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

[FMichael]

Another angle from the stands…

 

[Leaf Fans]

Isn’t that the same reeves that got benched because he wasn’t doing his role and leaf fans wanted him gone lol

I did not want him gone.

 

[Seras]

"I want fighting taken out of the game!"
"Why didn't he fight?"

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

Pare lunges with his knee, anyone can’t see that needs glasses. Xhekaj gives him a chance to do the right thing and when he doesn’t rag dolls him a bit, if he wanted to really hurt him he would dropped the gloves and pummeled him like the scrub deserved

So what do you want? No Leafs fan gives the slightest f*** about Pare, never heard of him.

this X guy, is apparently pronounced Jackeye,

Ban Pare for life? Ok. Or what? how many games should this ECHL player get?

I'm more concerned for Laine.

 

[LOFIN]

Sucks so f***ing bad. Was really excited to see Laine, he seemed to be in such good spirits and fine physically. Ready to score again.

And now he might be out for the season.

 

[Kennedys]

The only thing good was wifi punching whoever this guy was

 

[catnip]

Such a shame that it was just some no-name scrub. Would've been an entirely different scenario if he was kneed by a future hall-of-famer.

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

Very unlikely that he intended to injure here in a preseason game, IMO.

However, it was a bad and dumb play on his part, and he should have been penalized.

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

The only thing good was wifi punching whoever this guy was

The Habs have both Jackeye and WiFi?

I'm jealouse. Lonny Bohonos is too.

 

[Xirik]

It means I don't want pre-season lad

yeah, players going straight to competitive games after getting out of practice during the summer will do wonders for player safety.

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

Such a shame that it was just some no-name scrub. Would've been an entirely different scenario if he was kneed by a future hall-of-famer.

Can you tell me why that would be an entirely different scenario?

 

[BlueDream]

These instances always make it obvious who has never played a sport. When you’re defending and the forward is going past you, it’s a natural reaction to try to get a piece of him to prevent that. He obviously didn’t intend to go knee on knee. Not dirty at all but dumb fans are gonna dumb fan.

 

[scholl]

Such a shame that it was just some no-name scrub. Would've been an entirely different scenario if he was kneed by a future hall-of-famer.

He is making his name famous now. This is why more expensive players shouldn't play this type of exhibition games where beer league players want to get noticed.

 

[Qwijibo]

Not sure many people are defending Pare, I think Laine is partially to blame, but think it is more of a hockey play gone wrong.

Borderline NHLer jumping an AHLer also isn't a huge deal, I just think it was the dirtier of the two plays and should likely be a suspension.

Xhekaj is one of the most overrated tough guys...

If you say so. I doubt Xhekaj gets a suspension. You better believe his teamay4s love what he did. All Pare had to do was sack up and face the music for a questionable play. But he had to be a coward and refuse to step up

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

"I want fighting taken out of the game!"
"Why didn't he fight?"

That's the code. You throw a bad hit (intentional or not), you answer the bell for it. Especially on a star player. Especially when you are an AHL scrub.

It's honestly baffling that Pare refused to fight for this play. It honestly shows a huge lack of respect for the game. Look at how Perry handled the Tavares incident a few years ago compared to how Pare handled this.

Frankly he's a disgusting player with no respect for the game. He has no business being anywhere near an NHL game.

 

[jani]

I think I saw some posts earlier stating that he has never had issues with his knees.

• 2014: Destroyed meniscus on left knee
  • "It sort of destroyed my knee. My meniscus went completely to pieces. One of the doctors said that I might never play again, which is not nice for a 15-year-old to hear", Laine reveals now.
• 2016: Stops a test in Combine due to pain on the left knee
• 2022: Leaves the game after knee-on-knee with Brodin - some similarities with the latest incident
  • "This knee has been operated on quite a few times, so I was a bit worried. There was quite a lot of pain, but now everything feels fine. There's still some soreness, but I'm able to play with it and try to win these games", Laine said.

Sorry if someone posted these already, I didn't read all the messages on this thread.

 

[Qwijibo]

X is a goon. He won’t be running around when Montreal plays Toronto with Reaves on the ice. This is exactly why Toronto went out and got Ryan Reaves, Smart move.

The hit did not look like an intentional hit at all. Hopefully Laine is OK, as he is an elite goal scorer when he is playing his game.

Xhekaj already clowned Reaves last season. Reaves wanted nothing to do with him afterwards despite having several chances in the same game. Reaves is washed up

Just trying to slow Laine down, in traffic. You can see from the pic that Pare caught Laine with his upper shin and that Pare's whole knee in white is visible. Looks like Xhekaj will be getting suspended though. Expect 10-20 games.

I expect zero games. The in game penalties were sufficient

 

[NastyKnies]

Berube is and has always been a brainless goon.

keep your head up brainlet.

 

[Leaf Fans]

Xhekaj already clowned Reaves last season. Reaves wanted nothing to do with him afterwards despite having several chances in the same game. Reaves is washed up


I expect zero games. The in game penalties were sufficient

That never happened. Xhekaj pushed over the net one game though. Then he didn't play in the next one vs the Leafs - Reaves Flu.

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

So what do you want? No Leafs fan gives the slightest f*** about Pare, never heard of him.

this X guy, is apparently pronounced Jackeye,

Ban Pare for life? Ok. Or what? how many games should this ECHL player get?

I'm more concerned for Laine.

Make Pare suit up for the NHL Leafs for as many games as Laine misses would be fair I think

 

[Qwijibo]

That never happened. Xhekaj pushed over the net one game though. Then he didn't play in the next one vs the Leafs - Reaves Flu.

There was lots of time on thst same game. Reaves had his tail between his legs the entire time

 

[Leaf Fans]

There was lots of time on thst same game. Reaves had his tail between his legs the entire time

No, he never turned down Xhekaj.

 

[Qwijibo]

No, he never turned down Xhekaj.

Any way you want to look at it. It's clear Xhekaj has zero fear of Reaves.

 

[Hunter368]

No doubt player safety will review both the original hit and Xhekaj

 

[JKG33]

Any chance you have video examples of these types of alleged plays made by Steve Moore? I'm a long time Avs fan who watched every game that season and barely remember him doing much of anything, let alone being that kind of guy. Honestly, it almost sounds like you're confusing Moore, who wore #36 for the Avs, with Matthew Barnaby, who wore #38 for the Avs for 13 games that year.

Pretty sure he'd been going after Naslund several times in the games leading up to the incident