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Originally Posted by Hackey
No one is saying Drouin is innocent in this or that Yzerman owes him anything but at the same time I don't see any benefit to the Lightning just letting him rot. Just seems petty. What Drouin has done might be seen as petty as well but what good does it do the Lightning to be petty in return? Its a kids life your messing with and despite his situation being largely his fault I just don't see the Lightning holding on to him past this off season. If someone wants out just cut your losses and part ways.
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I'm not so sure. I think the GM needs to look after the best interest of his club. If he simply gifts a promising asset (Drouin) to another club, he's not working in the best interest of the club.
Why trade him for scraps, if that's all that's being offered? Yzerman should wait until the right deal comes along, and he's got several years to wait. Why rush it? It might be the "right" thing to do to make a trade asap for the kid to revive his career, but Yzerman is in the business of winning, period. Nothing else.
Drouin should fire the agent, and apologize to the boss, then work his keester off in the minors. Who knows, maybe he's good enough for a xallup on the big club.