Player Discussion Jonathan Drouin: To C Or Not to C
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"Probablement que la meilleure option serait de l’utiliser comme ailier. Mais dans notre situation, nous devons miser sur lui au centre. " -Marc Bergevin, 8 janvier 2018
Rinse and repeat.
Rinse and repeat.
Bergevin said in an ideal world Drouin would be a winger and then he does nothing to go get him a center.
Cobra Commander
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Not to C, he's a 2nd line LW and we gave up a #1 LD for him just because he is French.
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Said this the day they got him. A trade so bad it makes Weber look like a decent return
I'm pretty sure he's a 1st line LW in Pittsburgh
Then again maybe that's the issue, we should be looking for a C for Drouin, not for Patches or Gally.
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We should be looking to get rid of Drouin, Patches and sadly Gally as well.I'm pretty sure he's a 1st line LW in Pittsburgh
Then again maybe that's the issue, we should be looking for a C for Drouin, not for Patches or Gally.
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Genesis76
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Weber has missed half the games (or more?) Subban has played since the trade and hes looking like he’ll be missing more games.
The Subban Weber trade is the worst trade of all times.
He is a winger.............so, really, where should he play? It's a no brainer for everyone but MB..............let's hope CJ gets to make the decision and JD will be on Da Wing!!
Pacioretty is a no-brainer, but MB could surprise us with a 8x8 contract extension, or something like that...
Wouldn't deal Drouin though, he's pretty young still, just mightily misused, IMO, and sorrily, THE posterboy of the MB regime, something he shouldn't be.
Gally, to me, is the captain of that team, and I'd keep him to show our incoming kids how a real pro has to behave, if his body lasts that long. Really, really like the guy, and I just think we wouldn't get enough for the value he has for the team, right now.
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I'm no Drouin fan, in fact I kind of despise him but not sure I would get rid of him. He's still young and on a decent contract. Eventually this team will need players. Drouin would be serviceable if he had a center to play with.
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It's the truth open your eyes, stop playing the victim.
Love this. Like MB decides everything bad -- in eluding coaching roster choices -- and the coach gets anything good attributed to him as a decision...
This whole puppet-master BS attributed to Bergevin is getting old, especially with a 5-yr, 5M contract given to Julien. You'd think that the veteran coach would have much more of a say in what goes on than he is given credit for -- or blamed about, for that matter.
The whole King, Ott and company acquisitions could very well have been made by Bergevin at the request of Julien, giving him the type of playoff players he felt were needed to go on a run.
But, no, somehow, it's entirely Bergevin's wish list and, at the same time, people also float around that Bergevin refused to let Julien choose his own assistants and actually decides on just about anything coaching and line-up related that doesn't/didn,t pan out.
I'm not trying to defend Bergevin or pretend that all he does is good, but the reverse is taking on stupid proportions.
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What the hell are we, just a fan, supposed to think? One of the all time greatest players, leaders, and soon to be GMs had enough of his incessant whining and antics as a winger! What did we do? Traded the best defenseman in his draft for him... while noting the troubling team dynamic in our current locker room. This is insanity! On top of that We decided to play him as center even after it was quite evident he was better suited as a winger! I like the kid but if Yserman could not lead him? Do you honestly think our organization will? It is sad really because we have all seen what Drouin is capable of when driven or pissed. He is a game changer in that mode.
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He did end the year playing much better at C playing Gallagher, so maybe an offseason to regroup and he can have a better year. The trick could be he just needs to play with high effort players and perhaps that is the plan to play him with Galagher again but also now Domi. If he starts to suck again then pull the plug on the experiment and insert Peca or whoever, but I think we'd be wise to give Drouin one last crack at it before giving up on the idea for good. As someone else posted, he finished the year over the last 20 games at a 60+ point pace.
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Drouin is a very good player. We saw flashes of that last year. I wish we could just play him on the wing, though. He's obviously more suited for that role.
I dislike Bergevin as much as anyone but sadly the worst Habs trade I can think of is still McD for Gomez.
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No, they used Gomez as a bait to acquire the other players. So it was for them a calculated risk.
And we went to the ecf that year.
I hardly see how that is a worst trade than the subban trade, a dumb trade that had no other purpoce than getting rid of PK, a trade that keeps getting worst as time goes by.
Gainey was thinking 4-5 moves ahead, Bergevin is dumb as a nail and has a hard time keeping 8 sheets of papers organised
I want to be proven wrong, but Drouin seems like a lot of skill, but no heart. I don't see that changing anytime soon.
The French media salivate at the thought of Drouin being top-10 in the league in points, but that'll never happen. He's overrated by our media, as they're wishfully hoping he pans out.
Even with a real centre, I don't see him perform up to some people's expectations.
I was a Chucky fan who while unable to say he could have been a top 6C , can say that Chucky was not developed properly and ought to have been given a better opportunity to be a centre, especially last year.
I take note of the difference in opportunity between Chucky and Drouin.
However, I have never had an issue with giving Drouin the opportunity to be play centre. My sole concern is that it messes up the player and his game. If he can be a top line playmaking winger , let him be that.
I take note of the difference in opportunity between Chucky and Drouin.
However, I have never had an issue with giving Drouin the opportunity to be play centre. My sole concern is that it messes up the player and his game. If he can be a top line playmaking winger , let him be that.
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