Quoting: Kotkaniemi15
“We know what we’re going to get with Drouin”
What on earth kind of reasoning is that?
For one, we most certainly don’t know what we’re getting with Drouin, and secondly, we know what we’re going to get out of Brendan Gallagher, but the habs aren’t buying out his contract.
I'm ok with what he brings
In his final year even if he's struggling he'll bring value
Plekanec everyone insisted wouldnt bring any return worth mentioning
He got a 2nd and to AHL prospects having a caeer worst year
Drouin even if he only plays a bottom 2 role if we retain we could easily get atleast that
Drouin's a Speedy Winger who can take faceoffs and be a top 5 PP player on the team consistently
Teams will pay for that if there's no commitment and the cap is right
That said i think he's going to have a great year and we'll need him
His ability to help with Faceoffs will be an advantage as we're skating Suzuki,KK,Evans and Paquette as our Centers
Only Paquette and Evans have over 50% faceoff win rate . Drouin can be there to help KK handle the 1100 faceoffs he'll have to make up for Danault