Jonathan Drouin - Is there hope?

[TheNumber4]

Can't believe the Habs gave up Sergachev a year removed from losing Subban.

 

[Captain Controversy]

He's a great winger.
Garbage centre.
best to keep him where he thrives. He needs a MacKinnon or great centre to carry the line.

 

[Hostile Offer]

Habs are building around a lesser version of Phil Kessel. What a mess.

We are not building around him, just like we weren't going to build around Sergachev.

 

[mikeo1]

Drouin would easily replace Marleau or JVR on the wing.He would be fighting it out with Nylander. Marner i give you.

This is a ridiculous statement.

 

[orcatown]

Don't think he is skilled or good enough to to be the type of player that he is trying to be. He is not going to just wheel around like he did in Junior and consistently beat people one on one. Right now seems to end up just getting pushed to the corner or the end boards when he is trying to pack the puck. Also not sure he is much of a puck distributor b/c he seems to lack vision to create angles for passes.

Should be a good top 6 player if he can use to speed off the puck to find spaces and come from behind the play. Should be used as finisher and get on the end of plays rather than being someone expected to dominate the middle of the ice.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Still cannot figure out what MB was/is doing, and it's not hindsight. He traded for a young, French-Canadian winger and basically forced him into being the top center in the worlds harshest hockey market. The amount of pressure Bergevin put on the kid is extremely unfair and was very clearly a move that was about as low percentage as you can get. Drouin will be a 60 point winger one day but he'll be that despite MB setting him up for failure. Habs fans already know this but the emphasis on having Francophone stars is almost laughable at times. No other team puts more focus on where a player was born, or the GM/coach for that matter.

 

[AvroArrow]

In that system ? never

 

[ijuka]

Drouin is who he is. A pretty good second line, 50p player who also is a locker room cancer.

Fine player to have on a team at the right price but if he's someone you're building around, some self-reflection might be in order.

 

[Liferleafer]

He should be playing Wing.

He needs to play with line mates that have high hockey sense, and can complement his shortcomings.

This sums it up for ne. Great complimentary winger with skill, but will never drive his own line....and he's not a center.

 

[Vancouver Canucks]

Is Drouin broken? Or can he be saved? We all know that he has shown tremendous talent in Tampa.. Can those every come back?

When he gets traded to a contender team, he will improve.