for HF standards.
Drew Doughty w/ a 40 pt season does more than a 53 pt. Johnny D.40 points by a dman is obviously more valuable than 53 points by a forward. You don't need a calculator for that, just simple sense.
He also threw a couple of nice hits including drilling Marchand.I agree. If we see the Drouin we saw in the 3rd period every night he'll be a star. Played like he cared, like he wanted to get a win, a result, instead of dance around, and wasn't going to be intimidated by Backes. He just made a mistake.
Meh, I don't find him particularly exciting, hence me saying I want to see more rushes like the one he did tonight.Nope, i really dont get it, terrible backcheck-bad penalty......you see that from every players in the league, dont know about you but i'm watching close to 200 games per years and i saw plenty of that from stars in this league from time to time, but whenever JD make a bad play (sometimes even if it's not a bad play but the result is not good) peoples on this board come craping on him, we got a guy here who is close to PPG very exciting to watch and all we do is wait for his next mistake to post ''you see i told you so''.....pretty sad
Have to say tho have not see you crapping on JD too often , so maybe i should have choose another post to reply to
well duh, but Serg is much closer to Mike Reilly right now than he is Doughty...Drew Doughty w/ a 40 pt season does more than a 53 pt. Johnny D.
Meh, I don't find him particularly exciting, hence me saying I want to see more rushes like the one he did tonight.
As for people dumping on him, dude, this is Mtl, most players get dumped on. Price, Subban, Max, Galch, Eller, DD, Alzner, Shaw, Schlemko, heck some guys even crapped on Markov
Drouin is inconsistent
so he's gonna get his lick. Par for the course.
Well, this is his second penalty-kills-the-Habs-against-Boston moment. He might be making a case that he's a less productive, LW version of Daniel Briere.Meh, I don't find him particularly exciting, hence me saying I want to see more rushes like the one he did tonight.
As for people dumping on him, dude, this is Mtl, most players get dumped on. Price, Subban, Max, Galch, Eller, DD, Alzner, Shaw, Schlemko, heck some guys even crapped on Markov.
Drouin is inconsistent, so he's gonna get his lick. Par for the course.
Yep. Drouin is one of the most spectacular player in the league.He looked Connor McDavid fast on that 1st goal
no excuses.Yep. Drouin is one of the most spectacular player in the league.
Yes he is frustrating sometimes but like kovalev, p.k, richer.....I prefer someone like him than a boring player who does every little thing good.
We wanted a show...with Drouin we have one no matter what...
Btw yesterday his penalty was more an accident than anything else.
Don't even waste your time.40 points by a dman is obviously more valuable than 53 points by a forward. You don't need a calculator for that, just simple sense.
Drouin is not the star that MB tried to sell to us. The Habs are stuck with another enigmatic player. He seems to have gotten his scoring touch with Domi back again but the Habs let go yet another D prospect that the team could really use.
Joe was flying on that one. His eyes were popping out like Rocket lolHe looked Connor McDavid fast on that 1st goal