Patrick Laine injured in pre-season game after knee on knee

[Bounces R Way]

First dirty hit thread followed by a controversial beat down between two of the oldest franchises with the most storied rivalry in the sport


we are so back

 

[JianYang]

Intentional doesn't mean completely unavoidable and reckless.

It reminds me several years ago when kronwall blew out his knee in pre season against laraque...

I dont know much about this leaf guy but he looked like someone stuck in cement and out of his league the same way as laraque on kronwall.

 

[BlueSeal]

Wifi just became my favorite Hab. Good job son, you do those colors proud.

Those who don't like what I said and want to call it an accident, tell that to Laine, see if it makes the injury magically go away. Yeah, it doesn't. Wifi kept the gloves on to send a message and a turtling player ain't someone I want to play alongside on any day of the week. You fight your battles, win or lose.

 

[Rob Sense]

Slafkovsky dropped the gloves first after throwing a cross check and got one punched lmao

and what was your scrub's name again?

 

[TopG]

Looks like Laine went knee on knee himself lol. Juked into it

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Laine overhandled the puck again, he never learned to make the smart play and dump the puck in and not try to deke 2 AHL players in a pre-season game.

 

[BlueSeal]

First dirty hit thread followed by a controversial beat down between two of the oldest franchises with the most storied rivalry in the sport


we are so back

Absolutely beautiful.

 

[Zalos]

All I'm going to add is... please god, don't let anything happen to Dach. We need our players healthy for once.

 

[LeafChief]

and what was your scrub's name again?

No idea. He doesn't have a contract with the Leafs.

Prayers up to Laine's knee. I hope he's okay.

 

[Deadly Dogma]

It reminds me several years ago when kronwall blew out his knee in pre season against laraque...

I dont know much about this leaf guy but he looked like someone stuck in cement and out of his league the same way as laraque on kronwall.

I bet they could re run the exact same play 1000 times and 998 times just their feet hit, it was such a crap luck play

 

[Coffees]

That’s a greasy knee on knee

 

[egelband]

I mean.. why would any star player want to dress for a pre-season game at this point?

Wait till all the career AHLers are sent down before dressing a player like Laine.

Fewer games would force teams to play serious players. Too many games is why we see beer leaguers out there trying to make a name for themselves - or even just not get embarrassed - doing stupid things.

 

[StickShift]

What is remember more than anything about the bertuzzi play was moore's head getting forcefully driven into the ice. I think that's where the most damage occurred.

Yep, Bertuzzi fully connected with his punch. I think most believe that Moore was already unconscious before he hit the ice and that’s why his arms didn’t really react to falling.

Xhekaj didn’t really connect with that first swing so Paré thankfully was never in that same situation.

 

[BM14]

Wifi just became my favorite Hab. Good job son, you do those colors proud.

Those who don't like what I said and want to call it an accident, tell that to Laine, see if it makes the injury magically go away. Yeah, it doesn't. Wifi kept the gloves on to send a message and a turtling player ain't someone I want to play alongside on any day of the week. You fight your battles, win or lose.

Tell him to skate with his head up when splitting two players.

Rookie move.

 

[GOilers88]

The only question this thread leaves me with is where the f*** does "Wi-Fi" come from?

 

[Deadly Dogma]

The only question this thread leaves me with is where the f*** does "Wi-Fi" come from?

because his last name is spelled like a wifi password lol

 

[JKG33]

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#notapenalty

Also. Pare was shoved a few times before Xhekaj went nuts. He could have engaged. Chose to turtle.

Newsflash: if you try to duck out of a hit and don't completely do it, you expose yourself to a knee on knee hit. That's not a hard concept to grasp.

 

[JianYang]

The only question this thread leaves me with is where the f*** does "Wi-Fi" come from?

Chris Wideman said his last name looks like a wifi password

 

[BLNY]

Laine trying to dodge a hit means minor league players don't deserve a chance to make the big leagues?

He lead with his knee after he got out of position because he couldn't handle the pace Laine was entering the zone. It's on Pare to make clean contact. He didn't. No penalty undoes the knee-on-knee and no one pays to see Pare. Where is Pare on the Leafs depth chart? Seriously.

 

[ItWasJustified]

Todd Bertuzzi also had his glove on the whole time, if anything this makes it worse in my eyes as he isn't intending to drop the gloves and challenge him to a fight. He's looking to sucker punch the guy from behind.

Yeah, the difference is that Bertuzzi drove Moore's head into the ice. Xhekaj was never even close to doing that.

 

[ACLEVERNAME]

The only question this thread leaves me with is where the f*** does "Wi-Fi" come from?

Guy exists with a low signal. Mouth breather.

 

[Luigi Habs]

Unfortunately i would be very surprised if it’s anything other than a torn ACL that ends his season.

It’s absolutely terrible.

 

[brentashton]

It looks like his season is done unless Montreal makes a playoff run.

 

[egelband]

Time to limit rosters to the intended 21-man roster and 12-14 other NHL contracts. No one comes to see these guys. Completely out of his element, unprepared for the pace, adjust his position when he loses the middle of the ice, and leads with the knee. No pre-season penalty makes up for that.

Exactly this.

 

[Deadly Dogma]

Unfortunately i would be very surprised if it’s anything other than a torn ACL that ends his season.

It’s absolutely terrible.

I am hoping its a sprain but optically it didn't look good.