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LW Patrik Laine - Tappara, Liiga (2016, 2nd, WPG) XII

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teravaineSAROS said:
3rd line? Jets forward group isn't that deep though, how would your first 2 lines look?

Ehlers will likely play right wing sooner or later, it's what he prefers anyway
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If we look at the Pens success this year, spreading out talent was a key to their success. I like working with tandems and adding a 3rd component to a line. Also I think its only fair to start Laine on the 3rd line, and let him earn his way up in the line up. He should also be surrounded with guys that have the talent to maximize his talents, and vice versa he will help out Perrault and Ehlers if this is how Maurice fills in his line up card. Top 9 bottom 3 replacing Top 6, bottom 6.

Scheifele - Wheeler
Little - Stafford
Perrault - Laine

Burmistrov and Ehlers will fill the 3rd component of line role. The other TBA, there are always camp surprises. Perhaps Jets fans can opine?
 
Flair Hay said:
Stafford on Little's wing with Ehlers playing 3rd line with Perreault could definitely be for the greater good. Even if Ehlers is better than Stafford already.
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It will be interesting.....line combinations are always so fluid throughout the season due to injuries and coaches need to tinker so I don't get too hung up on it day to day. I save my ranting for larger usage blunders like using Thorburn more on the 3rd line than the 4th line in a season, or constantly playing Stuart with Trouba. Allot of this is going to come down to how good Laine and Connor are and how fast they emerge. Ehlers was a perfect example last season at one point he was relegated to Thorburn's line for close to 20 games but finished the season on the top line where he looked great. High end prospects like Ehlers, Connor, and Laine make preseason predictions very tough.

I do think Laine is the next level up though and he will get every opprotunity to shine.
 
The Winter Soldier said:
If we look at the Pens success this year, spreading out talent was a key to their success. I like working with tandems and adding a 3rd component to a line. Also I think its only fair to start Laine on the 3rd line, and let him earn his way up in the line up. He should also be surrounded with guys that have the talent to maximize his talents, and vice versa he will help out Perrault and Ehlers if this is how Maurice fills in his line up card. Top 9 bottom 3 replacing Top 6, bottom 6.

Scheifele - Wheeler
Little - Stafford
Perrault - Laine

Burmistrov and Ehlers will fill the 3rd component of line role. The other TBA, there are always camp surprises. Perhaps Jets fans can opine?
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The Jets will spread scoring somewhat akin to this in my view:

Ehlers - Scheifele - Wheeler
Laine - Little -Stafford/Armia/Petan/Dano/Etc.
Connor - Perreault -

Can't break that top line up yet; they were amazing at the end of last season.

Little is the perfect guy to pair with Laine as he begins his career; a criminally underrated player, solid vet, RHC, loves to throw the puck with linemates, is creative and super smart. They actually could form a phenomenal pair.

Connor and Perreault. Some what similar to Little, Perreault is a creative player that could easily mesh well with Connor if they start him in the NHL.
 
Gump Hasek said:
The Jets will spread scoring somewhat akin to this in my view:

Ehlers - Scheifele - Wheeler
Laine - Little -Stafford/Armia/Petan/Dano/Etc.
Connor - Perreault -

Can't break that top line up yet; they were amazing at the end of last season.

Little is the perfect guy to pair with Laine as he begins his career; a criminally underrated player, solid vet, RHC, loves to throw the puck with linemates, is creative and super smart. They actually could form a phenomenal pair.

Connor and Perreault. Some what similar to Little, Perreault is a creative player that could easily mesh well with Connor if they start him in the NHL.
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Will be interesting to see how they utilize perreault this year. I could see perreault little laine as the second line to start. Eventually I'd like to see laine schief wheeler/ connor little ehlers as top 6
 
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So jealous of your winger depth.... Well depth in general really. Would love to snag one of Ehlers or Connor but we just don't have the needed pieces. :(
 
Calgareee said:
So jealous of your winger depth.... Well depth in general really. Would love to snag one of Ehlers or Connor but we just don't have the needed pieces. :(
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Not just winger depth... The Jets have a lot of young players and prospects that play C.

