Best of luck to Patty, I still have a soft spot for him
Rumor: All Purpose Trade Proposals, Speculation and Rumours - 2023/24
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Price will go onto LTIR to start the season, freeing up $10.5 M of cap space.
WolfHouse
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Scheifele55
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Winnipeg turns PLD into Kupari, Vilardi, Iaffalo, Freij
Columbus has to include a 2nd rounder to turn Laine into Jordan Harris a former 3rd round selection.
And people want Cheveldayoff fired.
Heinola, Salomonsson, Kuzmin.
Columbus has to include a 2nd rounder to turn Laine into Jordan Harris a former 3rd round selection.
And people want Cheveldayoff fired.
Heinola, Salomonsson, Kuzmin.
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This says it best for me.
Hope he does well.
Guardian17
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I'm not that desperate for a second.
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This will not play out well for Laine or Montreal. He doesn't have thick enough skin to play for those fans and the media is 1000x worse. Please take it easy on him.
But his Laine first posters have even a thinner skin so the fireworks should be pretty entertaining until he is eventually moved on.
There is less pressure to win in MTL at the moment because we are rebuilding and nobody expects us to win. And If Laine plays relatively well , he will love it here (mtl) .
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If he finds his scoring touch he could be the Finnish Guy Lafleur...Montreal can eat you up but it can also be the best place to play if you win. I can see the Habs using a very similar PP to the one the Jets had with Suzuki on the half wall, like Wheeler, and 2 good RH options for one timers.
It's a low risk move for the Canadiens but jeez with Laine, Caufield, Gallagher, Anderson and Armia as RWers that's over 30 million in Cap space...obviously somebody gets to play their shooting side and with Marty St. Louis could be multiple players, since Slafkovsky is their only good LWer.
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I’m one of those who thinks Cheveldayoff should be replaced.
Year 13 and zero success.
His performance screams ADEQUATE
kylbaz
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I wish we would have taken Laine if we could have made it work.
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I hope the English version of Fortnite is available in Montreal. 
Good luck Patrik. I hope it works out for you in Montreal.
Good luck Patrik. I hope it works out for you in Montreal.
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Actually a pretty good haul for Hughes... that contract is not an albatross at all - van buy him out for 2.3m cap hit next year if he fizzles and if he performs you sell at TD for a first and a prospect
The Jets don't have 9 million in cap space and while i liked Laine when he was here he hasn't come close to looking like that Laine in a very long time. Besides i think the playoffs showed the Jets need defense and more speed and that's definitely not Laine. I just think the Jets could spend 9 million way better than adding Laine.
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Sure they could
Will they?
I would have liked Laine back but like you the price was way too steep.
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Laine is certainly capable of a productive season “if” he remains healthy. He will expect to play as the #1 RW. What the Habs need to hope for is good health and an elevated shooting %. The fans here loved him allot more as a teenager when he was converting at a 18% clip vs shooting at a pedestrian 12% level in his 20’s for us.
I liked the kid most of the time, but his expectations without the required sacrifice wore me out. By the time he asked to be moved for a fresh start I would have driven him to the airport myself. Pretty sure 80% of my problem originated from his delusional Monty Pythonesc fan base invading our site.
Like all goal scorers when they are on a roll they are fun to watch.
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Not surprised that Laine was traded to Montreal.... but I am surprised that there was no retention.
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Waddell told Brian Hedger of the Columbus Dispatch that other teams who were interested in Laine wanted the Blue Jackets to retain half of his contract in a trade. The Canadiens were willing to take all of Laine’s contract.
When asked about the red flags concerning Laine, Hughes said: “I think more than anything, Patrik’s comments were that the things that he wanted to or felt he needed to work on weren’t hockey related and that he’s very confident in his ability as a hockey player. One of the other things that he said repeatedly in our conversation was wanting to win and wanting to be part of something. We’re looking for people that want to be part of something and part of what we’re trying to do.”
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Waddell told Brian Hedger of the Columbus Dispatch that other teams who were interested in Laine wanted the Blue Jackets to retain half of his contract in a trade. The Canadiens were willing to take all of Laine’s contract.
When asked about the red flags concerning Laine, Hughes said: “I think more than anything, Patrik’s comments were that the things that he wanted to or felt he needed to work on weren’t hockey related and that he’s very confident in his ability as a hockey player. One of the other things that he said repeatedly in our conversation was wanting to win and wanting to be part of something. We’re looking for people that want to be part of something and part of what we’re trying to do.”
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kylbaz
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He was close to a point per game player just two years ago. Would have also improved our abysmal power play significantly. But honestly I'm indifferent. I would have liked him here but it is also a lot of money and still a gamble. That being said players aren't exactly lining up to sign here. I would have kept him in the first place and he probably would have been a life long jet.
Actually his pp play the last number of years hasn't been great. He no longer has that all world one timer due to numerous back injuries. He's produced a lot at ES though.
kylbaz
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I wonder is it the one timer is declined or teams just watching for it more? Nonetheless it's a spot on the pp that we lack and whether it's even to just be a threat. Teams aren't too worried with scheif sitting over there.
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Mud Turtle
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Definitely something happened to his one timer. He lost both strength and accuracy.
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