Cheaply Solidifying the Centre

avs decline, they are not taking on the additional cap hit of Drouin over Compher. Retain 2m and they might talk

So does MTL, why would they trade Drouin who is a better player when they don't need the cap space?

Also Bozak > Tierney and he's a UFA, would rather see MTL go that route before trading a 3rd.

Drouin is more talented but last year,...but

Drouin
44gms 2g 21a 23pts

Compher
43gms 8g 11a 19pts

for the offesnive talent that drouin is suppose to be, he had one awful season and was consiederable outscored in an elevated role compared to compher. Drouin needs to bounce back in a considerable name bc right now his production is pretty awful for someone as talented as he is. Montreal needs a big bounce back season from him, hopefully his personal issuses are behind him and he can be happy and concentrate on playing the game he loves

Compher P/60 = 1.6, his career high is 1.7
Drouin's P/60 last year = 1.9 (career low), his career high is 2.5

I know points aren't everything, Compher is better defensively, but in this case MTL needs offensive players so they'd rather have Drouin.

It's just a case of a bad trade for both teams IMO.

I dont disagree, just was my point that drouin needs to get back to his normal level, hopefully his distractions are beyond him and he can do what he does best on the ice