You apparently didn't watch the playoffs. With the rest due to Covid he was one of the best goaltenders in the playoffs. He was terrible for stretches in the 2nd half of the season probably because the idiot Julien refused to play the backup. We will see what he can do with a lesser workload this season.
Value of: Jonathan Drouin
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One guy is hugely contributing the other ,well we all know where i'm coming from.
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Drouin was bad the first couple of games, but he was great since. 7 pts in the last 8 playoff games, and looked like the Drouin pre-injury.
I remember watching Drouin live when he played for the Mooseheads and thinking then that he just doesn't have a high gear...seriously, the kid never even made me think that he would be a success in the NHL, so imagine my reaction when Bergevin traded Sergachev for him...at least Johnson gives it everything he has and leaves it all on the ice, as opposed to Drouin who always looks like he spent more energy on his hair after the game than he spent on the ice...Drouin is his own worst enemy and it has been that way since junior and he still hasn't even attempted to change his game to an NHL level...that's what pisses Habs fans who dislike his game off the most and only he can change that...so he has this season, probably with Suzuki and Anderson/Gallagher, to change the idea that he just doesn't give a *bleep*...something's gonna change soon and it's either Drouin's drive or his drive to his new arena
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This is quite possibly the absolute worst time to try and move a soft playmaking W with 3 years of 5+m left on his contract.
There's a reason teams didn't claim Tyler Johnson off waivers. Tampa's having a hard time even moving Killorn.
There's a reason teams didn't claim Tyler Johnson off waivers. Tampa's having a hard time even moving Killorn.
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Like it or not he’s not going to fetch much at that cap hit. It’s one thing to trade for a struggling young player who was a high pick and who still has potential but Drouin is pretty much a known quantity and that’s a big cap hit for what he brings. And now with the flat cap he has little or no value imo.
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I’m with you on this . I figure start him with suzuki and Anderson . He looked like there was a spark there with suzuki in the last two three games of the playoffs. Prior to that he was a dark hole I thought . You know where plays go to die . He has all the tools but the box is locked . It’s like some other poster said , anyone could play with suzuki or something along those lines . After 15-20 games if he’s not producing give that spot to Toffoli . Drouin has to make it work worth with kk and armia at that point . If it goes even worse with kk and armia we should accept the loss , keep Tatar and ship him for whatever . Maybe this will be the year he brings it .
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If Drouin mails it in playing with Suzuki and Anderson, he'll be mailed out on a paper airplane.
We can use the cap space.
We can use the cap space.
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it’s like his fall protection harness has a shock absorber. Playing with kk and armia . Once he’s dangled there with little or no results it’s time to move on .
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Unprotected 2022 first with some retention maybe . Retention on Lucic that is .
We didn’t discuss retention though . As long as it’s enough that another team would take Lucic for nothing . Turning drouin into a lottery pick in 2022 could make a fella forget all about that Russian kid .
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I think they need to concentrate that harness around his ummm...."no kick" area. If he falls, it WILL hurt...
