The Official Jonathan Drouin Thread - Part 4

[The Macho King]

Blues not close to making trade, says GM

Well so much for "imminent." Lavoie's reputation takes a hit.

Yeah not surprised. A lot of smoke, but only from one source. I have no doubt we're open to moving him, but I think some teams are balking at the price, and Yzerman doesn't have much of a reason to lower it at the moment.

 

[Brie]

Looks like some people at least have a lot of fun with all this:

 

[Leonardo87]

Heard something about a Montreal rumbling. Montreal would have to give up their first born if Yzerman is going to trade Drouin to a divisional rival.

 

[Hoek]

Yeah it would have to be one hell of a package. I doubt that'll happen.

 

[Victhor Ollesson]

heard something about a montreal rumbling. Montreal would have to give up their first born if yzerman is going to trade drouin to a divisional rival.

 

[2020 Cup Champions]

Galchenyuk

 

[dechire]

God I've been a Galchenyuk fan for year. Maybe it could work for both sides. Drouin is Québecois and Galchenyuk isn't a small skilled player. Highly doubt it would be 1 for 1 though. But both players aren't liked by their coaches. Yay fresh starts.

 

[Hoek]

Drouin's agent ****ed up. He'd probably already be traded now if it wasn't for his jackassery.

 

[dechire]

I don't know about that Hoek. He waited for a month for Yzerman to make a move and instead saw his client sent down to the AHL. Acting purely in the interest of his client with no ****s given for Tampa and the potential return, how else was he supposed to get Drouin moved ? Let's be honest. Yzerman hadn't been and still isn't in any hurry. I'm not a fan of the public request myself but I get why it happened.

 

[Boltswin]

I don't know about that Hoek. He waited for a month for Yzerman to make a move and instead saw his client sent down to the AHL. Acting purely in the interest of his client with no ****s given for Tampa and the potential return, how else was he supposed to get Drouin moved ? Let's be honest. Yzerman hadn't been and still isn't in any hurry. I'm not a fan of the public request myself but I get why it happened.

He screwed up. Drouin has done nothing in the NHL. He has not proven himself. He has only earned a shot at playing professional hockey. His agent outed him as a player who expects things to be handed to him.

 

[dechire]

He screwed up. Drouin has done nothing in the NHL. He has not proven himself. He has only earned a shot at playing professional hockey. His agent outed him as a player who expects things to be handed to him.

And ? His job is to get Drouin what he wanted which was a trade. His job is not to make Drouin super popular among GMs and fans. He did his job.

 

[chasespace]

I don't know about that Hoek. He waited for a month for Yzerman to make a move and instead saw his client sent down to the AHL. Acting purely in the interest of his client with no ****s given for Tampa and the potential return, how else was he supposed to get Drouin moved ? Let's be honest. Yzerman hadn't been and still isn't in any hurry. I'm not a fan of the public request myself but I get why it happened.

Going public like that will always taint a player in every GM's eyes. They don't want players they think are primadonnas.

 

[Boltswin]

And ? His job is to get Drouin what he wanted which was a trade. His job is not to make Drouin super popular among GMs and fans. He did his job.

He made Drouin less desirable. Other teams less likely to pay what Yzerman wants in return.

 

[The Macho King]

He made Drouin less desirable. Other teams less likely to pay what Yzerman wants in return.

Yeah - but that's not a bad thing necessarily from Drouin/agent perspective. They want him moved and playing in the NHL - they don't care about the return for him.

 

[CupsOverCash]

And ? His job is to get Drouin what he wanted which was a trade. His job is not to make Drouin super popular among GMs and fans. He did his job.

He's not saying that he didn't do his job. He's saying that he didn't do a good job because he is supposed to help his client into a situation that benefits him because not only does it get him more money when that time comes but it also gets the agent more money too. His reputation is on the line too.

 

[Boltswin]

Yeah - but that's not a bad thing necessarily from Drouin/agent perspective. They want him moved and playing in the NHL - they don't care about the return for him.

Obviously. But if a deal doesn't get done because Stevie won't take a bad trade, then Drouin and his agent stay where they are.

 

[Hoek]

Right. The point is he just actually made it harder for his client to move and play in the NHL.

 

[These Are The Days]

Fingers crossed for Galchenyuk... crossed so hard

 

[ganiseri]

Fingers crossed for Galchenyuk... crossed so hard

Can someone give me report on galchenyuk? Is he any physical?

 

[Lord Stan 2020]

Can someone give me report on galchenyuk? Is he any physical?

super solid two way player center with some scoring upside he does most things right and would fit what we do like a glove

gets very good points on third fourth line minutes and light power play time last three years

he is only player i truly like on montreal

maybe like subban a bit also lol

 

[AlphaCatalyst]

Would Markov be part of a deal?

 

[Flat Ronnie]

Fingers crossed for Galchenyuk... crossed so hard

Dont see how we can get him from Montreal. If they want to trade for Drouin because they need more offense then why would they trade Galchenyuk?

Is he growing out of favor with them?

 

[LightningStrikes]

Here's the rest:

 

[CupsOverCash]

Dont see how we can get him from Montreal. If they want to trade for Drouin because they need more offense then why would they trade Galchenyuk?

Is he growing out of favor with them?

Supposively him and the coach aren't seeing eye to eye.

 

[dechire]

Supposively him and the coach aren't seeing eye to eye.

It's basically like the Drouin situation. Coach has his favorites and Galchenyuk is never going to be one of them. The difference is that Therrien loves small skill guys preferably Québecois so Drouin could be his new Desharnais.