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Lightning GM Yzerman 'prepared to trade' Drouin
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=7...d=nhl:topheads

- Drouin will be traded for equal-value and for the better of the organization

General manager Steve Yzerman said Saturday he would trade forward Jonathan Drouin only to make the Tampa Bay Lightning better, not to satisfy his trade request.

"I am prepared to trade him, but any deal that I make has to be what I consider a good deal for the Tampa Bay Lightning," Yzerman told CBC. "We drafted Jonathan third overall (in the 2013 NHL Draft), we drafted him third overall for a reason and believe that he is going to be a very good hockey player in this League, and I still believe he is going to be a very good hockey player in this League, so it's important for our organization that we make a trade that we get equal value so to speak, and you can measure that in a lot of different ways.

"Jonathan has been told he won't be traded to make him happy. It'll be something that is good for the Tampa Bay Lightning."