He plays with 4th liners on the PP?
How many of his 10 even strength points come with those 4th liners?
Patrik Laine’s Falloff is Wild
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How many of his 10 even strength points come with those 4th liners?
Making this thread is wild. Laine may not be the best 5v5 guy, but he's literally a premier PP gun. That's valuable as hell.
Imo without Laine you boys wouldn't be as tight in the playoff race as you are now.
He is a consistent threat to score. With Caufield on ice at same time on PP can really see how opposing PKs have a tough time.
Reading journalist rag in Laine even now though is crazy. Montreal media is the worst in the league. That's tough when you got Toronto's media in the game...
Imo without Laine you boys wouldn't be as tight in the playoff race as you are now.
He is a consistent threat to score. With Caufield on ice at same time on PP can really see how opposing PKs have a tough time.
Reading journalist rag in Laine even now though is crazy. Montreal media is the worst in the league. That's tough when you got Toronto's media in the game...
To be honest I don't expect the guys he's playing with to be in the league in a few years. To be a 4th liner you need defensive awareness which those guys don't really have, and they don't have the offensive skill to be top 6 either, so they probably won't have a role to fill in the NHL going forward.
The team is just in a spot where they severely lack depth on offense.
What's wild is anyone thinking this wouldn't happen, look at his career, so sporadic.
Something is wrong with Laine, just look at him closely, nowhere near the same guy he was with Winnipeg.
I believe he’s dealing with something personally that he’s playing though to the end of the season.
I believe he’s dealing with something personally that he’s playing though to the end of the season.
Best PP player in the league.
5 on 5? Not so much. But he's coming from a long time off. He's slowly but surely improving. I don't think he'll ever be a guy who drives the play but he can certainly finish it. One of the most interesting storylines next year we'll be seeing how much he can get on a contract. No doubt his goals are extremely valuable but they come almost exclusively with the man advantage.
5 on 5? Not so much. But he's coming from a long time off. He's slowly but surely improving. I don't think he'll ever be a guy who drives the play but he can certainly finish it. One of the most interesting storylines next year we'll be seeing how much he can get on a contract. No doubt his goals are extremely valuable but they come almost exclusively with the man advantage.
