I am glad that Laine’s injury is not as bad as it was feared to be.
I would never wish any harm to any player, regardless of who he plays for. I hope he makes a full recovery. Quality of life outside of hockey is much more important than anything within hockey itself.
As for the Habs, dollars to donuts that any non-performance by Laine for the rest of the season will be a blanket excuse directly attributable to his injury. He will have free pass with everything he does/doesn’t do this season.
The earliest there would be any criticism of his play would be next season, and even then there will be those who will say “He was never same after that Toronto goon attacked his leg with a machete/chainsaw/tire iron/ axe.”
As for Swayman and the Bruins, absolutely fascinated to see where this ends up. Relishing seeing the Bruins squirm here.
I though the whole Mitchell Miller snafu last season was an uncharacteristic one off misstep for the Bruins management, but this seems like another level that I wouldn’t typically attribute to the Bruins management.
Fascinating to watch and I would be lying if I didn’t say I’m enjoying watching Neely getting his balls publicly squeezed here.
