Player Discussion Patrik Laine: ruining the tank

[River Meadow]

This franchise got a very good player for nothing and tearing him down is silly. Obviously, he was an outcast over there and he called them losers before the game. So what? Was it really that disrecpetful to try to injure him and make a coward out of him? That's straight up bullying and this behaviour has no place in the league anymore. Show some compassion instead.

Harris is nothing?

He scored last night.

 

[Marioesque]

I've thought the same as Lavoie is suggesting. Team saw they were gunning for him and pulled him as a precaution because the risk was too high.

But even if that was the case we'll likely not hear about it unless someone asks Laine about it and he answers again

 

[BargainBinSpecial]

Harris is nothing?

He scored last night.

Scratched by Columbus on a few occasions, he has 2 points since the start of the season. Big deal.

 

[River Meadow]

HAHA
we enjoy Laine...
we enjoy wathcing teams like yours keep sucking every year

 

[BargainBinSpecial]

like you know that all the players did not say anything.
ok scoop


he is just trolling here. go back to your cannon

No, I'm not. You are, talking things out of context. Don't you have to work or something? Oh it's Christmas Eve.

 

[River Meadow]

Scratched by Columbus on a few occasions, he has 2 points since the start of the season. Big deal.

Fair point.

 

[Kennerback]

They guys on the team did show him compassion. And then he goes out and bashes him first time he's back. Total class.

He basically said what everyone already knows, the emperor (aka CBJ) has no clothes. It wasn’t class but there was youthful candidness.

 

[Monstershockey]

like you know that all the players did not say anything.
ok scoop

In January, Laine entered the Player Assistance Program due to mental health issues.

Gaudreau then matched Laine’s pledge, offering the same $1,000 for every point scored. After scoring five goals and 21 assists, he added $26,000 to Laine’s pledge.

There you go.

 

[sampollock]

I doubt they were intentionally trying to hurt him, and Werenski has more guts than Laine ever will. Werenski took a puck to the face and still tried to play, Laine took a couple hits and went to the room to pout.

If Laine got hurt, its because he is frail. My guess is he quit because he is a coward.

your a coward

 

[Monstershockey]

In essence Werenski can take a hike. He's a good player making millions. He's not a goon. He should focus on hockey instead.

Yes, he is a good player. Yes, he is a good player. He does focus on hockey. He was absolutely correct with his comments.

 

[sampollock]

In January, Laine entered the Player Assistance Program due to mental health issues.

Gaudreau then matched Laine’s pledge, offering the same $1,000 for every point scored. After scoring five goals and 21 assists, he added $26,000 to Laine’s pledge.

There you go.

thanks scoop

No, I'm not. You are, talking things out of context. Don't you have to work or something? Oh it's Christmas Eve.

never said you where

 

[DeeQ]

Lmao Laine, never change. This is why he was so cheap, you need to deal with it or don't

 

[sampollock]

Lmao Laine, never change. This is why he was so cheap, you need to deal with it or don't

he is different I will say that... strange fellow that can score.

 

[Marioesque]

In January, Laine entered the Player Assistance Program due to mental health issues.

Gaudreau then matched Laine’s pledge, offering the same $1,000 for every point scored. After scoring five goals and 21 assists, he added $26,000 to Laine’s pledge.

There you go.

Yes.

So we can expect a fair take from someone like Portzline soon to to tune of "Laine spits on Hockeys grave"

 

[Kennerback]

Lmao Laine, never change. This is why he was so cheap, you need to deal with it or don't

Absolutely. Buyer Beware. I’m sure HuGo wouldn’t trade for Captain Brad Marchand thinking it’s Captain Jean Beliveau.

 

[BargainBinSpecial]

In January, Laine entered the Player Assistance Program due to mental health issues.

Gaudreau then matched Laine’s pledge, offering the same $1,000 for every point scored. After scoring five goals and 21 assists, he added $26,000 to Laine’s pledge.

There you go.

Exactly, you have an elite player that is still frail that went on to answer a stupid question from a journalist, who obviously was looking to stir things up.

Instead, Laine's answer was taken out of context and his former teammates intimated him all night because their feelings got hurt. Whose class, I don't know anymore. It just emphasizes the fact that Laine wasn't liked over there and he is a coward. Anyhow, I hope Laine is back next game and silences his detractors.

Drouin did something similar but nobody tried to take him out. He left and got another chance.

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

I've thought the same as Lavoie is suggesting. Team saw they were gunning for him and pulled him as a precaution because the risk was too high.

But even if that was the case we'll likely not hear about it unless someone asks Laine about it and he answers again

It's kind of a lose-lose because either they pulled him because our team is soft, or he actually got hurt on a couple routine collisions

 

[Lshap]

Dumb comment by Laine. It's one thing to speak honestly in a random interview, another thing to insult a team right before playing them.

It wasn't next-level stupid like Kucherov, but Laine should've known when NOT to speak.

 

[417]

Just getting out of the PAP he should have known better. Instead he called out teammates that had his back, and some that raised money for helping people with mental illness.

Debatable they all had his back, but don't disagree he didn't need to go public with it.

He obviously learned nothing from the program.

No need to feign compassion for whatever he was going through in the program, whatever he was in there for was bigger than hockey and trying to draw parallels between that and his comments is lame.

 

[BargainBinSpecial]

Yes, he is a good player. Yes, he is a good player. He does focus on hockey. He was absolutely correct with his comments.

I'm not the one going on your boards polluting it with junk.

 

[417]

Ayyyyy chill @River Meadow

 

[sampollock]

Dumb comment by Laine. It's one thing to speak honestly in a random interview, another thing to insult a team right before playing them.

It wasn't next-level stupid like Kucherov, but Laine should've known when NOT to speak.

YES he should

I'm not the one going on your boards polluting it with junk.

that is right
if we did that we could lose rights on HF
he needs to quit and go back to the cannon

 

[The Last Red]

Scratched by Columbus on a few occasions, he has 2 points since the start of the season. Big deal.

It is funny, and predictable, that he scored his first goal against us.

 

[sampollock]

I bet the Habs brass is not happy with PL shooting his mouth off and will sit him down.

 

[Stringer Bell]

This franchise got a very good player for nothing and tearing him down is silly. Obviously, he was an outcast over there and he called them losers before the game. So what? Was it really that disrepectful that you have to injure him and make a coward out of him? That's straight up bullying and this behaviour has no place in the league anymore. Show some compassion instead. He left Columbus for a reason, you move on and let him be. Focus on hockey instead. Pacces called the Habs losers also, did the current Hab players try to plow him despite almost getting beheaded by Chara early on his career?

You honestly think that Laine is a franchise player?