Laine 11th career hatty vs BUF

[John Mandalorian]

Who does Montreal select with the 13th pick in next summer’s draft?

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

There were many hab fans on the boards poo poo the trade. You got blasted if you said it was a good idea

I don’t remember a single poster who thought this was a bad trade.

 

[SomeDude]

Good for Laine. I really wanted the Pens to get him this summer. So happy we got Kevin Hayes instead.

Who could have ever imagined the problem was being on the Columbus Blue Jackets?

 

[Price is Wright]

Who does Montreal select with the 13th pick in next summer’s draft?

Jake O’Brien

 

[sadpanda]

Best shot in the league

Caufield’s stonks going down

 

[waitin425]

Who does Montreal select with the 13th pick in next summer’s draft?

Calgary's pick? Hopefully Caleb Desnoyers if he drops that far. He would complement Matthew Schaefer perfectly, after we nab him with our pick!

 

[John Mandalorian]

Calgary's pick? Hopefully Caleb Desnoyers if he drops that far. He would complement Matthew Schaefer perfectly, after we nab him with our pick!

No. The Montreal pick. The implication of Laine possibly costing the Habs draft position should have been obvious.

 

[waitin425]

No. The Montreal pick. The implication of Laine possibly costing the Habs draft position should have been obvious.

I appreciate the love you are giving him. Truth is, he may not get us out of the bottom 6 or 7.

Habs have their own pick, Calgary's (almost likely depending on conditions), plus Habs 2nd and Pens 2nd. Possibility that they trade Savard, Dvorak and/or Armia for picks. I feel like we will likely move up somewhere, so it is a crap shoot picking really anything.

But, if we had 13 as our top pick hopefully Desnoyers or Hensler falls. Outside of them....take a stab at falling Ryabkin or grab Mrtka. Centres and Right D are our team need. We only bypass the need if we get an obvious BPA like Schaefer.

 

[Lshap]

No. The Montreal pick. The implication of Laine possibly costing the Habs draft position should have been obvious.

The implication of Laine succeeding is that Montreal now has a top NHL sniper who's still young. Long term benefits of more goals and wins are worth much more than one slightly higher draft pick.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

No. The Montreal pick. The implication of Laine possibly costing the Habs draft position should have been obvious.

Dude we only beat buffalo columbus and anaheim lol

 

[John Mandalorian]

The implication of Laine succeeding is that Montreal now has a top NHL sniper who's still young. Long term benefits of more goals and wins are worth much more than one slightly higher draft pick.

It’s just a little strange that after years of Habs fans espousing the virtue of doing a rebuild organically and valuing draft picks like gold to suddenly pivot and throw support behind an infidel who can derail the “proper” rebuild.

Happy for Laine though. He went through a lot. And it’s nice to finally see that the Habs have the player that Caufield should have been.

 

[John Mandalorian]

Dude we only beat buffalo columbus and anaheim lol

It’s a good thing Laine hasn’t played the whole season, no?

 

[amnesiac]

Who does Montreal select with the 13th pick in next summer’s draft?

isnt the pick conditional amd top 20 protected with 48 possible outcomes?

 

[Lshap]

It’s just a little strange that after years of Habs fans espousing the virtue of doing a rebuild organically and valuing draft picks like gold to suddenly pivot and throw support behind an infidel who can derail the “proper” rebuild.

Happy for Laine though. He went through a lot. And it’s nice to finally see that the Habs have the player that Caufield should have been.

Montreal's doing the organic rebuild thing. They've stockpiled a ton of draft picks the last three years. Many are already on the team; a few more are coming in the next year or two.

The next stage of the rebuild is to see some incremental success. You want to see a few more wins from this very young roster; it's a sign the kids are developing. Laine isn't a kid, but ideally he can become one of the young vets of their future core.

As for Caufield, he's becoming exactly what Montreal hoped – a top goal-scorer. The kid's got 17 goals and is close to PPG.

 

[waitin425]

It’s just a little strange that after years of Habs fans espousing the virtue of doing a rebuild organically and valuing draft picks like gold to suddenly pivot and throw support behind an infidel who can derail the “proper” rebuild.

Happy for Laine though. He went through a lot. And it’s nice to finally see that the Habs have the player that Caufield should have been.

Ah.....I see now. You are trolling.

 

[CanadienShark]

Just absolutely firing piss missiles.

 

[BB88]

I don’t remember a single poster who thought this was a bad trade.

Just prior trade there were lot of people pushing back, but once the price came out it quieted down a lot

It’s just a little strange that after years of Habs fans espousing the virtue of doing a rebuild organically and valuing draft picks like gold to suddenly pivot and throw support behind an infidel who can derail the “proper” rebuild.

Happy for Laine though. He went through a lot. And it’s nice to finally see that the Habs have the player that Caufield should have been.

They got a 26y player for free (got paid to take him) who at healthy can score 40 goals in this league

That’s what they’ve been trying to find through the draft and now just got gifted one

 

[OldCraig71]

I have been watching the Habs since the 1970s, and I don't remember seeing a shot as hard and accurate as his. If he had a better center setting him up, he could easily be a 30 to 40-goal player again.

 

[SteelCityCannon]

Good for Laine. I really wanted the Pens to get him this summer. So happy we got Kevin Hayes instead.

Who could have ever imagined the problem was being on the Columbus Blue Jackets?

...he was pretty good for us? Just couldn't stay healthy for the life of him.

 

[John Mandalorian]

Ah.....I see now. You are trolling.

Not true. Just a guy trying to reconcile past behavior with current behavior.

 

[John Mandalorian]

Montreal's doing the organic rebuild thing. They've stockpiled a ton of draft picks the last three years. Many are already on the team; a few more are coming in the next year or two.

The next stage of the rebuild is to see some incremental success. You want to see a few more wins from this very young roster; it's a sign the kids are developing. Laine isn't a kid, but ideally he can become one of the young vets of their future core.

As for Caufield, he's becoming exactly what Montreal hoped – a top goal-scorer. The kid's got 17 goals and is close to PPG.

The thing of it is, they need a proper center. Those go high in the draft. That’s why falling might be painful. Cant even criticize them for not taking Wright. Cooley might have been nice though. But they need a top 6 center. The higher draft pick would be a big help.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

The thing of it is, they need a proper center. Those go high in the draft. That’s why falling might be painful. Cant even criticize them for not taking Wright. Cooley might have been nice though. But they need a top 6 center. The higher draft pick would be a big help.

Which is why we aren't too worried about winning games , probably still need another high talent piece from the draft. I think Habs fans are fine with bottoming out after the putrid start , worst case scenario for us would be as you say picking 13th or something but I doubt we get there

 

[thebestnic]

Who does Montreal select with the 13th pick in next summer’s draft?

You mean with Calgary pick ?

 

[Bard Marchand]

Weird thing about Laine's hat trick is that all three goals were on the PP and he finished -1 somehow in a 6-1 win over the Buffalo Palm Trees.

 

[BLONG7]

It’s just a little strange that after years of Habs fans espousing the virtue of doing a rebuild organically and valuing draft picks like gold to suddenly pivot and throw support behind an infidel who can derail the “proper” rebuild.

Happy for Laine though. He went through a lot. And it’s nice to finally see that the Habs have the player that Caufield should have been.

Caufield is fine.........17 goals and 29 pts in 31 games.