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LW Patrik Laine - Tappara, FEL (2016 Draft)

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He has been great. His first Liiga goal is only a matter of time and hopefully we'll see it in the third. Some risky plays on the offensive blue line but he will learn. It appears that even Liiga pros have a hard time getting the puck away from him, which is promising.
 
HockeyHistorian said:
He has been great. His first Liiga goal is only a matter of time and hopefully we'll see it in the third. Some risky plays on the offensive blue line but he will learn. It appears that even Liiga pros have a hard time getting the puck away from him, which is promising.
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Shame he didn't bury it.
 
Tuomaz said:
This guy is wasting scoring chances like there's no tomorrow..
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At least he's having those scoring chances, goals will come eventually if he keeps that up.

After watching both of Tappara's games this season, I'd say he's been creating half of those scoring chances by himself; he had similar situtation against Ilves like above in the video after he got the puck from d-zone and sprinted to get in front of the defender and was almost facing the goalie but the puck bounced in the last second so he couldn't get a shot off. And tonight in the 4vs3 OT PP, he had a slapshot to the post from the "Ovechkin zone".

So far so good, in my opinion.
 
So, apparently he had 12 shots, when the next Tappara guy had only 4. (note that in Liiga, they count all shot attempts, not just the ones at the goal)
 
He reminds me of Tarasenko, maybe not as dynamic though. I caught the second period of Tappara's game he was impressive. Every time he had the puck, he showed how skilled he is and generated scoring chances.
 
Someone said earlier that Laine likes to hunt top corners but atleast today against Kalpa he mostly shot low shots.
I liked how calm and skilled he was with the puck. His skating was a lot better than what it was at the end of the last season. Still it is the thing that he needs to improve to be able to be a star player at the NHL level.
 
Jack DiBiase said:
So, apparently he had 12 shots, when the next Tappara guy had only 4. (note that in Liiga, they count all shot attempts, not just the ones at the goal)
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I got 11 scoring chances for Laine ...

... rest of the Tappara team had 19 combined. :shakehead

KalPa had 26 chances.... talk about an individual impact.

Just a matter of time he scores. And he's gonna score a lot.
 


hey guys i got some Patrik Laine (blue #29) almost all shifts game highlights
this was my first view on him but i htought he had a really good game?
skates really well as a big guy
made some power moves cutting to the net
surprised to see he has soft hands
defensive game/effort is not there yet but that's to be expected
was on pp point for the most part

good game for a first viewer

ps. in the 3rd period, the sound is ahead of the play idk how that happened..so dont ask
 
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ihaveyuidonttouchme said:


hey guys i got some Patrik Laine (blue #29) almost all shifts game highlights
this was my first view on him but i htought he had a really good game?
skates really well as a big guy
made some power moves cutting to the net
surprised to see he has soft hands
defensive game/effort is not there yet but that's to be expected
was on pp point for the most part

good game for a first viewer

ps. in the 3rd period, the sound is ahead of the play idk how that happened..so dont ask
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Thank you for doing this. This is very valuable.

To me the kid looks outright fast.
 
Watched the yesterday's game and eventhough he didn't score he was truly magnificent. The stick handling skills are out of the roof when combined with the ability to protect the puck with that immense frame and reach. Not sure why I feel like watching Jagr play everytime I see him on the ice, while he is shooting the puck like Ovechkin.

He didn't shy away from contact or corners, controlled the game at times and made a couple of moves that most are not able to do. The announcer said he was currently 194cm and still growing, yet he has been able to increase his skating ability noticably. Not the fastest guy out there, but by no means the slowest. Skating very well for his size. He will add a step or two the next few years when the growing stops.

Overall I was really impressed by him in the Lake Placid but that was a slight touch to the surface when compared him play against grown men twice his age. I haven't seen a player at his age who'd ever awed me as much in the Liga. Not wondering at all about Jalonen's comments about not seeing a better -98 born player in the world. He has all the tools to become #1 next year (winger or not). If I had to choose right now I might take him before Puljujärvi based on what I've seen this season alone.

This kid is going to score a ton of goals this year, watch out!
 
ihaveyuidonttouchme said:


hey guys i got some Patrik Laine (blue #29) almost all shifts game highlights
this was my first view on him but i htought he had a really good game?
skates really well as a big guy
made some power moves cutting to the net
surprised to see he has soft hands
defensive game/effort is not there yet but that's to be expected
was on pp point for the most part

good game for a first viewer

ps. in the 3rd period, the sound is ahead of the play idk how that happened..so dont ask
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I really appreciate this!!!!
 
Any idea if there's a free stream for tonight's game anywhere? Thanks in advance!

And on topic.. I am extremely impressed by how much Laine (specifically his skating) has improved.. Last season I was skeptical about whether he could pull it all together but if his start t the season is any indication I'm waiting for HUGE things from him this yar
 
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f1nn said:
Any idea if there's a free stream for tonight's game anywhere? Thanks in advance!

And on topic.. I am extremely impressed by how much Laine (specifically his skating) has improved.. Last season I was skeptical about whether he could pull it all together but if his start t the season is any indication I'm waiting for HUGE things from him this yar
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I wonder why there hasn't been any discussion about his knee injury at March 2014, which ended his season?

It really affected for his skating for the next season 2014-15, and now that's fully healed again. He wasn't a bad skater before that, and now he is back more of at his normal level.
 
Henkka said:
I wonder why there hasn't been any discussion about his knee injury at March 2014, which ended his season?

It really affected for his skating for the next season 2014-15, and now that's fully healed again. He wasn't a bad skater before that, and now he is back more of at his normal level.
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That's a good point.. honestly hadn't taken that into consideration.. and I guess before 2014 I hadn't seen enough of him to form an opinion
 
f1nn said:
Any idea if there's a free stream for tonight's game anywhere? Thanks in advance!

And on topic.. I am extremely impressed by how much Laine (specifically his skating) has improved.. Last season I was skeptical about whether he could pull it all together but if his start t the season is any indication I'm waiting for HUGE things from him this yar
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I don't know if it's okay to post links of streams, but on the site onhockey tv probably will have one.
 
kelsier said:
Watched the yesterday's game and eventhough he didn't score he was truly magnificent. The stick handling skills are out of the roof when combined with the ability to protect the puck with that immense frame and reach. Not sure why I feel like watching Jagr play everytime I see him on the ice, while he is shooting the puck like Ovechkin.

He didn't shy away from contact or corners, controlled the game at times and made a couple of moves that most are not able to do. The announcer said he was currently 194cm and still growing, yet he has been able to increase his skating ability noticably. Not the fastest guy out there, but by no means the slowest. Skating very well for his size. He will add a step or two the next few years when the growing stops.

Overall I was really impressed by him in the Lake Placid but that was a slight touch to the surface when compared him play against grown men twice his age. I haven't seen a player at his age who'd ever awed me as much in the Liga. Not wondering at all about Jalonen's comments about not seeing a better -98 born player in the world. He has all the tools to become #1 next year (winger or not). If I had to choose right now I might take him before Puljujärvi based on what I've seen this season alone.

This kid is going to score a ton of goals this year, watch out!
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In the Jääkiekkolehti Liiga preview issue they had the team photos and he was stadning next to Aleksi Elorinne who is measured at 195 and Laine was definitely about 2 cm shorter than Elorinne.
 
This match is not really one you should use to base your opinion on Laine. The ice looks horrendous, no wonder the puck's bouncing around like there's no tomorrow.
 

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