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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
Before the Johansen trade I would have agreed with you. But I also felt that Columbus had zero leverage in that situation, and were able to extract Seth Jones from David Poile.
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I think the difference here is that Ryan Johanson is a tried and tested top line centre with size, and Drouin is most certainly not.
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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
Given this, and the demand by over a dozen teams inquiring on Drouin, I would very much characterize Yzerman being in the driver's seat. After all, he does not have to trade Drouin.
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He doesn't have to today, but all signs point to a trade needing to take place before too long. The longer Drouin spends in the AHL, it is likely that his perceived value will continue to diminish. Under the current circumstances, it doesn't look like he will be rejoining the Lightening any time soon.
GMs are not going to be falling all over themselves with offers of their best assets in exchange for an AHL player with potential.