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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
His plan all along was to either 1) get Drouin to earn his way to being an important and good player for the team, or 2) failing that, get proper value for what he admitted was a very good player.
I'd say they both got what they wanted
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Yeah it could've worked out bad for Yzerman but it didn't. It was pretty much always going to end up as a win-win for Drouin though once he decided to take his ball and go home. Only to the point where he eventually proved his worth on the ice obviously.
Imagine if he looked bad in the playoffs? Or got benched? Good bye trade value. Yzerman must be thanking his lucky stars that everything worked out the way it did.
For the record I don't like Drouin, I think he's a prima donna. I'm just choosing to not ignore how much power an RFA has.