Équipe: 2021-22 Canadiens de Montréal

Date de création initiale: 8 sept. 2021

Publié: 8 sept. 2021

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Hertl gets extended
I see Drouin as a risk in Montreal, as he could take another leave of absence around playoff time if the pressure of playing for the Habs potentially gets to him again (assuming that it was something like this last year). In that situation you have a $5.5M player that cannot contribute.
If Drouin goes to San Jose with a LOT less pressure he could put up points to re-establish his value. Then the Sharks could either re sign the young forward or flip him for valuable assets in the rebuild. The Sharks likely aren’t a playoff team (look at their goaltending), so them tanking is good plus Drouin does not lose potential trade value by potentially underperforming in the playoffs.
Montreal takes on the bad contract of Burns so that they have to send less value to SJ for Hertl (some people ask that question every time a bad contract comes back).

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