There may be no clock on it but how long do you sit on him? As the June draft comes and goes the league gets injected with a new group of solid prospects and a guy like Druin probably isn't going to appreciate in value as the 2013 draft was a long time ago and as we saw with Sven when top prospects aren't progressing to the NHL their value plummets. I think this trade happens no later than the draft as the longer Yzerman holds on to him the less his chances are of getting a solid return.
This issue at the end of the day falls at the feet of Yzerman. What was he thinking passing on Jones for a small forward like Druin? One guy is playing in the NHL at a difficult position for rookies to break into and was just traded for a player that Druin could never fetch in return and now Yzerman is looking at Matt Dumba who's not a bad player but also not Seth Jones.
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