This is my guess, too. We saw his lack of IQ last year when he played C; we're seeing it this year with and without the puck. He's playing by rote, as if he's following a script given to him by coaches but gets lost if the situation wasn't covered in class. "I should be here... oh wait.... no, I've gotta move there now...", like a bad dancer in a ballroom dancing school. Drouin's got a natural instinct for carrying the puck solo. He's got a good shot. To become a complete player he needs to integrate better vision and decision-making. It may never become instinctive, but if you practice enough it may become part of his game. Will that happen here? No idea whatsoever, because I have no idea what the relationship is between him and Julien. Drouin's fate in Montreal largely depends how the head coach perceives him.
I'd be curious what we could get for him. As frustrated as we are with him, his youth and talent are still valuable assets.
