OK Guys, in this video, I decided to take a look at the trade that happened way back in 2017 between the Montreal Canadiens and the Tampa Bay Lightning, which saw the Habs trade their top defense prospect in Mikhail Sergachev, to the Lightning in exchange for forward and 3rd overall pick Jonathan Drouin. Drouin is a hometown kid, that has all the tools to be an elite forward in the NHL, but has yet to really put them together and play a dominant role on the team. However, he is sorely missed during this Habs playoff run, as they are now in the Stanley Cup finals against non other than the Tampa Bay Lightning, and are struggling offensively .
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22 Comments
I’m happy with Drouin
Drouin is sitting on his ass! Should've been with us during the run.
yeah that, and the fact that ragging on him some more wont make him score more. dosent work when I do that to my wife either. honey attracts more bees than vinigar
Epically bad trade.
Satisfying amount of 3s in this video
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Jonh Lu is watching this this video, WHAT
Second worse trade in the last 30 yrs…..the worst was trading Ryan McDonagh for Scott Gomez.
just to add to the habs have a thing against russians. Markov, Sergachev, Romanov, Kovalchuk, Radulov. The list goes on. Markov got disrespected HARD for how many years he gave us. Sergachev never even got a chance. Kovalchuk and Radulov both should have been re-signed. Now Romanov is getting kicked off the bus during a time he could really be getting some valuable experience under his belt. It really is a shame. Especially when he's a mobile defenseman which the habs are seriously lacking.
Jesus did we get fleeced out of another really good Dman
It was an awful trade and I’ve said it since day one.
tbl won that trade
Where in the world is Jonathan Drouin?
You pronounced it right big shoots!
Dont forget also that Drouin was a fucking beast in the playoffs for tampa the year before the trade. Stamkos was down and poocherov wasnt there yet. We had NO centre depth and everyone around the league knew it and would have fleeced us for a centre. I dont think this is as bad as Hall for Larsson, which was a similar situation
I see you're honoring me well with the therrien faces, so when are we going to get a face reveal so i can put a poster of you up on my wall along with therrien and jon lu
We love Sergachev here in Tampa we got a very good player you got a head case .
yup i remember was at a family reunion in quebec my whole family went nuts for the trade and i was pissed ive hated this deal from the beginning i saw drouin as a guy who yes had a great season prior but that tampa lineup was still really good back then i didnt see drouin being as productive going to montreal with no support and hey looks like i was right also said there was a reason most analysts the year sergachev got drafted said he was the most nhl ready defense in the 2016 draft
Drouin is a good little boy from Quebec. So in conclusion it was a great trade for Montreal.
to be fair, as a Habs fan, I was MAD about this trade the moment it happened.
You know.. Let's get real here.. You can say Tampa won this trade.. And I won't disagree. However Sergachev is not a stud.. He's a serviceable NHL D-man. There's nothing on display that suggests anything more. He does everything good but nothing great. I suppose he's still young.. But unlike say, Markov or Subban, who you just knew there was more to come even they were young.. Sergachev might already be at his ceiling.. I just don't see anything about him that suggests otherwise.
The only way you can clearly pick a winner is by answer the following question "would Montreal make the same trade?" The answer is pretty obvious