[TSN]: Drouin leads list of 10 under pressure this season

[Stuzchuk]

http://www.tsn.ca/drouin-leads-list-of-10-under-pressure-this-season-1.856417

French canadian, playing for the Habs... I wonder why?!?

1. JONATHAN DROUIN
2. MIKE SMITH, STEVE MASON, BEN BISHOP
3. STEVEN STAMKOS
4. PAUL MAURICE AND KEVIN CHEVELDAYOFF
5. CLAUDE GIROUX
6. RYAN JOHANSEN
7. BARRY TROTZ
8. RYAN NUGENT-HOPKINS
9. DOUG ARMSTRONG
10. MARC BERGEVIN

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[zizbuka]

New math? That seems like 13........

 

[1989]

If they were gonna list off a bunch of goalies on new teams, why not add Brian Elliott? 1 extra name too many? Or just lazy journalism?

 

[Shruggs Peterson]

If they were gonna list off a bunch of goalies on new teams, why not add Brian Elliott? 1 extra name too many? Or just lazy journalism?

The three goalies named are on teams with higher expectations to make the playoffs?

 

[Makar Goes Fast]

lack of matt duchene is very surprising. guys under tremendous pressure.

 

[TheDarkSideOfThePuck]

Is Stamkos #3 or #5?

 

[rumrokh]

I'm fully in favor of putting Armstrong on the list. He needs to do something to take the team to the next level with the current core or step aside for someone who can. But the write-up for it is awful. Using the same logic, it could just as easily say, "The Blues have three playoff series wins in the last two seasons - second to only one Western team in that span. So, they're on the rise and Armstrong is getting ever closer to his goal."

 

[Aerchon]

Funny TSN does this list and avoids the ten plus Leaf players that all had career years and play under the intense scrutiny of hockey mad Toronto fans & media.

 

[Knave]

Funny TSN does this list and avoids the ten plus Leaf players that all had career years and play under the intense scrutiny of hockey mad Toronto fans & media.

Too busy planning the parade.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

Don't think Drouin deserves to be first, he should be as high as fifth. He isn't 100% proven yet and everybody knows he won't carry the Habs. Only reason I see him being on here is because he's in a high-pressure market.

I think Maurice more than Chevy because Chevy already has done amazing moves, but PoMo is literally on the short leash.

 

[Warden of the North]

Don't think Drouin deserves to be first, he should be as high as fifth. He isn't 100% proven yet and everybody knows he won't carry the Habs. Only reason I see him being on here is because he's in a high-pressure market.

I think Maurice more than Chevy because Chevy already has done amazing moves, but PoMo is literally on the short leash.

Habs fans are penciling him in as their 1C.

Thats pretty lofty expectations for a winger still trying to prove himself

 

[Mr Positive]

I don't see how Stamkos is under pressure.

However, Ovechkin's got to be there. Not only is time running out on him winning a cup with Washington, but there's uncertainty about what happens to him if he leaves for the Olympics.

 

[sheed36]

Habs fans are penciling him in as their 1C.

Thats pretty lofty expectations for a winger still trying to prove himself

Only because the clown GM seems to be really hoping for it to work because of his failure to acquire any better option to play center.

 

[Warden of the North]

Only because the clown GM seems to be really hoping for it to work because of his failure to acquire any better option to play center.

So management and fans are doing it? And that means he isnt under pressure how exactly?

I think its ludicrous to put that on him right now.

 

[oobga]

Why Mike Smith? Nothing is ever his fault. Pressure is on his teammates who will fear being thrown under the bus.

 

[sheed36]

So management and fans are doing it? And that means he isnt under pressure how exactly?

I think its ludicrous to put that on him right now.

I didn't say anything about him not being under any pressure. I was just pointing out how incompetent I feel MB is for likely putting Drouin in this situation because of his inability to address the Habs center weakness. A problem that's been ongoing for MB's entire tenure as the Habs GM thus far.

 

[Maukkis]

Rather unsurprising to see three Jets near the top.

 

[nobody]

Too busy planning the parade.

Can we count you in to show up? We're going to give away free drinks and bracelets commemorating the Leafs cup victory!

Drouin is going to be in for a hell of a season, good or bad. I remember those days as a Leafs fan, looking for band-aid fixes for the team, it took us real far. I just hope Carey Price is ready to stand on his head for yet another season.

 

[glovesave_35]

Can we count you in to show up? We're going to give away free drinks and bracelets commemorating the Leafs cup victory!

Drouin is going to be in for a hell of a season, good or bad. I remember those days as a Leafs fan, looking for band-aid fixes for the team, it took us real far. I just hope Carey Price is ready to stand on his head for yet another season.

Drouin doesn't seem like a bandaid fix at all. Is that what you were saying?

 

[Knave]

Can we count you in to show up? We're going to give away free drinks and bracelets commemorating the Leafs cup victory!

Drouin is going to be in for a hell of a season, good or bad. I remember those days as a Leafs fan, looking for band-aid fixes for the team, it took us real far. I just hope Carey Price is ready to stand on his head for yet another season.

The Leafs rookies all overachieved, were unusually healthy and the team made the playoffs in the most or the second most scrutinized market in all of hockey and none of them make the top 10? OK.

 

[johnny_rudeboy]

I read Trotz and thought Wtf? Nashville just reached the finale.

Still feels weird.

 

[supsens]

Drouin? I thought he was a risk/hope type. weird

 

[johnny_rudeboy]

Drouin? I thought he was a risk/hope type. weird

Yeah, but he is a frenchie in that market. He will feel the pressure. Latendresse times 10.

 

[nhlfan9191]

The Leafs rookies all overachieved, were unusually healthy and the team made the playoffs in the most or the second most scrutinized market in all of hockey and none of them make the top 10? OK.

Those kids walk on water when it comes to TSN.

 

[Halla]

Don't think Drouin deserves to be first, he should be as high as fifth. He isn't 100% proven yet and everybody knows he won't carry the Habs. Only reason I see him being on here is because he's in a high-pressure market.

I think Maurice more than Chevy because Chevy already has done amazing moves, but PoMo is literally on the short leash.

the habs basically went after him instead of a 1C like duchene .
he not only has to replace radulovs production, but many think he is the #1C they have needed for a decade

throw in the whole francophone angle and it easy to see why he is #1