Scheifele
Little
Perreault
Burmistrov
Lowry
Copp
Petan
Roslovic
DeLeo

Obviously, not all will play C in the NHL, but it gives the Jets a lot of future roster flexibility to have a lot of forwards that play wing or centre.
 
Whileee said:
Not just winger depth... The Jets have a lot of young players and prospects that play C.

Scheifele
Little
Perreault
Burmistrov
Lowry
Copp
Petan
Roslovic
DeLeo

Obviously, not all will play C in the NHL, but it gives the Jets a lot of future roster flexibility to have a lot of forwards that play wing or centre.
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Million dollar question is who starts 3c. My money is on burmistrov
 
Gump Hasek said:
Earlier in the summer Maurice stated in a radio interview that he plans to use Perreault at center this season, so you should probably limit your bet size to something affordable.
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Must of missed that interview. I like perreault at center. Mostly oz starts. He's great at faceoffs and hard on the puck
 
Gump Hasek said:
Earlier in the summer Maurice stated in a radio interview that he plans to use Perreault at center this season, so you should probably limit your bet size to something affordable.
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Hoping to see Perreault as 3C or even 2C.

Not with Laine, though. I'd greatly prefer Laine with either Scheifele or Little. Perhaps try both.
 


video of Laine's play, haven't seen it be posted before so thought I'd post it incase anyone wants to see more of him. as you can see he backcheks and plays more physical than you'd expect of a sniper.

this is the highest level of competition he's faced (semi-finals of the Liiga playoffs against a crazy stacked team) aside from some of the WHC games. Laine was the MVP of the Liiga playoffs for a good reason.
 
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teravaineSAROS said:


video of Laine's play, haven't seen it be posted before so thought I'd post it incase anyone wants to see more of him. as you can see he backcheks and plays more physical than you'd expect of a sniper.

this is the highest level of competition he's faced (semi-finals of the Liiga playoffs against a crazy stacked team) aside from some of the WHC games. Laine was the MVP of the Liiga playoffs for a good reason.
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Looks like Lemieux. Just my opinion.
 
Gump Hasek said:
The Jets will spread scoring somewhat akin to this in my view:

Ehlers - Scheifele - Wheeler
Laine - Little -Stafford/Armia/Petan/Dano/Etc.
Connor - Perreault -

Can't break that top line up yet; they were amazing at the end of last season.

Little is the perfect guy to pair with Laine as he begins his career; a criminally underrated player, solid vet, RHC, loves to throw the puck with linemates, is creative and super smart. They actually could form a phenomenal pair.

Connor and Perreault. Some what similar to Little, Perreault is a creative player that could easily mesh well with Connor if they start him in the NHL.
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Thats where I'm going with the top 9 as well but I don't see Jets rushing Connor into the lineup unless he has a really good TC. The thought of having all those guys in the top 9 is mighty exciting, but I still think that Stafford is a liability there
 
Whileee said:
Not just winger depth... The Jets have a lot of young players and prospects that play C.

Scheifele
Little
Perreault
Burmistrov
Lowry
Copp
Petan
Roslovic
DeLeo

Obviously, not all will play C in the NHL, but it gives the Jets a lot of future roster flexibility to have a lot of forwards that play wing or centre.
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I'd trade all of players 3-9 on that list for another good 2nd line center like Little.

We have options but after Scheif and Little they aren't that great. Maybe Perreault will be better at center this time around with better wingers. He's so damn good at wing I'm kind of hoping he ends up back there at some point.
 
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He's so damn strong.

He literally shoots from everywhere and defenders know that so I love watching when Laine gets the puck on his stick over the blue line, the defender is already thinking Laine will shoot so Laine just uses that inside move he does on defenders and he has a clear lane to the net. I love it.
 
