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Somw interesting comments from HF Lightning.....

Originally Posted by HoseEmDown
He had good moments but a few gaffes as well. The thing is he's 20 and on an ELC, we have lots of veterans making more money who get top 6 minutes. Is it fair, no but it's the business, it's why Carle is still playing. Drouin needs to bide his time and he'll get an extended look, he was good but not spectacular and deserving of being cemented on the top line. Namestnikov has been really good too when given top 6 minutes but is back in the bottom 6 and not complaining, he also spent 3 years in the A tearing it up, the same as Connolly. Drouin needs to show he can stay healthy for one and work on his complete game and he'll be just fine.

Originally Posted by Todd1a
Ya but drouin thinks he is special due to he was drafted 3rd. Vladdy was picked 27th! Connolly was picked 6th in a weak draft.

Originally Posted by DFC
It's deeper than that though. Drouin's also seeing guys in his draft class in line for multi-million $ deals coming out of their ELC. He has a legit argument that the only thing separating him from that exact kind of deal is equal opportunity. He has 1.5 seasons to get himself paid, and he believes he can do that somewhere else. Sad fact is, he's probably right.

Originally Posted by HoseEmDown
Those players are on terrible teams so they'll be getting paid to lose a lot of games. Look at the top teams and they're not paying 6mil to a 21 who hasn't established themselves yet. Edmonton is a prime example of this, they have a ton of high priced kids but they aren't very good. Look at Detroit they've been in the playoffs like 20+ straight years and they make their kids wait in the minors for years. If all you want is money and don't care about winning them ship him out of town, we don't need players who think like that.