Player Discussion Patrik Laine: wearing a regular practice jersey

[VT]

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.

Laine is not ideal on the right side. Take two PP in the same time. Put Hutson in the second one to have at least one playmaker in it.

For example:

Dach
Caufield - Suzuki - Slafkovský
Matheson

Newhook
Laine - Gallagher - Heineken
Hutson

Of course, except CC/Laine and the defenders, I don't know formation of MTL players that well, for example, whether Dach is better in the slot, etc., you'll have to write that.

 

[417]

Zero chance he plays Saturday, but I think there's a good chance he plays on Sunday.

Looking forward to seeing him play.

 

[PhysicX]

Zero chance he plays Saturday, but I think there's a good chance he plays on Sunday.

Looking forward to seeing him play.

Big fan of "The Wire"?

 

[417]

Big fan of "The Wire"?

 

[overlords]

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[overlords]

 

[The Real Timo]

Looks like a close call for Laine at the practice... from Barron, FFS!

Une frousse pour Laine à l'entrainement

À l'entrainement avec le Canadien vendredi, Patrik Laine est entré en collision avec un coéquipier avec son genou blessé.

www.rds.ca

 

[Habs]

Looks like a close call for Laine at the practice... from Barron, FFS!

Une frousse pour Laine à l'entrainement

À l'entrainement avec le Canadien vendredi, Patrik Laine est entré en collision avec un coéquipier avec son genou blessé.

www.rds.ca

f*** Barron, I hate that guy

 

[overlords]

Looks like a close call for Laine at the practice... from Barron, FFS!

Une frousse pour Laine à l'entrainement

À l'entrainement avec le Canadien vendredi, Patrik Laine est entré en collision avec un coéquipier avec son genou blessé.

www.rds.ca

Looks to me like Laine is putting all his weight on his left knee there when getting up. Didn't seem to be favoring it at all.

 

[dackelljuneaubulis02]

Jesus I forgot about him. I haven’t seen Sopranos or BB all the way through but I don’t think there’s ever been a show that had such a long list of amazing characters.

 

[Jurivan Demidovsky]

What if we try Laine at center? And on the powerplay he goes on the left wing, he already plays like a center.

Slafkovsky - Suzuki - Caufield
Dach - Laine - Gallagher
Heineman - Newhook - Anderson

 

[Jurivan Demidovsky]

Looks to me like Laine is putting all his weight on his left knee there when getting up. Didn't seem to be favoring it at all.

Barron should be traded to Pittsburgh, Crosby holds him in high regard, he can have him for his rebuild.

 

[The Real Timo]

What if we try Laine at center? And on the powerplay he goes on the left wing, he already plays like a center.

Slafkovsky - Suzuki - Caufield
Dach - Laine - Gallagher
Heineman - Newhook - Anderson

My hope is that with Laine return the Slaf Suz CC trio can be reunited.

 

[Captain97]

What if we try Laine at center? And on the powerplay he goes on the left wing, he already plays like a center.

Slafkovsky - Suzuki - Caufield
Dach - Laine - Gallagher
Heineman - Newhook - Anderson

Columbus tried that, he is best on the wing.

My hope is that with Laine return the Slaf Suz CC trio can be reunited.

Agreed id like to see

CC- Suzuki - Slaf
Laine - Dach - Newhook
Anderson - Evans/Dvo - Gallagher
Heinemen- Evans/Dvo - Armia

Then the top line + Laine on PP1.

 

[Marioesque]

What if we try Laine at center? And on the powerplay he goes on the left wing, he already plays like a center.

Slafkovsky - Suzuki - Caufield
Dach - Laine - Gallagher
Heineman - Newhook - Anderson

CBJ were going to try him at C last season but the experiment got cut short because of the injuries. Biggest hurdle in my opinion is faceoffs, but he has a better percentage than Dach at least.

 

[morhilane]

CBJ were going to try him at C last season but the experiment got cut short because of the injuries. Biggest hurdle in my opinion is faceoffs, but he has a better percentage than Dach at least.

Incorrect. Laine was at 38.0% last season, Dach is at 43.3% and Dach has taken a few more FO than Laine did last year.

 

[knuck]

Looks like a close call for Laine at the practice... from Barron, FFS!

Une frousse pour Laine à l'entrainement

À l'entrainement avec le Canadien vendredi, Patrik Laine est entré en collision avec un coéquipier avec son genou blessé.

www.rds.ca

seriously why do we bother trying to have talent on this team? Had we drafted McDavid, he would have played 35 games per season and never been PPG

we're f***ing cursed

 

[sampollock]

"Patrik Laine collided with Justin Barron. Contact to his right knee, he returned to the bench for a few minutes.

It seems that it was only a small scare since he just jumped back on the ice." - Yanick Lévesque

 

[HankyZetts]

Laine is not ideal on the right side. Take two PP in the same time. Put Hutson in the second one to have at least one playmaker in it.

For example:

Dach
Caufield - Suzuki - Slafkovský
Matheson

Newhook
Laine - Gallagher - Heineken
Hutson

Of course, except CC/Laine and the defenders, I don't know formation of MTL players that well, for example, whether Dach is better in the slot, etc., you'll have to write that.

This is easily the best lineup. Any scenario where we get Heineken every powerplay is a winning strategy in my books!