Patrik Laine is in a 6-game Win-streak

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Ok Patty's stats seem to support my conclusion above, check it out:
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January-February:
Patty scored a goal in the game:
-> Habs won 2, lost 2 of the games.
Patty did NOT score a goal in the game:
-> Habs won 3, lost 7 of the games.

So solution to come back to 0.500 hockey for Habs is to get Laine scoring.

Suggestion: move Laine to line 1.
Suggestion: play Laine for FULL PP.
Suggestion: motivate Laine by flying all his friends to his games.

Thoughts?

Don’t forget a handy from the coach during intermissions, gotta treat Laine special.

A handshake, I mean.

 

[Sky04]

10 of 12 goals from the powerplay lol.

8 of the 12 are from the first 9 games.

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

Is Laine on the 4th line now in Montreal? He only played 11 mins today.

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

Is Laine on the 4th line now in Montreal? He only played 11 mins today.

Yup.

 

[pekka55]

What he’s paid doesn’t change his injuries, surgeries, and mental leave. He’s openly said he lost his fitness and focus. Not sure what is going to be accomplished by constantly repeating his salary.

It's never his fault is it? In Winnipeg it was everyone else's fault. Same thing in Columbus. Exact same thing seems to be happening in Montreal.

What is the one constant every time? Laine fans should wake the f*** up and realize the reality.

I'll say it once again: I would give him way more slack if he himself didn't come into the league with a very arrogant attitude. Arrogance only works if you can actually back it up. Laine hasn't been able to back it up the last 7-8 years.

 

[majormajor]

It's too bad the rest of the Habs don't have Laine's winning attitude.

 

[ReHabs]

It's never his fault is it? In Winnipeg it was everyone else's fault. Same thing in Columbus. Exact same thing seems to be happening in Montreal.

What is the one constant every time? Laine fans should wake the f*** up and realize the reality.

I'll say it once again: I would give him way more slack if he himself didn't come into the league with a very arrogant attitude. Arrogance only works if you can actually back it up. Laine hasn't been able to back it up the last 7-8 years.

I’m a Habs fan and can’t comment on the other teams or their experience with Laine.

I’m not making excuses — he was a mm away from needing surgery on his already bad knee. He chose the “conservative” treatment, which means he’s playing through the injury.

I don’t think this is a false excuse, it’s just a bad situation and he’s already out of shape. It was no secret that he was considering retirement and was not staying in professional fitness mode.

Regardless, I want him to do well for the sake of the Habs and our big picture. I’m not a partisan for Patrik Laine.

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

I’m a Habs fan and can’t comment on the other teams or their experience with Laine.

I’m not making excuses — he was a mm away from needing surgery on his already bad knee. He chose the “conservative” treatment, which means he’s playing through the injury.

I don’t think this is a false excuse, it’s just a bad situation and he’s already out of shape. It was no secret that he was considering retirement and was not staying in professional fitness mode.

Regardless, I want him to do well for the sake of the Habs and our big picture. I’m not a partisan for Patrik Laine.

I actually would love nothing more if Laine would be super successful and consistently play how we know he is capable of.

I think a lot (not all) of Jets fans have a soft spot for him because there were a few really good/fun years there. As he was young we used that as an excuse for his backchecking and board battle….and well effort deficiencies.

The longer it went on and there was no improvement it was harder to excuse.

I’m not sure Reagan’s is the right word to describe it. He has a sense of entitlement we are not used to seeing in hockey players. Usually if a player scores a goal they credit the rest of the team, and if a mistake is made they own it. Laine doesn’t quite fit that mild. lol.

Add in a lack of self awareness (it’s everyone else’s fault) and immaturity (comments about CBJ) and we’ll, we are all witness to the output.

I really really hope he focuses on taking feedback, looking inward and working on himself, - in a way that he isn’t blaming himself or beating himself up. May be tough with his past battles with depression.

Regardless, I am pulling for the guy. I worry if he can succeed in a market like Montreal.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

It's too bad the rest of the Habs don't have Laine's winning attitude.

Pretty sure they’ve adopted Laine’s attitude actually

 

[Voodoo Child]

8 of the 12 are from the first 9 games.

Laine gets 35 goals a year.

25 of them come in a random 20 game stretch.

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

Pretty sure they’ve adopted Laine’s attitude actually

Exactly! It’s not good for the habs development to have him on the team, and I don’t think Montreal is the best fanbase, environment for him to work on his development.

The longer this goes on the more it seems like a terrible mismatch.

 

[I Hate Philadelphia]

Laine gets 35 goals a year.

25 of them come in a random 20 game stretch.

Laine hasn't sniffed 35 goals in a season since the first year of Trump's first term.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Laine gets 35 goals a year.

25 of them come in a random 20 game stretch.

He hasn’t done that in nearly a decade lol

 

[Sky04]

Exactly! It’s not good for the habs development to have him on the team, and I don’t think Montreal is the best fanbase, environment for him to work on his development.

The longer this goes on the more it seems like a terrible mismatch.

Apparently this is the case everywhere he goes, so when is it a him problem?

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

Apparently this is the case everywhere he goes, so when is it a him problem?

You’re not wrong.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Apparently this is the case everywhere he goes, so when is it a him problem?

People make so many excuses for him but the fact of the matter is he’s just not a good player

 

[OilersFanatics505]

Yup.

My my how the turn tables…