Not so much an effort as a bad decision. Because he played good defense during the game.Truly hoping Larsen drops Laine to 2nd or 3rd line after that one. He is supposed to be one of the leading players now. Don't even care about the result but that's an unacceptable effort level
But I still don't understand why he did it, showing the referee that he didn't foul when afterwards it could have been a 2-1 situation. Which is what happened.
Regarding where he should have played. I'm not against to move him to another line against Philly. He could play with Nyquist and Johnson with whom he has very good chemistry. For example:
Gaudreau -- Jenner -- Bemstrom
Nyquist -- Johnson -- Laine
Robinson -- Sillinger -- Chinakhov
Foudy -- Gaunce -- Olivier