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Jonathan Drouin’s first season in Montreal has not gone the way he or Canadiens fans had hoped — not even close.

After the Canadiens acquired Drouin from the Tampa Bay Lightning last summer in exchange for defenceman Mikhail Sergachev, the 22-year-old from Ste-Agathe went to Montreal’s Old Port to meet some fans and shoot a video for the team’s website.

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One fan wearing an Expos cap and T-shirt said he expected Drouin to score 25 goals. Another believed the Canadiens were “going in the right direction” and hoped Drouin would get at least 80 points. A young boy said: “He’ll do well in the city of Montreal. He’ll score a lot of goals.”

When asked how many, the boy responded: “Thirty-nine.”

An older Canadiens fan had even higher expectations, telling Drouin he expected 50 goals and that the Canadiens would advance to at least the third round of the NHL playoffs.

At the end of the video, Drouin says: “After our visit in the Old Port, it seems expectations are pretty high. I think I have my work cut out for me to score 50 goals, but you know I’ll return to the gym tomorrow, get skating, and get to work on it.”