I still think the best is to just haggle a price at the next TDL, giving him all the chances to demonstrate he can help a contender. Hopefully he can avoid fancy plays during pre-season and give it a better shot next season.
Haters will hate... every team needs a whipping boy
I don't think showing some frustrations with Laine makes him a whipping boy. I like Laine but I am concerned at his true commitment to this team. I base this on nothing more than reading here and seeing some pundits in media express their concerns about another case of the flu. The Habs need this guy who by the way has been borderline bad for many games.
I'd say Dach was the new Latendresse.. Laine is just like an instance of Vanek with one more year.
Why is best case for the playoff overtime win? Aren’t RW better for tie brake?
He’s going to pull a Kovalev next game by stealing the win for us and make his detractors wonder why they hated him in the first place.
Personally, it's the accumulation of things in such a short period of time. He's been here 34 games and he's already whined to the media about his ice time, put his foot in his mouth before the Columbus game throwing his former teammates under the bus and responding by getting taken out of the game. Then you add the poor effort that culminated in a missed sure goal because he didn't want to skate to the net recently. That's quite a resume for not even half a year of play. Kovalev didn't even whine about getting put on the LW, on the third line.
Should get Therrien back as an assistant that only coaches him
Are you Matlock old, or you really related to Home Improvement because that's where you were in life ?
Damn. I voted you would make it to game time.
you should read all the heavy lifting @Lshap and @Lafleurs Guy are doing in the Caufield thread on the main board; I'm exhausted just reading it. The habs hate is real. The orcs are out and only facts can drive them out of their troll caves. You need to be awake and here for this game.
