Nah bro, that’s @LaineBOOMI had to check your post history, you posted 8 messages in the last 2 hours, all of them about us needing Patrik Laine. Is your burner account that InsideLaine guy by any chance?
Are you really that desperate to watch this team get swept by Florida? Weird bit of criticism to complain about an excess of draft picks when we've seen in the past how those can used in trades to get young players like Dach and Newhook (rip) or for trading up and drafting more talented players like Hage.
Drafting 10th will help the team much more than some 4-6 extra games like you said.
So Slaf who’s supposed to develop surrounded by other good players and stability would now play with Newhook who tries but doesn’t create anything and also make a guy who doesn’t have an NHL goal score.
Again this is a short term suggestion to try and get through Laines illness. Beck and Roy know one another from Laval, Slaf and Newhook have had chemistry together, and if you form the lines that way this 2nd line can get especially soft minutes because the other three can handle assignments.
Who’s supporting Slaf in that scenario?
Cozens is a winger who hasn’t been the same since Hathaway tuned him up Habs dodged a bullet
Because he'd be the one distributing the puck to his linemates, instead of his role as you describe on the first line. It's just to give him a taste of that role, and it is practical for that line because he can possess the puck on the wall and both newhook and beck have solid shots. And once again, this is soft minutes and only until Laine is back. It's just trying to make an opportunity out of injury issues.
A player like Dach, maybe? Minus the injury history. I was so hoping he’d get through this season unscathed. Now it all hinges on how proactive Hughes will be in the offseason.
Yeah but complaining without substantive comments gets very very old very very quickly.
Yes absolutely but Dach is legitimately a good player when he plays. He’s not a gamebreaking talent but he is a second line centre when healthy - he is never healthy though it’s clear now.
Thanks man! You are one of my favorites too
We really needed Laine in this game though. He is the mental leader of this team. When Laine is playing it gives everyone on his team a boost of confidence. Its like having that one colleague who always gets the blame, but who is crucial due to the work he puts in. You dont realize his importance until he is out.I had to check your post history, you posted 8 messages in the last 2 hours, all of them about us needing Patrik Laine. Is your burner account that InsideLaine guy by any chance?
Yeah the Habs didn’t lose many games this season when Dach was playing. Great observation. We were only 31st of 32.
When Laine is out the Habs lose. It’s a very obvious pattern. It’s less about Laine and more about the Habs roster.I had to check your post history, you posted 8 messages in the last 2 hours, all of them about us needing Patrik Laine. Is your burner account that InsideLaine guy by any chance?
He should already have been made the 13th forward this season (and Pezz down in Laval).
100% agree…..how could anyone miss a guy who is -29? I certainly don’t. I’d rather run Beck out there and not whine about losing Dach.
Very well said as always Chester. With regards to Beck, I see things a little differently. Yes he has shown moments where he does look like he belongs. I've also seen moments where he seems a little unsure of himself. Nothing major, and nothing that can't be worked on. With the coaching staff on average giving him 10 mins per game. I'd much rather see him in Laval playing 1st line plus PP mins.
Yes the two surgeries do put a damper on things. We really haven't had a lot of time to see a fully healthy Dach. Personally I'm going by what I saw when he played with Caufield and Suzuki. He actually played the way I'd like to see Slaf play.
