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I'm not trying to be mean at all. Why?

That's a no

Why would Montreal retain on that deal? Also, I don't think your value is enough.

Uh because the Avalanche could benefit from getting a decent third line player.

The value seems way off to me. Why would Montreal downgrade from Drouin to Donskoi for a 4th round pick? In addition, they'd be retaining on Drouin for 3 years so they'd lose cap from this trade. Try retaining less on Drouin and sending a higher draft pick or prospect.

MTL declines- proceeds to feed you bread

YAY BREAD!

Since when was Jim Rutherford the GM of the Habs?

No

Ok! I apologize for wasting your time.

bad, very bad

I am sorry you feel that way.

im a huge Drouin hater but that doesnt do anything for value for the Habs and if you want a 3rd line player, Drouin is not a guy for that role, he needs to be in the top 6 and you just over look how poorly defensive he is.

Drouin on a 3rd line is a waste

I was trying to be nice but... Uh ok, this seems to be a quintessential post that misrepresents each player and their unequal merit. You are not wrong in saying "uh because the Avalanche could benefit from getting a decent third-line player" but is reasonable to assume that it is doubtful for a Top 6 forward in J.D, with millions of dollars in salary retention, could ever equate to Jonas Donskoi and a 6th round pick.

Jonathan Drouin - Games Played - 352
Jonathan Drouin - Points - 212

Jonas Donskoi - Games Played - 350
Jonas Donskoi - 156 Points

I was not trying to be rude, I honestly wanted to know why this trade made sense to both teams.

Thank you.

Drouin does have more points than Donskoi, but Donskoi brings a lot more off the puck than Drouin does.

It's an interesting trade proposal, and it would save Colorado some capspace and get a better player - in a vacuum.

However, as @coga16 said, Drouin isn't a good fit on the 3rd line, nor is he a good fit for Bednar's style which requires strong two-way play and back-checking from forwards.

That being the case, despite it being a good trade value-wise, it's just not a good fit. Unless of course you try to squeeze Drouin into a very sheltered offensive role on the 2nd line somehow, like this for example:

Landeskog ---- Mackinnon ---- Rantanen
Drouin ------------- Kadri --------- Nichuskin
Saad -------------- Compher ----- Burakovsky
Calvert ---------- Bellemare ----- Jost

Well said.

MacKinnon and a 2nd vs Danault and a 1st is an interesting trade for MTL if COL retained 2M of MacKinnon. Yeah, it’s interesting for MTL, not so for COL. Same as your trade proposal, interesting for COL, garbage for MTL

Yeah, cause those trades are the same thing.

Almost, 2 horrible trades

It wasn't my trade proposal. I clearly agree that it's not good for Montreal.

Could make more sense in the offseason - Slot Durin into Saad's spot for a bit of Cap savings and fill 3rd line with a FA

I just never understand when someone is giving a bad idea ( or he was trolling ), people comes debate... like no, it’s bad for MTL, you wouldn’t want to give what MTL would want for Drouin. End of the story

You're right about that. Montreal fans have repeatedly asked for Girard for Drouin, but that clearly is never going to happen.

MTL says yes before you can notice what you did.