Alright, I'll be the one to ask. Why do we hate PLD and Jeff Carter but Laine gets a pass?

[SteelCityCannon]

Mods if you feel this should be in another thread please merge, but I think there's an interesting conversation here.

After getting blasted to hell on Reddit for not crying my eyes out about Laine tonight, I finally have to ask. What's the deal here? I feel for Laine. I feel for his mental health. At the end of the day, just another dude who quit on Columbus. I understand he didn't just quit on the ice the way PLD did, but I'm not so sure he gave it 100% all the time either.

I'm pulling for Laine the man, absolutely. I'm gutted for him getting hurt the way he did. Im just not understanding the outpouring of love for just the next guy who forced their way off our team.

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[tunnelvision]

Two significant reasons in my view:

PLD and Carter didn't have a large following, fans who always found ways to defend and see their hero in a good light. I think the masses were affected by that and thus the general impression of the guy was more positive.

Laine's trade request was mainly attributed to some more or less vague mental health problems whereas with PLD and Carter health issues never came up publicly, so their reasons to leave CBJ were perceived "less acceptable".

Edit: and thirdly, Laine never quit on the team while playing.

 

[VT]

Mods if you feel this should be in another thread please merge, but I think there's an interesting conversation here.

After getting blasted to hell on Reddit for not crying my eyes out about Laine tonight, I finally have to ask. What's the deal here? I feel for Laine. I feel for his mental health. At the end of the day, just another dude who quit on Columbus. I understand he didn't just quit on the ice the way PLD did, but I'm not so sure he gave it 100% all the time either.

I'm pulling for Laine the man, absolutely. I'm gutted for him getting hurt the way he did. Im just not understanding the outpouring of love for just the next guy who forced their way off our team.

Laine financially supported these organizations. He came to Columbus early to prepare for the 2023-24 season, even participated in a tournament before the 2023-24 season.

He never asked to be traded, so his departure had more to do with mental issues, wanting a fresh start, even would changing his number (he said he would have changed it even if #29 hadn't been retired). Some players hinted that he had been through hell. Unfortunately, it didn't help and I don't even want to imagine what must be going on in his head.

If to his play, remember that after the injury he had to return his shape. It was with us that he improved it and played his best hockey.

And I doubt his minimal fan support has influenced anyone here on the forum or fans at all.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

I'm totally talking out of my hoop, but I think the 3 of them fall into 2 categories. There are people who have difficulty with getting along with groups of people because they are uncomfortable in groups and have challenges stemming from that. They may not want to isolate themselves or set themselves apart of the group, but they may not know how.

Then there are people who are just assholes. They can get along with others if they wanted to, but for whatever reason they treat people poorly for no reason other than they can.

I think Laine would fall into the former and Carter and PLD (and Foote) would fall into the latter.