The Macho King
Back* to Back** World Champion
- Jun 22, 2011
- 48,788
- 29,321
Kucherov didn't exactly seem happy about that deal.
It's hard to put a pretty face on this. Even if Serg becomes a good player for us, Drouin is likely to be a franchise forward for MTL. There were times last year when he was the only reason to watch the TB Lightning.
Once again - we've been overrating Drouin on this board for a looooong time. I love the kid's skill, and think he should've been given more opportunity here, but at the end of the day, he's a 53 point forward who produced the majority of his points on the PP. We're not losing peak MSL here. Maybe he develops into a PPG player, sure - but he's not a rookie anymore.
He's great at making the great play. The seeing eye pass through 4 sticks right on the tape - that's his jam. He's not great at making the good play, though. In fact - he passes up a lot of good plays to try and make a great play.
I'm not saying this trade was good or bad, but the sky is not falling because of it, either.