When you watch that video it's pretty clear that Laine has some unique skills for a prospect and his shot is just one of them. I think he has every rights to say he should be the first overall pick.
When you watch that video it's pretty clear that Laine has some unique skills for a prospect and his shot is just one of them. I think he has every rights to say he should be the first overall pick.
Ha, there is no such word as double standard in the Leafs grammar.
Actually checked the Matthews thread (haven't seen a reason to toxicate it the way the Leafs have done here) and saw the "already Kopi-lite" evaluations. They are writing about a guy who practically played 0 PK minutes last season. He's pretty heavy built but nowhere close to being even good defensive center in NHL standard and about a light year behind f.ex. Barkov at the same age in that regard. Matthews is offense first type of a center. Don't think he'll ever be Malkin-good but I could be wrong, franchise caliber regardless.
So we got two offensive minded forwards in the top two. Laine has outscored or outplayed him in every competition this season and is a lot younger. I'm not suprised he thinks he should go first. Still I hope that's not how it plays out.
I agree. Also i don't predict him Malkin good, only they are pretty much similar type of playing. But AM has long way to that level what Malkin is. Laine too have long way to be one of the best forward and i think most of are happy if he have healthy and good season with like 30 points. Also i like when he in himself take that 5 years timeline, not just say that he is best forward in NHL next year, but say that he believe he can be best after 5 years and he do anything to be best. If he then come just very good forward in NHL, he still try to do everything and do all the training to come best, if it's not enough, so be it, but he still believe it and try it. That's what i love Laine very much and it's not typical hockey player talking old cd again and again, but be and have good self-esteem and don't scare to say what is his goal.
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clearly you didn't read it. Several Fins and a few Jets fans went all Laine all over that thread.
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U.S. To Face Canada, Finland and Sweden in Plymouth, Michigan, from July 30-Aug. 6 at the National Junior Evaluation Camp
USA Hockey announced today that the 2016 U.S. National Junior Evaluation Camp will take place at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Michigan, from July 30-Aug. 6, 2016.
The week-long camp will include 10 international competitions between Canada, Finland, Sweden and the United States and serve as preparation for the 2017 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship which will take place from December 26, 2016, through January 5, 2017, in Montreal and Toronto, Canada.
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Oh. Apparently last year there was a "test and ice camp" at the end of July, preceding "int. match-ups" in early August in Lake Placid and a four-country tourney on Russia at the end of August. Can't find the dates for this year's stuff up yet.
Yeah I think he just gonna fax in a copy of the WHC silver medal and be done with it, for the camp bit.
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If you meant myself, what I recently did was point out that Laine was playing the wing he doesn't play in WCs in 5v5 and hence conclusions cannot be drawn off that. if that misconception wasn't presented, I would not have mentioned it.
If some Laine-fan openly bashed Matthews here with a misinformed opinion, I wouldn't fault you for correcting it. It's quite different from specifically putting a player down for the sake of putting them down.
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That's true, but you can't find that anti-Matthews hate mongering there.
And you do find more outrageous claims about superiority of AM there than you can find about Laine from here.
You know, about that guy that's like Kopitar, just better, TOP-10-15 center at the start of next year, 60+ points in rookie season and then minimum 85 points per season while being that Kopitar in his own end.
Not too bad.
AM is also a dark horse for the next year, I reckon.
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Liking Laine more and more as I watch his interviews. Seems like a pretty good guy.
Him and Matthews will make this a draft to remember. Leafs and Jets are both very lucky and I would bet that both players could be legends and cornerstones for their teams.
Also, apparently his name is pronounced like 'line' rather than Laine.
Him and Matthews will make this a draft to remember. Leafs and Jets are both very lucky and I would bet that both players could be legends and cornerstones for their teams.
Also, apparently his name is pronounced like 'line' rather than Laine.
Couple on sportsnet.ca and couple of tsn.ca. They are group interviews with all the top 6 forwards in the draft, excluding Puljujarvi.
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'Line-eh', I think they got it pinned down to in an earlier thread.
Let's hope for there being a reason soon enough for a pronounciation lesson by a Finnish commentator like there was for the rookie they got in San Jose.
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Nash had 40 goals as a 19 year old and would be a much more admired player if he wasn't so media shy and if Columbus wasn't such a bad team.
I think it's a good comparison.
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As has been said many times in about every Laine thread, yeah, it's "Line-eh" or "Lie-nay" in written English phonetics. It's funny, though, that Laine himself was so nervous during the Don Cherry thing that he said something like "I'm Patrik Leöieöin, play for Tappara, Tampere Finland"
What makes it funny is that it's usually the interviewers/commentators/whatnot that mispronounce people's names ("Team-U Suh-Lawn-Ee", anyone?), but this time around (with all the coverage during the year and TSN/Sportsnet folk having done their homework), everyone was very much aware of how the name is pronounced properly but Laine himself messed it up when given the mic and the task of introducing himself live on TV.
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Are you guys really certain?
You know he's talking about Nash don't you?
He doesn't strike me as anything other than media shy.
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That's common for big, skilled guys. Ryan Johansen and Joe Thornton also move similar to Nash.
I never said Laine, was bad at it, but he's not at Matthews level at it. Its Matthews best skill, Matthews also is better at adjusting after getting through to get his shot off. Laine's strength isn't making plays in tight, he rarely gets by a defender in the offensive zone then finishes the play, most of his goals come from either the left side or clear breakaways. Just because Matthews is better at something, doesn't mean Laine is bad at it, the same applies to there shots but in the opposite way.
As has been said many times in about every Laine thread, yeah, it's "Line-eh" or "Lie-nay" in written English phonetics. It's funny, though, that Laine himself was so nervous during the Don Cherry thing that he said something like "I'm Patrik Leöieöin, play for Tappara, Tampere Finland"
Here it is here: http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/ron-don-nhls-top-prospects-house/
At the 3:00 mark.
I chalked it up to not speaking clearly as well...
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This is pretty funny. At about 4:00 Tkachuk says that Corey Perry is his favorite player. And then Matthews pokes Laine a little bit and both of them smile.
This is pretty funny. At about 4:00 Tkachuk says that Corey Perry is his favorite player. And then Matthews pokes Laine a little bit and both of them smile.
