Odd. Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Quote The Jonathan Drouin trade watch advisory system has risen from elevated levels to high. The disgruntled Tampa Bay Lightning forward was suspended by the Lightning indefinitely without pay for his failure to report to an AHL Syracuse Crunch game in Toronto Wednesday night. From the team’s press release: “Tampa Bay Lightning forward Jonathan Drouin has been suspended indefinitely without pay by the team after his failure to report for tonight’s game between the Syracuse Crunch and the Toronto Marlies, vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman announced this evening. The team will make no further comment at this time.” Drouin did skate with the Crunch at morning practice. http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/jonathan-drouin-suspended-by-lightning-for-failure-to-report-to-game/ Drouin, you need to smarten up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejazz97 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Drouin's stock just plummeted. Prust, Rodin's rights, and a 3rd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mll Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Someone should introduce these two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammertime Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Career dRuined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanGnome Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 3 minutes ago, oldnews said: Someone should introduce these two. I gotta take Drouin's side if what his agent says is true. TB says one thing, does another, says a trade is close, refuses to mitigate potential risk to said player... Drouin's a young player. I get that he just wants to play, it's just unfortunate that Cooper doesn't seem to be in favour of him. If this was Horvat, or Virtanen doing this and this news came out about JB, everyone would be all over JB and wanting his head, not blaming the player. As always there are two sides to every story, and TB is not going to divulge publicly what they don't need to so as to retain some level of trade value with Drouin as an asset. What the agent has just said I think helps to retain some of that value. I sure wouldn't want to be Yzerman right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanGnome Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 3 minutes ago, oldnews said: Someone should introduce these two. I gotta take Drouin's side if what his agent says is true. TB says one thing, does another, says a trade is close, refuses to mitigate potential risk to said player... Drouin's a young player. I get that he just wants to play, it's just unfortunate that Cooper doesn't seem to be in favour of him. If this was Horvat, or Virtanen doing this and this news came out about JB, everyone would be all over JB and wanting his head, not blaming the player. As always there are two sides to every story, and TB is not going to divulge publicly what they don't need to so as to retain some level of trade value with Drouin as an asset. What the agent has just said I think helps to retain some of that value. I sure wouldn't want to be Yzerman right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueberries Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 He was done with TBL and now with the NHL. Bye bye Daigle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonMexico Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 This is what happens when the inmates try to run the asylum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHL rocks Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I'm on Drouin's side on this. Tampa should have traded him by now. They've had half a year to do this. Yzerman's being a hard ass and trying to prove some sort of a point. The player needs to be moved. Get it done with, what's the point in punishing him? How does it help Tampa. Its looks like Yzerman took this personally, it's not personal, it's just business. Get over it dude and trade the guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHL rocks Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 14 minutes ago, hammertime said: Career dRuined. Why? I think it'll be better for him to get out of Tampa, He's just forcing Yzerman to make a move as Yzerman hasn't done so even though he's had plenty of time. THis might be the best thing for Drouin's career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShakyWalton Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Just now, WHL rocks said: I'm on Drouin's side on this. Tampa should have traded him by now. They've had half a year to do this. Yzerman's being a hard ass and trying to prove some sort of a point. The player needs to be moved. Get it done with, what's the point in punishing him? How does it help Tampa. Its looks like Yzerman took this personally, it's not personal, it's just business. Get over it dude and trade the guy. Yzerman doesnt have a mellow bone in his body..hardass all the way..he is hanging this kid out to dry..trade him.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgyfan Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 10 minutes ago, The 5th Line said: You serious? Unless he broke a bone or tore a ligament his stock did not plummet. Half the league wants this kid on their team Alright! Alright! We can add Weber if we must! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedintwinpowersactivate Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 BAD ADVICE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 6 minutes ago, WHL rocks said: I'm on Drouin's side on this. Tampa should have traded him by now. They've had half a year to do this. Yzerman's being a hard ass and trying to prove some sort of a point. The player needs to be moved. Get it done with, what's the point in punishing him? How does it help Tampa. Its looks like Yzerman took this personally, it's not personal, it's just business. Get over it dude and trade the guy. The idea that players under contract call the shots is ridiculous. His job is to play hockey, not to tell GMs how to do their job. Thinking that getting himself suspended is going to do anything to help his career is pretty dumb. Yzerman has enough on his plate to worry about trying to not lose a franchise player in Stamkos. Last thing he needs is some whiny 20 year old making demands. It takes time to make a trade. Especially for a player that was supposed to be a future cornerstone of his team. The funny thing is, it sounds like a trade was close. It might not be so close anymore though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tavrohorvat53 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Can't believe how incompetent Stevie y is being with his star players. One mans trash is another mans treasure. Thank you Stevie. also this is why you don't get a player to be the gm. He has no clue what he's doing. I LOVE IT!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejazz97 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 16 minutes ago, The 5th Line said: You serious? Unless he broke a bone or tore a ligament his stock did not plummet. Half the league wants this kid on their team I'm half-serious. I think there's something to that trade, but I doubt it will ever happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck73_3 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 1 minute ago, Tavrohorvat53 said: Can't believe how incompetent Stevie y is being with his star players. One mans trash is another mans treasure. Thank you Stevie. also this is why you don't get a player to be the gm. He has no clue what he's doing. I LOVE IT!!!! Yeah such a terrible GM went to the finals last year... Give me a break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWMc1 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Benning said that the asking price for Drouin was too high. Yzerman just brought down the value of him by doing this. Now some GMs will think he has entitlement issues. It seems like a poor choice and not thought out properly. They should have warned him and kept it out of the spotlight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHL rocks Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 1 minute ago, DeNiro said: The idea that players under contract call the shots is ridiculous. His job is to play hockey, not to tell GMs how to do their job. Thinking that getting himself suspended is going to do anything to help his career is pretty dumb. Yzerman has enough on his plate to worry about trying to not lose a franchise player in Stamkos. Last thing he needs is some whiny 20 year old making demands. It takes time to make a trade. Especially for a player that was supposed to be a future cornerstone of his team. The funny thing is, it sounds like a trade was close. It might not be so close anymore though. Drouin has to worry about his own career, not Yzerman's. There are $10's of millions of dollars on the line. This isn't some fairy tale about hockey and game and fans etc. etc. etc. THis is a business first and foremost. It's a multi billion dollar business. Yzerman worrying about Stamkos isn't Drouin's problem. Droin has to worry about his own career, not make Yzerman's job easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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