One of the most unbelievable plays I've ever seen in many years of watching hockey is at the World Juniors, when Laine made a pass from his own zone through the feet of Dylan Strome who was standing in the neutral zone straight onto the tape of Puljujarvi leading to a goal for Finland.

It's one thing to put the puck through someone's legs standing next to you...another thing to do it to someone skating 30 feet away, right onto the stick of someone at the opposite blue line. Just the confidence to even try it is mind-boggling. He was also last man back.
 
docbenton said:
One of the most unbelievable plays I've ever seen in many years of watching hockey is at the World Juniors, when Laine made a pass from his own zone through the feet of Dylan Strome who was standing in the neutral zone straight onto the tape of Puljujarvi leading to a goal for Finland.

It's one thing to put the puck through someone's legs standing next to you...another thing to do it to someone skating 30 feet away, right onto the stick of someone at the opposite blue line. Just the confidence to even try it is mind-boggling. He was also last man back.
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You got a video?
 
I'm definitely waiting for the time when Laine's playmaking skills start to get more credit, so many hockey fans just talk about how he only has his shot and nothing else, when his playmaking skills are 1st class as well.

Gavy said:
You got a video?
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BB88 said:
I'm definitely waiting for the time when Laine's playmaking skills start to get more credit, so many hockey fans just talk about how he only has his shot and nothing else, when his playmaking skills are 1st class as well.




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Great pass, but not quite what the poster said. He said Strome was 30 feet away lol. He was barely 10. I dont even care about that pass. The move just before that where Laine is coming over the blue line and has it on his forehand then does a little back hand toe drag. That's what dreams are made of

Also, what you said about his playmaking skills... Doesn't that remind you of Kessel? Kessel can thread the needle like not many can do with crazy hard passes but it got overlooked because he liked to use his crazy shot jist like Laine.

I'd defIntel describe Laine's shot has a heavy one rather than a hard one. The type of shot that youll still hear even though it hits all mesh
 
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Gavy said:
The move just before that where Laine is coming over the blue line and has it on his forehand then does a little back hand toe drag. That's what dreams are made of
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The more impressive thing is, that he has his head up all the way to starting the deke. The defender definitely isn't expecting you to do a back hand toe drag if you're looking to the center of the ice. He really likes that deke.

After watching the video it reminds me once again, what kind of diamond we're working with here. Shooting, playmaking, and even hitting. Add to that his swagger and flamboyant but also humble attitude. That's not every draft stuff, nearly.
 
docbenton said:
One of the most unbelievable plays I've ever seen in many years of watching hockey is at the World Juniors, when Laine made a pass from his own zone through the feet of Dylan Strome who was standing in the neutral zone straight onto the tape of Puljujarvi leading to a goal for Finland.

It's one thing to put the puck through someone's legs standing next to you...another thing to do it to someone skating 30 feet away, right onto the stick of someone at the opposite blue line. Just the confidence to even try it is mind-boggling. He was also last man back.
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Laine has made a couple of really good breakaway passes. Another one I liked(And would have liked even more if it ended up being a goal) was this one:

https://streamable.com/nvqb

Then in FEL finals when he finally played with Kristian Kuusela he had a breakaway pass to him like every other shift. This video at 4:44 - 4:50, 4:59 - 5:05, 8:20 - 8:27, 8:31 - 8:36:

 
Gavy said:
Great pass, but not quite what the poster said. He said Strome was 30 feet away lol. He was barely 10. I dont even care about that pass. The move just before that where Laine is coming over the blue line and has it on his forehand then does a little back hand toe drag. That's what dreams are made of
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First of all, the pass is to a guy 30 feet away, not Strome. I don't see how you understood his post the way you did.

And yeah that thing you call "a little back hand toe drag" is something he does pretty often in situations you don't really expect.


I think that his actual toe drag toe drag is really pretty, too.

Here at 2:41 - 2:44:

 
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