Don’t see the point of that Drouin trade and Alzner isn’t getting his contract terminated as long as he’s getting paid the big bucks.

Drouin has been invisible and MTL could use a forward that can play the right side. ideally they'd trade him for a true Right shot forward but I think NN would be a good fit.

Yeah that’s true, but Drouin shouldn’t be traded when his value is lowest. He could probably fetch a better return if he gets 50 points next year on the second line (very possible).

I rather stick to Drouin tbh

if they win Laf, theres absolutely no room for him. unless he plays on the right side but ive never seen him play there. or they trade Tatar/Domi.

Tatar is way better than Drouin, but I’d rather trade Tatar, because of his age and his contract situation.

Drouin played a lot on the RW before @Billy739 you watched Drouin play a lot

I can see that argument. point is, if they do win Laf, a LW will be gone

agreed

Drouin played in TBL as a RW having a breakout Playoff Performance that lead to MTL being willing to pay the cost to get him.

He came to MTL jumping to Center directly after spending the summer Training with Pacioretty at Center the Coach thought it was a worthy gamble.Then MTL's LW was the weak point at the 2nd/3rd line role leading to Drouin playing there. Right now he's almost as productive as regular but scores less Goals on LW . Like Radulov he can play either side but if you want Goal scoring he needs room to skate as thats what defines him as a player.

MTL logically should have tried him at 2nd RW again but he was injured and Armia stepped up in Shaw's absence so there was no need really.

Right now IMO you're better off with Lehkonen-Suzuki-Drouin on 2nd and Byron-KK-Armia on 3rd
Byron produces less on his off wing. You need size not speed to battle on your off wing or else you end up injured like Evans in game 3 plastered fast first into the glass and left a bloody mess. Byron cant sacrifice speed and succeed as most of his points come from plays he carries in the OZ on rushes. Drouin has packed on 10+ pounds this past year building himself into a player that can skate and battle infront of the net as seen with his goal in game 3

Ideally Drouin needs a team with Consistency and Structure.
MTL doesnt have that for him as he's not a core player as much as we'd hoped he'd be.