Player Discussion Patrik Laine: ruining the tank

[le_sean]

That rover role will be Roy in a short while. He's so opportunistic.

Not on a team with Suzuki, Slafkovsky, Caufield, Laine, Demidov and Dach. He’s really the 7th best forward at best.

 

[Kaiden Ghoul]

Count me in the spread the power play out train

Matheson Suzuki Caufield Slaf Newhook

Hutson Guhle/Barron Dach Laine Roy/Gallagher

With even p.p time, there would be no 1st or 2nd unit

5v5 Laine with Dach and Newhook

 

[The Cannon of Tesoma]

I agree with a lot of this. I was happy for PoMo winning and finally having a captain worth his worship. It was misplaced in WPG

Healthy Laine, team leaning into his strengths, he can go far above 100 pts. It finally needs done. Play him on LW, PP1 on the right, you'll have a top 5 player

Yeah. Tools are there but how the tool box opens and closes is a little bit question mark. Not wanting to go too deep here, but if Patrik is on a bipolar spectrum, many many things would be easy to explain. I hope him and Habs only good. Hopefully good cohesion will emerge and Patrik finally finds his place to be. No doubt he is also matured a lot during years, and not being blind to his mental switches can help enormously in dampening their ill-effects.

Patrik in Flow is easily 100+ pts all around offensive player.

And yes, Barkov is perfect fit with Maurice. I agree.

 

[teravaineSAROS]

Yeah. Tools are there but how the tool box opens and closes is a little bit question mark. Not wanting to go too deep here, but if Patrik is on a bipolar spectrum, many many things would be easy to explain. I hope him and Habs only good. Hopefully good cohesion will emerge and Patrik finally finds his place to be. No doubt he is also matured a lot during years, and not being blind to his mental switches can help enormously in dampening their ill-effects.

Patrik in Flow is easily 100+ pts all around offensive player.

And yes, Barkov is perfect fit with Maurice. I agree.

Interesting. I have no idea of course and we really shouldn't speculate, especially when his dad passed away and he's been struggling with injuries and so on.

There's a boxer however called Tyson Fury who's bipolar and he keeps fluctuating between being heavily out of shape looking mediocre against average boxers to losing a ton of weight out of nowhere and dominating against top contenders. It can be frustrating to witness as fan but when he's at his best he's amazing.

 

[HomaridII]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1830274001836585422

 

[HomaridII]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1830275949906071685

 

[Bobby Holik agent]

LOL let go my dude.

 

[Redux91]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1830275949906071685

Welcome Home bud *sniffle*
Now Let's make some magic!

 

[Kennerback]

After Demidov’s past week, I almost forgot we traded for Laine…. What an awesome summer!

 

[Skip Bayless]

MSL worried about the NHL after Demidov-Dach-Laine first shift in 2025 :

 

[KevSkillz4]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1830275949906071685

Fantastic to see that!!

I'm soo hype with this acquisition!!

 

[dinodebino]

The guy was so anxious to arrive at the Bell Centre that he didn’t even take the time to change from his jammies and his house Crocs! Amazing!

 

[jrom]

Maurice is among all time winning coach. Just been to 2 cup finals. Imagine there's reasons he never played Laine on top line. Defense issues I would guess

He also has the record for most losses as an NHL coach

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

The guy was so anxious to arrive at the Bell Centre that he didn’t even take the time to change from his jammies and his house Crocs! Amazing!

He's definitely a wacky dresser. Just google image him, some of his past outfits are truly a sight to be behold

 

[Kairi Zaide]

I want Patrik Laine's stylist

 

[No More Subban]

there he is!

 

[Ozmodiar]

Count me in the spread the power play out train

Matheson Suzuki Caufield Slaf Newhook

Hutson Guhle/Barron Dach Laine Roy/Gallagher

With even p.p time, there would be no 1st or 2nd unit

5v5 Laine with Dach and Newhook

Sounds like a recipe for mediocrity.

Is there a top 10 PP in the NHL that “spreads it out”?

TB, Rangers, Oilers, Leafs, Carolina, Vancouver, Col, Fla …. None of them do this.

 

[No More Subban]

Unless Dach/Laine have instant chemistry in the preseason, I'd have Laine with Suzuki to start the season. He's our most paid player now he needs to play with a top line center. Slaf or Caufield can play with Dach and Newhook.

 

[MarkJ]

can the season start now?!

 

[The Great Weal]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1830274001836585422

There's a better chance of pigs flying than me pulling off that outfit

 

[SwiftyHab]

can the season start now?!

Do we need a thread that counts down till the start of the season with all of the events leading up to it?

 

[Vachon23]

Sounds like a recipe for mediocrity.

Is there a top 10 PP in the NHL that “spreads it out”?

TB, Rangers, Oilers, Leafs, Carolina, Vancouver, Col, Fla …. None of them do this.

Exactly ! The goal is not to have to used your 2nd PP

 

[BJCOLLINS]

Slaf on Laine: ''I’m excited about the season, especially with the Patrik Laine trade! I just landed in Prague and it popped up on my phone and I was so happy! In 2016, I was probably 13 or 14 at that time, waiting to see whether he or Matthews would go first in the NHL Draft... I was a fan of him back in the day!”

I was at an U11 camp for elite kids last week & a little guy wearing a Habs cap told me he can’t wait to see Laine score 70 just so he can watch the Leafs have a melt down, lmao. I suspect his Dad was a fan.
Cheers.

 

[Victoire HuGo]

Sounds like a recipe for mediocrity.

Is there a top 10 PP in the NHL that “spreads it out”?

TB, Rangers, Oilers, Leafs, Carolina, Vancouver, Col, Fla …. None of them do this.

DAL, CAR and DET are two teams in top 10 that seems to have had a split (I checked some of their forwards PP% on Frozen tools)

 

[OldCraig71]

there he is!

Steve Shutt right above his name tag and staring right at him while he's wearing pants with Flowers on them is all the voodoo I can stand for today.