Player Discussion Patrik Laine: ruining the tank

[Kobe Armstrong]

A doctor just told me the same (“oh, he’s done. ACL”), but I’m sure you mean one who’s examined him.
I have zero optimism on this one.

Good news is like posters here said about Dach all year, an ACL tear is no biggie and he can just come back next year stronger

 

[VT]

• 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.

It does not indeed look very promising for his season, and potentially his whole career. I think both Laine and Pare are to blame here. Laine needs to stop gliding with his legs so widely spread and Pare extends his knee slightly just before the impact.

His injury was in 2014, some pain in 2016. He hasn't had any issues since in the NHL, regarding r. 2022 he just didn't finish the overtime, he played in the next game and the issues never manifested.

 

[yianik]

okay but who's pushing him?

We have to trade for the Leafs Robertson

 

[HuGort]

Injury prone players statistics show odds high will continue to be injured. Part of it is how they play and body makeup

Why Montreal got Laine so cheap. Colombus just wanted the near 9 million caphit. Plus they don't have to pay him.

I don't know why Gorton wants to build on injury riddled players. Mystery to me? He's walking out on limb. Wonder if some of the Neanderthals on here still want to sign Laine to big long term contract?

 

[River Meadow]

• 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.

It does not indeed look very promising for his season, and potentially his whole career. I think both Laine and Pare are to blame here. Laine needs to stop gliding with his legs so widely spread and Pare extends his knee slightly just before the impact.

Welp.

That's that.

On the bright side, think of all the cap space we'll gain now.

 

[CHwest]

Injury prone players statistics show odds high will continue to be injured. Part of it is how they play and body makeup

Why Montreal got Laine so cheap. Colombus just wanted the near 9 million caphit. Plus they don't have to pay him.

I don't know why Gorton wants to build on injury riddled players. Mystery to me? He's walking out on limb. Wonder if some of the Neanderthals on here still want to sign Laine to big long term contract?

You wake up bitter and angry?

 

[Whalers Fan]

Pretty sure it was accidental. It sucks, a lot. But I'm gonna fault the NHL for having meaningless games where stuff like this can happen due to the greater number of scrubs playing.

And it's gonna get worse with the next expansion.

Edit: just saw the previous post about his knee history. This is definitely bordering on career ending injury. Can only reconstruct your knee so many times...
When was last time a hab suffered a career ending injury? Was it Lang?

Price and Weber.

 

[HabsQC]

Is it too late to return him ? We still have the receipt

 

[26Mats]

Newhook is a third liner for me , if he's a top 6 regular in ur team , you are not a top 20 team in the league unless he's paired with McDavid and Draisailt

Newhook projects to be a 3rd liner with us.

Caufield, Suzuki, slaf, Dach, Demidov, and Laine are our current top 6 in organizational depth. If Laine doesn't pan out long term, the 6th spot likely goes to a UFA like Marchessault or Hage.

We're building up good candidates for that 3rd line: Newhook, Hage, Roy, Kapanen and Beck for starters.

Is it too late to return him ? We still have the receipt

That Columbus 2nd is looking like it will be close to a late 1st. I'm happy with the deal just for the pick. Hopefully Laine come back this year or next and adds to the yield.

 

[Rapala]

I'll be surprised if this isn't long term requiring surgery.
Regardless of how it happened this was always going to be one of the risks of getting Laine the trend was not ideal.

I'm hoping they take the same approach with him as they did Dach last season.
Get him involved in the coaches meetings at home as much as possible.
An injury like that is probably one of the worst triggers for a recurring mental health issue.

 

[River Meadow]

Is it too late to return him ? We still have the receipt

The trade was made on Aug 19, so unfortunately that 30 day free returns window just elapsed.

Damn you Don Waddell, damn you.

 

[Kazparov]

FFS Laine can't catch a break. Sucks to see that

 

[BLONG7]

Horrible tough luck guys
Just brutal for the Habs

 

[yianik]

For some insignificant ECHL lifer jabroni to derail such a potential great story like that...The hockey gods can sure be cruel.

Is it too late to return him ? We still have the receipt

Nah, it's like trying to return underwear once you have worn it

 

[Justin11]

Woke up this morning hoping it was just a bad dream.

It really sucks, was looking forward…unbelievable

 

[cphabs]

WTF

 

[VT]

Injury prone players statistics show odds high will continue to be injured. Part of it is how they play and body makeup

Why Montreal got Laine so cheap. Colombus just wanted the near 9 million caphit. Plus they don't have to pay him.

I don't know why Gorton wants to build on injury riddled players. Mystery to me? He's walking out on limb. Wonder if some of the Neanderthals on here still want to sign Laine to big long term contract?

If you take a closer look at Laine's injuries in Columbus, none of them were chronic and did not recur. Last season he had a concussion and a broken collarbone, then a PAP. The season before last, he hurt his elbow after hitting Pesce (look video), would injure everyone (came back early), dislocated his ankle (came back early), COVID-19, and pulled a muscle at the end of the season. In addition, it's likely that if we were fighting for PO in 2021/22 and 2022/23, he would have finished out the seasons.

 

[BargainBinSpecial]

Well, there goes the season folks. The knee wasn't designed to bend that way.

 

[Ajhccwrs]

Pare deserves all the hate he gets, that's a real Matt Cooke type of play he made there. Along with the smirk he had at the end of the game. The old f*** around and find out. Or play stupid games win stupid prizes comes to mind.

 

[BargainBinSpecial]

Welp.

That's that.

On the bright side, think of all the cap space we'll gain now.

And do what with it?

 

[BargainBinSpecial]

Pare deserves all the hate he gets, that's a real Matt Cooke type of play he made there. Along with the smirk he had at the end of the game. The old f*** around and find out. Or play stupid games win stupid prizes comes to mind.

Yup, I feel as if he was told to target the Habs best forward on the ice by the Leafs coaches. He took him out, end of story. Now, in the AHL he goes to goon it up there and justify his AHL salary. Congrats Cédric, you're hated by all of Québec now and just got the nasty reputation of being a dirty player. Playing for a hated rival too...

 

[Moose Head]

Pretty sure it was accidental. It sucks, a lot. But I'm gonna fault the NHL for having meaningless games where stuff like this can happen due to the greater number of scrubs playing.

And it's gonna get worse with the next expansion.

Edit: just saw the previous post about his knee history. This is definitely bordering on career ending injury. Can only reconstruct your knee so many times...
When was last time a hab suffered a career ending injury? Was it Lang?

Price

 

[River Meadow]

And do what with it?

Maybe we can whip up a BargainBinSpecial

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Injury prone players statistics show odds high will continue to be injured. Part of it is how they play and body makeup

Why Montreal got Laine so cheap. Colombus just wanted the near 9 million caphit. Plus they don't have to pay him.

I don't know why Gorton wants to build on injury riddled players. Mystery to me? He's walking out on limb. Wonder if some of the Neanderthals on here still want to sign Laine to big long term contract?

It's 4D chess versus the fans. They make sure to get our hopes up with flashy new but ultimately faulty additions, but in the end injuries lead us to higher draft picks and a stronger rebuild.

 

[morhilane]

Well, there goes the season folks. The knee wasn't designed to bend that way.

It's overbending in the collision, and there is probably ligament damage the way the leg flop after, but after relooking at the still again, I've seen Yoga practitioners bend their knee that direction even more.