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Originally Posted by New Era
And why do you think he wasn't getting any ice time?  |
The league is getting younger and younger. Young players are being used in situations they weren't 10 years ago. Evidently Yzerman believes that young players still need to season before they are trusted as they did when he played. Very well, but this is also the GM that ran St. Louis out of town, is potentially about to loose a franchise player for nothing, and is about to trade a player he chose 3rd overall three years ago.
Whatever deficiencies Druoin has in his game, I'm sure others his age do as well. And that has to be tough for a guy who is starting to see his draft peers sign 6 million a year deals.
You can point the finger at Druoin all you want, but Yzerman is culpable as well. Who knows how good Druoin can be on another team in another situation?
Ironically, Detroit is even moving off there stance on player development.