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Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix
There's going to be a bidding war for Drouin, so yes I would say Yzerman is in the driver's seat. There are 16+ teams interested if you believe the reports, if that's not "driver's seat" I don't know what is. There is no NTC/NMC to deal with and no rush to trade him, I don't see how the Bolts lose here.
Even if it ends up being Fabbri+1st, that's better than anything we'd likely offer as Fabbri is better than any prospect we have IMO (Bennett isn't a prospect obviously). The only "ace" we have is our 1st as its likely 10-20 spots higher than St.Louis, but that's also a good reason not to trade it.
Drouin isn't getting traded for spare parts, if BT wants him I don't see how he gets him without sacrificing Bennett and/or the 1st.
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If it is Fabbri and a 1st I will be surprised. You look at Blues fans on HF they wouldn't give him up straight up. Of course half the league is interested a good young player wants out. Tell me the difference here between Turris and Drouin? Both were 3rd overall picks that asked for a trade. I think Yzerman gets something similar a good prospect and a 2nd. Yzerman may want to dump money in the trade as well to free up space to keep his team together. Finding a taker for the awful Carle contract could be a play they want.
Yzerman is in the drivers seat in he doesn't have to trade him but I don't see how he is going to get value that is the equivalent. Drouin has been hurt and not progressed as much as many hoped. He is not getting an equal value young player in return simple as that