Laine 11th career hatty vs BUF

[BB88]

Next year… and yes it would be the smart thing to do given where they are in the rebuild. That’s life.

If he wants to re sign at a shorter term for less, sure, but why would he? It’s his once in a lifetime UFA contract

Hahah that would be beyond stupid

 

[amnesiac]

Hahah that would be beyond stupid

So you’d re sign one of the most injury prone players in the league in his late 20s for say $9Mx 7 years?

This on a team whos early in their rebuild who probably won’t contend for the Cup for at least another 5-6 years. Brilliant.

You must’ve loved Bergevin and what he did for Gallagher.

And kemme guess, you’re one of those who thought the Habs would be a playoff team this season, and be Cup contenders by 2026?

 

[BB88]

So you’d re sign one of the most injury prone players in the league in his late 20s for say $9Mx 7 years?

This on a team whos early in their rebuild who probably won’t contend for the Cup for at least another 5-6 years. Brilliant.

You must’ve loved Bergevin and what he did for Gallagher.

Laine is 26y and with his last season he’s not going to get anywhere close to the superstar money.

A team could sign him for 6-8M less per season than what superstars are going to be signing for so yes Montreal can and should re-sign Laine if he doesn’t get another major injury this season

Montreal isn’t early in their rebuild, they are getting to a part where they need to start challenging for WC spot and learn to win games

Their 1C is 1 year younger than Laine, they already have Caufield& Slaf playing in the NHL, Caufield is getting close to hitting his prime. Demidov is coming up next season?


& the biggest reason why they should keep him is that Montreal fans have been screaming for 20+ years for them to find someone like Laine, who brings fans out of their seats and creates that special feeling. That city (the fans) have adopted Laine and if you now turn around and trade him that’s the biggest FU you could make to those fans

& yes Laine is 26y damm he’s old!!!! How is he going to look in 8 years time…..

 

[Mulletman]

Laine is 26y and with his last season he’s not going to get anywhere close to the superstar money.

A team could sign him for 6-8M less per season than what superstars are going to be signing for

If Laine played like this on the powerplay for my Leafs, we would sign him to 8x11 without thinking twice!

 

[amnesiac]

Laine is 26y and with his last season he’s not going to get anywhere close to the superstar money.

A team could sign him for 6-8M less per season than what superstars are going to be signing for so yes Montreal can and should re-sign Laine if he doesn’t get another major injury this season

Montreal isn’t early in their rebuild, they are getting to a part where they need to start challenging for WC spot and learn to win games

Their 1C is 1 year younger than Laine, they already have Caufield& Slaf playing in the NHL, Caufield is getting close to hitting his prime. Demidov is coming up next season?


& the biggest reason why they should keep him is that Montreal fans have been screaming for 20+ years for them to find someone like Laine, who brings fans out of their seats and creates that special feeling. That city (the fans) have adopted Laine and if you now turn around and trade him that’s the biggest FU you could make to those fans

& yes Laine is 26y damm he’s old!!!! How is he going to look in 8 years time…..

yeah I figured you were one of those who thought the Habs were soon to be contenders. Part of the impatient fanbase that think it only takes a few years of top picks to build a true Cup contender….. They didn’t get a Crosby and Malkin in back to back years unfortunately. Here’s a reality check, it usually takes a decade from when you started drafting high. See FLA, COL, TB, WSH, EDM and when they started, and how many high picks (homrun picks and busts) it took them before finally piecing together a winner.

Habs pretty much started this rebuild 2 seasons ago with Slafkovsky after Bergevin made his idiotic moves after the 2021 run… Kotkaniemi pick obviously doesn’t count, it’s a lost/bust pick. Caufield and Hutson are homerun picks, very fortunate, but they’re not your Makar and MacKinnon elite pieces. Hopefully Demidov is one. I’m not counting on Slafkovsky or Reinbacher to be another unfortunately. They need to land one of those elite pieces next summer, ideally a centre.

And btw, Laine is a UFA at 28, not this summer. He won’t go for a discount unless he gets injured again, and if he does youd have to be really dumb to re sign him. Let alone re signing a guy because we need to “please the fans”??? That’s how you screw up a rebuild and end out being exactly where they were for the past 30 years.

 

[elmaco]

yeah I figured you were one of those who thought the Habs were soon to be contenders. Part of the impatient fanbase that think it only takes a few years of top picks to build a true Cup contender….. They didn’t get a Crosby and Malkin in back to back years unfortunately. Here’s a reality check, it usually takes a decade from when you started drafting high. See FLA, COL, TB, WSH, EDM and when they started, and how many high picks (homrun picks and busts) it took them before finally piecing together a winner.

Habs pretty much started this rebuild 2 seasons ago with Slafkovsky after Bergevin made his idiotic moves after the 2021 run… Kotkaniemi pick obviously doesn’t count, it’s a lost/bust pick. Caufield and Hutson are homerun picks, very fortunate, but they’re not your Makar and MacKinnon elite pieces. Hopefully Demidov is one. I’m not counting on Slafkovsky or Reinbacher to be another unfortunately. They need to land one of those elite pieces next summer, ideally a centre.

And btw, Laine is a UFA at 28, not this summer. He won’t go for a discount unless he gets injured again, and if he does youd have to be really dumb to re sign him. Let alone re signing a guy because we need to “please the fans”??? That’s how you screw up a rebuild and end out being exactly where they were for the past 30 years.

Good take but, you don't consider the improvement Laine could make in those 2 years.

 

[dgibb10]

I don't want to criticize but I do not believe getting 4 opportunities 5 on 3 in the last 6 games is a rate that is going to continue