Blue Jackets fire back after Laine roasts organization

[The Gr8 Dane]

Laine is a bum ruining the tank , he must have not gotten the memo we are rebuilding here , good win by CBJ last night

 

[holy]

His timing was super moronic. Like bro wait till the offseason if you want to ponder.

 

[74 others]

Nothing against Laine, but... er, he strikes me as juvenile and emotionally immature. He is the kind of personality I would keep away from my team.

Habs fan here and I agree. Huge red flag.

 

[MXD]

This is exactly how to do it.

 

[Moose Head]

Only explanation I can think of is that He probably said it to stop the stupid highlight video which he most certainly didn’t deserve and may have been booed due to his poor performance during his time in Columbus. Awkward situation all the way round.

What’s next, Messier appreciation night in Vancouver?

 

[JKG33]

Awful idea to bash your old team right before playing them, they roughed him up and now he is injured again.

Not surprised, all you have to do is look angrily in Laine's direction and he's hurt. But his fan club says he's not injury prone.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

No surprise. He's been a selfish me first guy since his junior days in Finland.

 

[River Meadow]

Habs need to trade Laine away.

Classless bum with a killer shot, that's all he is.

He racks rispeck.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Laine seems like a real JERK.

 

[PaulD]

Honestly is Patrik like on the spectrum or something? Or is he just a quiet Finn that might have way of talking after the fact that is off-putting?

Seems like a trend with him ending up not liked with team leadership. We’ll see what happens with Montreal if the team isn’t good enough to win.

they aren't

 

[Canadienna]

Yeah he seems to definitely lack social skills. It's a shame because it does seem to be affecting his career and he's absolutely got the hockey chops to be a star if he stays healthy and finds a team he fits with.

 

[Ghost of Murph]

He's not completely wrong about Columbus during those years. Problem is that he seemed to be a ringleader of what he is describing, when healthy enough to even play.

Hockey players get criticized for being too "corporate" and vanilla off the ice. Then when one says what's on his mind he gets skewered. Whatever.

 

[King Woodballs]

Hockey fans: hockey players need to be more honest and open with their media responses. Less robotic.

Also hockey fans: no not like that

 

[End of Line]

Tbh that was like 8 years ago

It’s just rich to hear him say this since he was rarely ever on the ice for the CBJ

 

[SteelCityCannon]

Basically every player has said this about prior teams.

No, they haven't.

 

[Frank Drebin]

I love posts like this. Since Werenski got drafted there's also only two Canadians left, one being total plug Gallagher.

Then you say nobody wants to stay, but you just previously referenced two guys that have signed with the team long term. Let's not even get into guys like Johnny or the young guys that just signed 3 year deals this off-season.

You can think Laine is onto something. You're probably also the type that constantly runs into problems but it's always someone else's fault lol.

Personal attack unnecessary holy smokes

 

[Doc5]

Yup, disappointed with Laine on that one. Good on Werenski for speaking up.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Pretty funny how the Laine discourse on this website changes drastically day to day
Not great comments to make but there are probably elements of truth there

Personality!

 

[Rabid Ranger]

He's not completely wrong about Columbus during those years. Problem is that he seemed to be a ringleader of what he is describing, when healthy enough to even play.

Hockey players get criticized for being too "corporate" and vanilla off the ice. Then when one says what's on his mind he gets skewered. Whatever.

Yeah, we need more pro athletes ripping their former teams right before they play them.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Laine talking trash about his former teammates again. He did this too when Winnipeg traded his ass to Columbus.

 

[Beau Knows]

I guess he's trying to distance himself from the failures of the team while he was there.

Bit of a dick move after how well the Jackets seemed to support Laine through his mental health issues.

 

[I Hate Philadelphia]

This is so rich considering he now plays for a team even lower in the standings than the Jackets. Then goes back to Columbus with his new "winning mentality" team, and loses to them.

$8.7mil powerplay merchant.

 

[scholl]

Snip of Laine's earlier interview


Zach Werenski after tonight's game

It's a fact that Columbus is a losing organization. They end up being the last in the division every single season.

 

[Reality Czech]

Did Laine bother to check the standings before his comments? What a clown. He was so bad there they had to basically give him away.

 

[Schennanigans]

I’m amazed that this #2 pick is already on 3 teams. That right there should tell you who the problem is.