Lafleurs Guy
Guuuuuuuy!
- Jul 20, 2007
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He's ready now?Drouin would instantly become our best LWer after Pacioretty. He's an NHL player and would be a roster player in Montréal, as he should be in Tampa.
He's ready now?Drouin would instantly become our best LWer after Pacioretty. He's an NHL player and would be a roster player in Montréal, as he should be in Tampa.
Alex Emelin would also become a mainstay in the Top-4, and also possibly our best skater on the left side of defense.
That alone should be a reason not to trade for Drouin, unless he can be obtained without moving Beaulieu, which I seriously doubt.
I don't buy that people are clamoring over Drouin in MTL simply because he's french.
You do not pass up a possible high tier talent like Drouin if you have the chance to get him. We have seen guys like Sequin, Turris etc. be moved with 'potential attitude issues' go on to thrive in new situations.
We have a REAL lack of top 6 talent, we should be excited about the prospect of adding Drouin, the fact that he's somewhat local is nice but ultimately does not matter.
And yet Nashville has like 10 pages about their blockbuster trade while we are on thread 2 of a player we're never gonna get. Gotta love HF habs fans.
My point had nothing to do with Beaulieu, though.
Yeah, I realized and edited accordingly.
I mean, I'm all for getting Drouin, as long as we could set a price that makes sense for short and-medium-term reasonable objectives.
And that involves moving Juulsen, not Beaulieu, for a start.
Nice title!
I'm not gonna lie LG, it took me a few minutes to think that one up
Drouin would instantly become our best LWer after Pacioretty. He's an NHL player and would be a roster player in Montréal, as he should be in Tampa.
I agree, Beaulieu and McCarron are the two guys I'd keep off the table.
Alex Emelin would also become a mainstay in the Top-4, and also possibly our best skater on the left side of defense.
That alone should be a reason not to trade for Drouin, unless he can be obtained without moving Beaulieu, which I seriously doubt.
I mean, if Yzerman would've been satisfied with Juulsen and Andrighetto -- which is probably a reasonable price to pay for a guy like Drouin at this point for a team that isn't in rebuild mode, such a deal would already have been made.
Lets be real though. A fully developped Drouin would be near impossible to acquire while getting a second pairing defenseman could be had at a much lower cost.
Lets be real though. A fully developped Drouin would be near impossible to acquire while getting a second pairing defenseman could be had at a much lower cost.
Lets be real though. A fully developped Drouin would be near impossible to acquire while getting a second pairing defenseman could be had at a much lower cost.
Someone gets it! !!!! Second pairing d man =second rounder. .....
Keep in mind that this board has a fixation on size and we haven't seen a prospect like McCarron in a while. It explains some of the posts...
Keep in mind that this board has a fixation on size and we haven't seen a prospect like McCarron in a while. It explains some of the posts...
So if I understand the logic, lets say we were offered to deal Beaulieu and/or McCarron 2 years ago for lets say Kuznetsov, we should have said no, correct? The worst part is Drouin has the potential to be better than Kuz. The kid is not even 21 yet.
Lets face it, there's always an element of risk in every trade. But given the potential reward you could be getting, it may be worth taking that risk... if we want to this team to finally become a powerhouse.
If Beaulieu is a second pairing D-Men, Drouin is a sheltered 3rd liner....
Keep in mind that this board has a fixation on size and we haven't seen a prospect like McCarron in a while. It explains some of the posts...
If Beaulieu is a second pairing D-Men, Drouin is a sheltered 3rd liner....
But it's not Kunetsov, it's Drouin. A guy with 6 goals who hasn't shown he can play in the NHL and is demanding a trade as a 20 y.o.
Risk is a part of all trades but there is varying degrees of risk and giving up a top 2/4 young defencman and an ahl rookie all star with size and a 1st is way to much a price to pay for way too much risk IMO.