This is great news and we hope that, if he wants, the 92 can return to an NHL jersey, whether in Montreal or elsewhere, next season. On this subject, Michel Bergeron mentioned, in his last column in the Journal de Montréal, that he is confident that the forward will return in force if he so wishes.
Few, like Bergeron, see Drouin returning to Montreal next season. Instead, many see him leaving town to take the pressure off of him here and focus on field hockey. It will be interesting to see what Marc Bergevin intends to do with Jonathan Drouin. Will he be tempted to trade him or not protect him for the NHL expansion draft? Anything is possible at this stage of the season, and it is certain that rumors about this will be swarming in the coming weeks.