Quick question, what are Burakovski's stats and how much is he paid? Never scored more than 20 goals never scored more than 45 points has been in the league 6 years just like Drouin and was just resigned for 4.9 Mil. BTW Burakovski scores at a rate of just .49 ppg and Drouin puts up .6 ppg. Just cause Drouin has the talent to be elite and hasn't reached those heights doesn't make him overpaid or overrated. He is actually paid like a 50-55 point winger just look at may others around the league. You just expect more from Drouin and he frustrates fans so much with his lack of effort sometimes that it seems like he is overpaid.

He scored 20 in 58 this year, he was buried on a deep team in Washington and finally got a consistent chance to play in the top 6. My issue with Drouin is given his draft pedigree and how he forced his way out of Tampa he should be producing more, and any time you use lack of effort to describe a player imo the overrated bell starts to ring. You could argue Toffoli has been just as productive and even more so goal scoring wise and he signed for $4.2 albeit in a flat cap environment. He at the very least hasn’t lived up to expectations