Post-Game Talk: Habs defeat Quacks in the shootout

[BLNY]

good for him
we jump on him lot's , which he needs to pick it up
but need to support a young guy when good things happen

I wish he was better at faceoffs and defensive responsibilities, but I believe the guy that played confidently with Monahan and looked great in fall 2023 is still in there. It's a lot to come back from that injury. I'm prepared to give him the season to figure it out.

 

[Ray Mercer]

Patrik Laine is our long awaited franchise player!!! A true superstar!

Laine is nothing but a shot. He's a modern day Michael Ryder. It's a nice asset to have.

 

[Max2]

Laine is an old soul. Seems like he has the weight of the world on his shoulders.I think he's going to like it here.

 

[PavelBrendl]

Patrik Laine lives!

 

[Rapala]

'd accept even more limited niche

Not something Patrik would accept.

 

[Habs Halifax]

Laine is nothing but a shot. He's a modern day Michael Ryder. It's a nice asset to have.

Laine has a little more to his game than that. I personally don't like exaggeration to prove a point. Yes, his biggest asset is his shot but lets not devalue all other things he might be "OK" at.

 

[Rapala]

How was Barron tonight?

I got saw the 3rd, and he looked fine.

His was the fourth mistake of four made on Anaheim's even strength goal.
Played his man to man perfectly taking him right out of the play off to the side of the net when he was the last line of defense.
You'd love to see a bit more awareness when he's the last line of defense but that could have been said of the entire five man unit.

 

[RageQuit77]

Not something Patrik would accept.

Probably not, and rightly so, but my fear is that Laine 'The Savior' must yet again go through something similar than in the past when "they" tried to fit all kinds of shoes on him for [put your favorite requirements to a player here] that messed up his steady and successful natural growth as the goal scoring sniper he is...

In other words, better take it slowly, let him get to full health before assigning all kinds of secondary tasks for him, such as 'Laine as Center', 'Laine as 200ft Selke guy', 'Assist first, shooting as a last option -Laine', 'D-Zone dweller dude, because of reasons -Laine' etc. not too wise.

Just give him time and PPs, and most importantly, pass a puck!

 

[teamfirst]

Winning games is a good thing for the boys, at least they are in games most of the time let's hope they can keep it that way

 

[Rapala]

Probably not, and rightly so, but my fear is that Laine 'The Savior' must yet again go through something similar than in the past when "they" tried to fit all kinds of shoes on him for [put your favorite requirements to a player here] that messed up his steady and successful natural growth as the goal scoring sniper he is...

In other words, better take it slowly, let him get to full health before assigning all kinds of secondary tasks for him, such as 'Laine as Center', 'Laine as 200ft Selke guy', 'Assist first, shooting as a last option -Laine', 'D-Zone dweller dude, because of reasons -Laine' etc. not too wise.

Just give him time and PPs, and most importantly, pass a puck!

The only changes I foresee is a move to Suzuki's line aka tinkering if things get stale.
It's good to have an option we haven't had in the past.

 

[RageQuit77]

The only changes I foresee is a move to Suzuki's line aka tinkering if things get stale.
It's good to have an option we haven't had in the past.

Yeah. Maybe I painted my take to little bit too hyperbolic to make the point. Of course, he is now more 'complete' player than before those various past exercises. However, Patrik is big boy and acceleration isn't something he his particularly good at. He is damn fast, but skating velocity needs some time to get up. That is also why high intensity spurts between zones aren't necessarily best way to utilize him.

And particularly not now when it is obvious he is still recovering, and showing rust in his skating.

Other thing that bugs me from the past: there should never exist situation where Patrik have a puck, and high danger shooting chance and he feels some kind obligation to pass, because of some kind "orders" to do so from the brass [for reasons], as he by default and by past experience and eye test owns best shot for such situations within a roster.

If he lose his scoring touch, I get it, but never if that is mandated by someone else [to make him more complete]. Sure, the man who can put a puck to a 10cm x 10cm square from the offensive blue line with speed that makes the rubber hardly visible can of course also make a crispy saucer passes if needed, but it is still highly preferable if someone else make those for him.

You know.

 

[JustAHabFan]

How was Barron tonight?

I got saw the 3rd, and he looked fine.

Didn't notice him. So it's a good thing.

 

[VT]

Probably not, and rightly so, but my fear is that Laine 'The Savior' must yet again go through something similar than in the past when "they" tried to fit all kinds of shoes on him for [put your favorite requirements to a player here] that messed up his steady and successful natural growth as the goal scoring sniper he is...

In other words, better take it slowly, let him get to full health before assigning all kinds of secondary tasks for him, such as 'Laine as Center', 'Laine as 200ft Selke guy', 'Assist first, shooting as a last option -Laine', 'D-Zone dweller dude, because of reasons -Laine' etc. not too wise.

Just give him time and PPs, and most importantly, pass a puck!

Laine was one of Columbus' best defensive players who played without the puck. His stats were really great. He also made his teammates better. In Rono's stats, he had 96 points from 100 in the 2022/23 season. He spoiled it with his ... PP, on the other hand he was great defensively.

All he had to do was try to pass the puck to a player at speed and not drive the puck into the OZ himself. At least in Columbus, it wasn't ideal.

BTW, he always wanted to have more responsibility himself, not just play PP.

Now you have to wait a while, the whole year (without those 10 days) not play is no fun. You can see he doesn't have ideal skating, stick work.

 

[dauv]

Karma for holding the puck 5min doing nothing in OT

f*** off ducks and enjoy Trouba you losers

The NHL really needs to institute rules for the 3on3 OT. that was boring as F*&K to watch.

OT gets really exciting when in North South all out action but really sucks when it's a possesion control OT type like last night.

2 rules i think could work.

1 - No going back over the middle ice once in offensive zone
2 - shot clock 30 seconds and you must produce shot that hits the net

Also can we get the points system fixed where all games are worth 3 points

 

[The Real Timo]

Any update on Evan’s?

 

[Habssince89]

The NHL really needs to institute rules for the 3on3 OT. that was boring as F*&K to watch.

OT gets really exciting when in North South all out action but really sucks when it's a possesion control OT type like last night.

2 rules i think could work.

1 - No going back over the middle ice once in offensive zone
2 - shot clock 30 seconds and you must produce shot that hits the net

Also can we get the points system fixed where all games are worth 3 points

we don't need the shot clock. the way players will be pinned by the redline will create chances the other way pretty easily. I think implementing the over-and-back rule would help to force teams to trade chances and play more aggressive.

 

[morhilane]

Any update on Evan’s?

Tomorrow

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

Leadership in the Habs world is … “random shit”?



Laine is loving it:

He will teach Slaf how to spend his money on designer LV hats and purple suits, would look better on Slaf

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

Laine is nothing but a shot. He's a modern day Michael Ryder. It's a nice asset to have.

You say that the same way a child who is jealous of his younger bro who just had an awesome new toy says : "your toy is nice but it sucks. In a week you will be bored and leave it." lol

 

[Rapala]

The NHL really needs to institute rules for the 3on3 OT. that was boring as F*&K to watch.

OT gets really exciting when in North South all out action but really sucks when it's a possesion control OT type like last night.

2 rules i think could work.

1 - No going back over the middle ice once in offensive zone
2 - shot clock 30 seconds and you must produce shot that hits the net

Also can we get the points system fixed where all games are worth 3 points

Funny as I was watching players starting to get gassed I wondered what would happen if the team in possession pulled their goaltender.
Someone should try it.