Why do we want Drouin? Does he help you get past the likes of Anaheim, LA and Chicago? Not for me.
Don't get me wrong, having speed and skill is all well and good, but will that get you deep into the Western Conference play offs on a consistent basis? At the risk of sounding like Burke, we need more size and I'm not a huge advocate of having size. But the Ducks and Kings games for me really hammered home that not only are we lacking quality in our top 6, we are also lacking size throughout the team. Hell, even teams like the Stars have big top end guys who can throw a huge hit. We need forwards who play a hard physical game, but can also mix it skill wise.
I would much rather go for Gauthier or another big bodied winger at the draft than trade for another small guy like Drouin.
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