There’s a guy linking me to these threads.I still love when thebus88 crumbles to pieces
Noooo Jesse don't check Montreal's record before and after Laine came back from injury noooooThere’s a guy linking me to these threads.
I literally couldn’t care less about what Laine is doing in Montreal. He’ll score goals and they’ll lose games. If Montreal fans find that acceptable, whoopty doo. Some will become infatuated with the one timers, while other legitimate and long time hockey fans will become disillusioned from all the losing and lack of effort and intelligence that plagues the play of Patty Laine.
The CBJ has scoring wingers like Kent Johnson, Kirill Marchenko, and Yegor Chinakhov FLOURISHING, because Laine is gone, and the puck/icetime/opportunities don’t all have to go through Laine to keep the “superstar” happy and to keep his stats up in order for his fanboys to use it as his defense. And the team is scoring fine as a whole, even with Chinakhov, arguably the teams most dangerous forward, being out for awhile.
Ok bye, good hockey to watch.
Confirmed with 8 PP goals in his first 9 games he has tied an NHL record. (Not certain if being on a new team factors in).
At this point I'm dissapointed if he scores on EV. Better to save his goals for the PP.
Exactly.It's actually kind of crazy that Matthews and Laine came in the same draft. I feel like they were the start of the "new gen" of snipers who grew up exclusively playing with the modern composites their whole lives. Matthews is a 2 time 60+ goal scorer and he doesn't have the best shot in his draft class imo.
As someone who was a big fan of Kovalchuk, there's no reason Laine shouldn't be hitting 40-50 every year just blowing pucks past goalies on the power play like he did. He absolutely has the talent and the shot to do so.Exactly.
2 of the best shots in the league in one draft and the #1 isn't the best shot.
I have always preferred Laine, still do.
Exactly.
2 of the best shots in the league in one draft and the #1 isn't the best shot.
I have always preferred Laine, still do.
Both.Like...his personality or as an actual hockey player?
"Laine became the first player on record (since 1933-34) to score eight straight power-play goals for a team. He also became the third forward to score his first eight goals of a season with the man-advantage, joining Yvan Cournoyer (1966-67, 1965-66) and Owen Nolan (1995-96)."Scoring 8 Powerplay Goals in his first 9 games to start the year deserves its own thread.
Has anything like that ever happened before?
Apparently so is Marty St-Louis, because he keeps playing him with Dach and NewhookAt this point I'm dissapointed if he scores on EV. Better to save his goals for the PP.
There’s a guy linking me to these threads.
I literally couldn’t care less about what Laine is doing in Montreal. He’ll score goals and they’ll lose games. If Montreal fans find that acceptable, whoopty doo. Some will become infatuated with the one timers, while other legitimate and long time hockey fans will become disillusioned from all the losing and lack of effort and intelligence that plagues the play of Patty Laine.
The CBJ has scoring wingers like Kent Johnson, Kirill Marchenko, and Yegor Chinakhov FLOURISHING, because Laine is gone, and the puck/icetime/opportunities don’t all have to go through Laine to keep the “superstar” happy and to keep his stats up in order for his fanboys to use it as his defense. And the team is scoring fine as a whole, even with Chinakhov, arguably the teams most dangerous forward, being out for awhile.
Ok bye, good hockey to watch.
Where's he at with shorties?Laine is tied for second in PP goals in about 30% of the games played by the other leaders.
Why does it matter if it's on the PP when you single handedly triple the other team's total?6-1 win with 3 goals and a -1. PP specialist
This PP specialist may be a huge factor in that upcoming 4 nations cup. That Finn PP is going to be outstanding