Rob Sense
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leafs fans cried for years after the incident that was a 100% accident. This is a knee on knee coward hit.
Patrick Laine injured in pre-season game after knee on knee
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true, there is for sure some blame on Laine but he does pivot his knee outwards.
TheBeastCoast
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I am still failing to see your point or honestly the relevance to what happened tonight lol I understand why Hab fans are upset.
JeffreyLFC
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Who cares about pre season exhibit A... The Leafs ruined any chances of the Habs competing this year. This is horrible for the league
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the whole glass house thing, I seem to remember the whole Chara thing and Hab fans actually calling the cops.
Are you sure? He doesn’t seem to move at all? He doesn’t turn his knee out in the traditional cheap shot manner.
Is there a better angle? He’s stationary. Doesn’t turn or move.
One thing about laine is he glides with a really wide stance his legs like a v. I still don’t see how his knee got clipped by a stationary person
Matt24
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??? what? Even if this is a season long injury, Laine is not anywhere near good enough a player to elevate a team to the playoffs single handily. This is one of the craziest things I’ve read.
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Not much choice, he was being boxed in by two Leaf players.
While I don't think it was an intentional knee, it was a poor move (and not just because of the outcome). Dude really wasn't using his brain well on that play at all. A pro player should know better and have better positioning.
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IMO its the last second pivot to the left with his left knee but Laine didn't even try to move his feet when the Leaf player was stationary. The whole thing sucks and I would be right pissed if I were a Habs fan, hell it still pisses me off and I'm a Leafs fan.
It doesn’t matter if it’s intentional or not. Laine just came back from a tough break dealing with his own demons/rehabbing from his previous injury. Xhekaj responding the way he did was absolutely called for.
Empoleon8771
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He super obviously stuck out his knee as Laine cut back towards the center of the ice. It was clear as day that was a nasty knee Pare threw.
At some point when a guy is constantly injured, it's just not about bad luck anymore. This injury doesn't sadly surprise me at all. What the heck do you expect when you try to go over the blueline through two AHL guys with your legs way spread out wide like that??
I hate that an important player goes down like this, but it appeared to me that Pare is just holding his ground here. Can’t expect him to move out of the way, and he didn’t stick his leg out to catch him. He was already there. That’s why there was no penalty. Just bad luck.
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Habs fan here and I agree with you, that's just ridiculous. I doubt Paré did that on purpose.
I get wanting to fight him, but you don't send your biggest dude against a teenager and have him punch the young guy in the back of the head repeatedly.
Punching someone in the back of the head is one of the most dangerous and cowardly things you can do.
It is banned in all forms of organized combat including ufc.
This is ridiculous.
Bourne Endeavor
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Yes. If you're going to make dirty plays like that you best be prepared to defend yourself when the team responds. The fact he turtled away instead of simply accepting a fight with someone is why Xhekaj went off.
Guy didn't want anything to do with anyone. So he got the biggest guy on the team to make him answer.
trellaine201
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That didn’t look good. That’s all I know. Tough way to start with your new team. Get well soon Laine.
Rob Sense
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Pare is 25 years old and 6'3 205 pounds
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If it was textbook why wasn’t it called?
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I’m not a doctor or anything like that, but from first glance, the way that knee bent, I really hope it’s not career threatening, because it looks brutal
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Rewatch what actually happened what the hell was Laine doing. He tried to "split?" the defense without even skating and his feet wide apart and a weird bend in his knees. I'm not sure i've ever seen a better way to get your legs broken in the NHL.
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