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HuGort said:
Laine injury may work out for best. If Dach doesn't get injured we don't draft Demidov. For sure they won't lock up Laine now. Maybe teach Hughes a lesson he needed to learn? Kapanen gets chance to play on NA ice also. In long run a good thing.
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I think I prefer the universe where Laine is healthy, but yes good point about the big picture silver linings. For example, Kapanen isn't Laine, but he has a way better development path with an open spot. It might not be a net positive to outweigh laine's injury, but it does reduce the hurt a tiny bit. and with his caphit suddenly opened up, KH can weaponize it further especially if the Habs will ease back on the 'in the mix' hopes.
 
HuGort said:
Laine injury may work out for best. If Dach doesn't get injured we don't draft Demidov. For sure they won't lock up Laine now. Maybe teach Hughes a lesson he needed to learn? Kapanen gets chance to play on NA ice also. In long run a good thing.
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What lesson is that? Never take a chance on getting a possible 45 goal scorer for nothing? (mod)
 
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Rude Dog said:
And the tweets su

You sure about that? Amirov is the the leafs 1st rounder who died of brain cancer recently. There are idiots everywhere.

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The Leafs fan in this case is just as stupid. All fanbases have idiots like these. Playing victim mentality when there's Leafs fans cheering on the injury to Laine proves my point.

Some humans are scum. Acting like it's one group vs another is wild. There's scum in every group of people.

OneSharpMarble said:
What lesson is that? Never take a chance on getting a possible 45 goal scorer for nothing? Bob Gainey would be a big fan of you.
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Yeah I don't get it. I'd have taken a 2nd for Harris anyway lol
 
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It's a tough situation for the guy to be in...

For all the welcoming and excitement the team had with his arrival, there was really no time to form close ties with any of the Habs players.

Going to be a pretty isolating feeling to rehab this without local close ties. I wonder if the Habs do the opposite of what they did with Dach and give Laine a good chunk of time/space to get his rehab going wherever he wants rather than expecting him to be in Montreal primarily.
 
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HuGort said:
Laine injury may work out for best. If Dach doesn't get injured we don't draft Demidov. For sure they won't lock up Laine now. Maybe teach Hughes a lesson he needed to learn? Kapanen gets chance to play on NA ice also. In long run a good thing.
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I appreciate the optimism and maybe Laine was never destined to be a longterm relationship, but lot of the excitement I had for this season evaporated when he went down. Who knows... maybe the injury's not as bad as it looked. Maybe the other rookies and young guys will improve enough to make the team interesting. But right now it's a major letdown. The season feels like going to a Broadway show expecting to see Morgan Freeman and finding out a no-name understudy is replacing him.

Yes, I just compared Patrik Laine to Morgan Freeman. It's Monday.
 
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Kojo said:
That's such a bummer. Everyone was super excited about him being on the pp and scoring some goals for us. Hopefully he can recover quickly. And Reinbacher too.
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Yeah, you can clearly see Laine practicing hard and committed to having a good season and this happens. I feel for the Habs but I feel most for Laine. Crossing my fingers it's only a month but it looks much longer than that.

Imagine, if Laine is out for the year, that's 19.2M of dead cap. Very curious to see how Hughes uses that space.

Zegras trade rummers are about to pick up again lol
 
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I literally dreamt this night that he was fine and scored 2 goals in the first period of next game. Then I woke up and looked up HF and the truth sank in, again. Why is my mind so cruel with me?
 
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HuGort said:
Laine injury may work out for best. If Dach doesn't get injured we don't draft Demidov. For sure they won't lock up Laine now. Maybe teach Hughes a lesson he needed to learn? Kapanen gets chance to play on NA ice also. In long run a good thing.
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What a weird post. Some of us enjoy the hockey on tv or in person more than imagined future potential of a theoretical team.

What lesson? Dared to add a young potential top goal scorer on a short contract to a shit team with tons of cap space? Everyone was excited around here. I live 3 street corners away from Bell Center and doubt very much I’ll be going to see them now they are back to a one, below average top line with horrible special teams.
 
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Tyson said:
It has to be tough for younger Hab fans who can only read about past greatness. Every time there is a glimmer of hope it gets dashed. I am grateful that I was able to grow up watching the 70's Habs and all of the glory.

The 21st century has been a nightmare.
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Mid 2000’s were fun. My ex had even named one of our birds Kovy. Goals and dangles, so many kids from the farm and a crazy PP. Shit man already going on 20 years ago last time watching was any fun.
 
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Mid 2000’s were fun. My ex had even named one of our birds Kovy. Goals and dangles, so many kids from the farm and a crazy PP.
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I still display the Warrior stick Kovalev handed me when leaving the ice at a morning skate in Carolina. I have many sticks but his and Koivu's are my favorites. Kovalev made hockey exciting for a few years.
 
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HomaridII said:
Friedman on 32 thoughts podcast says as of now Habs have no idea yet the extent of the damage to either player.
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Habs said Saturday after the game they we wouldn't have any news until Monday. That clearly included internally, they need to wait for the swelling to reduce and the docs just told the players to come back for a checkup on Monday.
 
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Naslundforever said:
What a weird post. Some of us enjoy the hockey on tv or in person more than imagined future potential of a theoretical team.

What lesson? Dared to add a young potential top goal scorer on a short contract to a shit team with tons of cap space? Everyone was excited around here. I live 3 street corners away from Bell Center and doubt very much I’ll be going to see them now they are back to a one, below average top line with horrible special teams.
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The forever tankers are such a weird breed. Cheering for a team to be bad every year so they can have a chance at drafting a player that might be good. But not too good or else we can't keep tanking. It never ends. I was excited to finally have something worth watching again.

I don't give a shit about the 2025 draft. The player we draft won't be here making an impact for 3 years at least. At a certain point people will become disinterested and tune out. That goes for the players too. That's how you end up like Dvorak, who im not convinced even likes being a hockey player anymore.
 
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waffledave said:
The forever tankers are such a weird breed. Cheering for a team to be bad every year so they can have a chance at drafting a player that might be good. But not too good or else we can't keep tanking. It never ends. I was excited to finally have something worth watching again.

I don't give a shit about the 2025 draft. The player we draft won't be here making an impact for 3 years at least. At a certain point people will become disinterested and tune out. That goes for the players too. That's how you end up like Dvorak.
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Agreed wholehardidly.
 
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HuGort said:
Laine injury may work out for best. If Dach doesn't get injured we don't draft Demidov. For sure they won't lock up Laine now. Maybe teach Hughes a lesson he needed to learn? Kapanen gets chance to play on NA ice also. In long run a good thing.
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Don't try in life? Don't take chances? Don't do your job?

I agree about the Demidov/Dach scenerio, but this is a trade you want you your GM making 10/10, and gets an asset for it too.

This Laine experiment is far from over in Montreal, and maybe this experience for Laine makes him a stronger version of himself, a hungrier version, a more mentally strong human...Maybe this teaches Laine a lesson he needed to learn?

But teaches Hughes a lesson?! I certainly hope not.
 
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WeThreeKings said:
Still so f***ing gutted for him.. no idea what Bergevin did to the hockey gods but surely we paid our debt in blood by now?
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I was thinking of the same thing lol.

I remember when the team got covid and we were forced to play that bananas schedule of a game literally every 2nd day for like a month, and then we went on our run. That was the start of a massive grind and then add the playoff run on top of that. I don't think that helped our injury issues.. but we can't seem to break this trend years later. Demidov tho?... hopefully there is a divine plan.
 
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