Eklund: Jonathan Drouin back to the Minors. Could be Moved. 4 teams...

What's going on in Tampa Ek ?

Considering the Flyers second PP unit includes Matt Read, Sean Couturier and Micheal Raffl...I hope that Eklund adds the Flyers to this list!!!!

Happy New Year Ek !! All the best to you and yours in 2016

Habs won't, or at least shouldn't give up the assets it's gonna take to acquire this guy

Not sure if its bad luck or what but Drouin seems to get beat up a bit. Have him on my fantasy team and he's day to day almost every other week.

Considering the Flyers second PP unit includes Matt Read, Sean Couturier and Micheal Raffl...I hope that Eklund adds the Flyers to this list!!!!
- landros 2

3 way deal, obviously

Would love to see Carolina get in on him. Maybe a #1 of next years 2 picks for him and D prospect.

where is the All things John Scott Blog???

And sure enough Ek leaves out Yzermans quote stating the move is solely to get Drouin as much playing time as possible after all of the time he's missed with injuries.

To Coyotes: Drouin and Carle (retrain $2m of salary)
To Lightning: Michael Stone and second round pick.

To Coyotes: Drouin and Carle (retrain $2m of salary)
To Lightning: Michael Stone and second round pick.
- Artyukhin76

Won't happen yzerman won't deal drouin

Won't happen yzerman won't deal drouin
- todd1a

Cooper won't use Drouin right either

What's going on in Tampa Ek ?
- MountAlbert

He's conditioning you schmucks.

Won't happen yzerman won't deal drouin
- todd1a

He might use him to replace the inevitable Stamkos departure, a package around Drouin to Columbus for Johansson could make sense

He's conditioning you schmucks.
- TheCalSen

yup


"While it was not officially labeled a conditioning assignment, GM Steve Yzerman said this was a move "specficially so he gets playing time," comparing it to what they did with goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy.

Drouin, 20, has been limited to just 19 games this season due to two different injuries, playing in just five since mid-November. Yzerman said there's no "set date" for Drouin's return to the NHL.

"Jonathan has played in nine games in the last nine weeks," Yzerman said. "He's been dealing with a minor nagging issue that is finally healed. With everyone coming back at the same time, it's a good opportunity to get a young player a lot of ice time, get his game right back on top and bring him back at the appropriate time."


http://www.tampabay.com/b...n-to-ahl-syracuse/2259754

And my bowels just moved.

Seth Jones would've been the better choice, considering the assets they gave up for Coburn.

Artyukhin76

To Coyotes: Drouin and Carle (retrain $2m of salary)
To Lightning: Michael Stone and second round pick.


no i want Ottawa to go after stone we badly need a good d-man and i think he would be a good fit
Michalek and Cowen to Arizona for stone and a 3rd
each team gets a set of brothers

Too bad tampa. Great seeing boyle get knocked into the bench by glass. Love it

Won't happen yzerman won't deal drouin
- todd1a

Everybody said he wouldn't deal Brett Connolly either....

Eklund: Jonathan Drouin back to the Minors. Could be Moved. 4 teams...
- Eklund

yeah i read all the speculation and far fetched rumors on twitter today too Ek.




pathetic.

Everybody said he wouldn't deal Brett Connolly either....
- Artyukhin76

He won't do anything with drouin till the stamkos deal or traded gets done. Stamkos is yzerman number one concern now he will focus on signing stamkos or dealing him.

Everybody said he wouldn't deal Brett Connolly either....
- Artyukhin76

Palat has been taken off ir more so it's a cap move and drouin is the only one that they can really send down without hitting waivers! They don't want jam to get claimed! And everyone else fits the bottom six. As soon as another injury hits drouin will be called right back! Until then he will get his legs back playing top line mins with the crunch,

To Coyotes: Drouin and Carle (retrain $2m of salary)
To Lightning: Michael Stone and second round pick.
- Artyukhin76

I think this is a conditioning assignment. EDIT: I just read Yzerman said that is what it is. Plus they have 14Fs right now and he and Paquette are the only waiver eligible, Drouin goes down to play top line for Crunch.

But I agree Arty if they are going to trade him the only way I see Yzerman moving Drouin is in a package deal with Carle but I think the other team would have to take on the whole of Carle's contract considering they are getting Drouin at 1.5 years on his rookie deal and his RFA rights. But I could still see salary retention say 1MM if the return is big enough. Trade deadline for the Bolts will be real interesting.