Player Discussion Patrik Laine: wearing a regular practice jersey

[CristianoRonaldo]

Laine, au secours !

 

[the]

Save Us Laine!!!

 

[illone84]

Patrik Laine sera du voyage avec l'équipe à Columbus

Patrik Laine will travel with the team to Columbus

 

[sampollock]

PL will be ok
too bad the other guys on the top 2 lines are struggling

 

[Habs 4 Life]

Patrik Laine sera du voyage avec l'équipe à Columbus

Patrik Laine will travel with the team to Columbus

Needs to go empty that condo he just sold!!

 

[Wateredgarden]

Tbh at his age and talent level there's a chance he could be helpful pretty fast.

 

[Rapala]

Patrik you need to look good out of the gate so we can bump you from Jake Evans line ASAP.
I hope the dude can skate because we need it.

 

[The Last Red]

PL will be ok
too bad the other guys on the top 2 lines are struggling

If Dach is his center . . . poor guy. Or, maybe he'll get Dach going.

 

[JianYang]

Patrik you need to look good out of the gate so we can bump you from Jake Evans line ASAP.
I hope the dude can skate because we need it.

He's definitely not going to make the habs look faster.

 

[Tyson]

If Dach is his center . . . poor guy. Or, maybe he'll get Dach going.

Dach needs to get himself going. He was a 3rd overall pick, not a 7th rounder.

 

[salbutera]

Dach needs to get himself going. He was a 3rd overall pick, not a 7th rounder.

To repeat:

Yet fancy stats insinuate Habs have higher probability of scoring when Dach is on the ice and his individual %GF insinuate he’s the driving force

 

[Tyson]

To repeat:

You can repeat whatever you want...Dach is struggling and is a liability all over the ice.

 

[The Last Red]

Dach needs to get himself going. He was a 3rd overall pick, not a 7th rounder.

That’s a nice line but . . . in reality, who you play with kind of matters.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Roy making it really easy for Laine to send him back to Laval.

 

[Naslund]

Roy making it really easy for Laine to send him back to Laval.

yep. Roy's chance will be next year, when Dvo, Armia, and Evans are gone. One spot will be given to Demidov of course, and one spot to a new center (Beck or Kapanen). Roy could get the other one.

 

[Goalfield13]

If Dach is his center . . . poor guy. Or, maybe he'll get Dach going.

They better not do that. Put him with Dvo and Gally in Slaf's current spot and put Slaf back with Cole and Nick.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

To repeat:

He has the Patrice Brisebois issue. 98% of his game is fine. Unfortunately, he makes 1-2 significant turnovers in bad places per game that results in goals against. He's -5 in his last 3 games, and a lot of that is due to poor play by him. His IQ is a huge question mark.

 

[Tyson]

That’s a nice line but . . . in reality, who you play with kind of matters.

He has played with the team's best players at a cost that I would argue has caused alot of this team's struggles. He is -18...that has to be close to worst in the league.

 

[Heffyhoof]

That’s a nice line but . . . in reality, who you play with kind of matters.

Yeah, that was proven when Slaf no longer had to carry Dach's amazing 'fancy stats'. Laine would be much better served to come back and play with players who can help him get going, not someone who will drag him down.

 

[Tyson]

Yeah, that was proven when Slaf no longer had to carry Dach's amazing 'fancy stats'. Laine would be much better served to come back and play with players who can help him get going, not someone who will drag him down.

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Dach needs to play the 4th line until he figures things out

 

[Captain97]

Pp1 should

Slaf
CC-Suzuki-Laine
Matheson or Hutson (id like hutson more there but matheson still has his spot)

Pp2
Dach
Gallagher-Newhook - Heineman
Matheson or Hutson

I think people are forgetting Gally has 8 goals this year so far.

 

[OldCraig71]

Roy making it really easy for Laine to send him back to Laval.

Maybe was told that he would go back as soon as PL is ready.

 

[26Mats]

Roy making it really easy for Laine to send him back to Laval.

Roy is the type of complimentary player that can compliment a player like Laine that likes to have the puck on his stick - if Roy can be fast enough to keep up with the pace.