Player Discussion Patrik Laine

[branlumi]

6 months is short for gone for the year.

Lets hope 4, because the thought of watching Roy, Andy, or another scrub on the second line is nauseating.

Got to feel bad for NS knowing every night it is up to him to carry this team on his back. Imagine if he goes down, holy shit, we could be regulated to the AHL.

its time Nick Suzuki steps up and demonstrates he's a legit #1 who can carry the team

Caufield as well - enough with the perimeter play and soft play -

this will only demonstrate what we are made of and if we can hold it together for the next 4-6months (if this is actually correct in terms of the injury)

Laine was a + for sure but an unexpected addition none was thinking of - time for this team to show some damn ballz - enough with the excuses

 

[Justin11]

I would love it if the Habs confirm something like out for 6-8 weeks (I know not likely) and they will all look like fools.

 

[Habs]

Anyone thinking he was coming in as a 40 goal guy was deluding themselves. He's a secondary scorer wrapped in a lotto ticket. He wasn't going to put up more than 25 in all likelyhood.

So Laine is an overhyped loser , but Reinbacher is the next serge Savard ? Gotta admit the double standard hab
Fans have is hilarious

 

[Redux91]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1840863122875433100

Well hey..

That's not torn ACL.. maybe torn mcl, meniscus n such..

I mean it's bad but.. there could be hope he comes back for the spring, which.. sigh.. could be better than nothing!

 

[Habby4Life]

its time Nick Suzuki steps up and demonstrates he's a legit #1 who can carry the team

Caufield as well - enough with the perimeter play and soft play -

this will only demonstrate what we are made of and if we can hold it together for the next 4-6months (if this is actually correct in terms of the injury)

Laine was a + for sure but an unexpected addition none was thinking of - time for this team to show some damn ballz - enough with the excuses

NS has already shown he is a #1 C.

Heck the guy has been carrying this team on his back for years.

NS isnt the one that needs to step up, CC does, talk about inconsistent and a perimeter player. So does Dach.

Only guy on this team that has demonstrated he is legit is NS.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Then why weren't more teams interested in him?

He was an 8.7 million player who came out of the assistance program late in the off-season after a couple of injury-prone years. And we know he nixed trades to Philadelphia and Minnesota before accepting Montreal.

I really have no idea what you have against the player but he scored 22 in 55 and 26 in 55 while being a PPG. (No need to get into Winnipeg numbers where he was an automatic 30+ guy). You keep going on about Caufield being a 50 goal guy when he's got 23 in 67, 26 in 46 and 28 in 82. You're not being consistent at all.

 

[River Meadow]

Anyone thinking he was coming in as a 40 goal guy was deluding themselves. He's a secondary scorer wrapped in a lotto ticket. He wasn't going to put up more than 25 in all likelyhood.

Wait, he's 26yrs old...

Why couldn't he score 40 here?

 

[MarkJ]

Marinaro on JiC said it could be season ending or close but why risk him coming back a few weeks before the season ends if they're not making the playoffs.
About Reinbacher he said it's serious but less than Laine.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

So Laine is an overhyped loser ,

Loser? No.

He was a smart pickup. Secondary scoring with the possibility of finding his way back down the road. I liked the aquisition but losing him doesn't change much in the grand scheme of things. I had modest expectations of him and so did most analytsts. Last week TSN predicted a 25 goal year for him and that's about where I had him.

but Reinbacher is the next serge Savard ? Gotta admit the double standard hab
Fans have is hilarious

RB is a promising youngster. Some will pan out and some won't. I didn't even think he'd start the season with us.

I have no idea what you're talking about in terms of double standards.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Marinaro on JiC said it could be season ending or close but why risk him coming back a few weeks before the season ends if they're not making the playoffs.
About Reinbacher he said it's serious but less than Laine.

Because Laine has to get games in for his own sake and for the reps. The guy has to play games no matter what the instant he can.

 

[River Meadow]

Marinaro on JiC said it could be season ending or close but why risk him coming back a few weeks before the season ends if they're not making the playoffs.
About Reinbacher he said it's serious but less than Laine.

I guess next year will be make it or break it for Laine, considering that will be a contract year for him

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Wait, he's 26yrs old...

Why couldn't he score 40 here?

I didn't think he would. Did you?

 

[River Meadow]

I didn't think he would. Did you?

I mean, I think we should hope for more than 25 goals a season from him..

Maybe I'm the crazy one though

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

He was an 8.7 million player who came out of the assistance program late in the off-season after a couple of injury-prone years. And we know he nixed trades to Philadelphia and Minnesota before accepting Montreal.

I really have no idea what you have against the player but he scored 22 in 55 and 26 in 55 while being a PPG. (No need to get into Winnipeg numbers where he was an automatic 30+ guy). You keep going on about Caufield being a 50 goal guy when he's got 23 in 67, 26 in 46 and 28 in 82. You're not being consistent at all.

8.7 for a forty goal guy is well worth getting.

The reality is that nobody believed he was a 40 goal scorer this year. That's why there was no interest in him. 8.7 mil for secondary scoring is not how you win anything. We did it because we had the cap space, needed some scoring and got paid to take him. The upside was there but nobody expected him to do much this year.

 

[Habby4Life]

He was an 8.7 million player who came out of the assistance program late in the off-season after a couple of injury-prone years. And we know he nixed trades to Philadelphia and Minnesota before accepting Montreal.

I really have no idea what you have against the player but he scored 22 in 55 and 26 in 55 while being a PPG. (No need to get into Winnipeg numbers where he was an automatic 30+ guy). You keep going on about Caufield being a 50 goal guy when he's got 23 in 67, 26 in 46 and 28 in 82. You're not being consistent at all.

Not to mention trying to tell everyone Newhook and Roy are second line guys.

Shit, Laine is better than both of those guys by a mile. Some fans just love the tank, just year after year.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

I mean, I think we should hope for more than 25 goals a season from him..

Maybe I'm the crazy one though

I think so.

40 goals wasn't going to happen.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

I mean, I think we should hope for more than 25 goals a season from him..

Maybe I'm the crazy one though

You aren't. 25 goals in a healthy year would easily have been the worst goal-scoring season of his career.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Not to mention trying to tell everyone Newhook and Roy are second line guys.

Shit, Laine is better than both of those guys by a mile. Some fans just love the tank, just year after year.

Laine is better than those guys. And 8 million dollars more expensive.

Again, fine to take him for what we 'paid'... but there's no way he was going to be a 40 goal guy this year.

 

[Rapala]

Marinaro on JiC said it could be season ending or close but why risk him coming back a few weeks before the season ends if they're not making the playoffs.
About Reinbacher he said it's serious but less than Laine.

I want to hear what the surgeon says if that's okay?

 

[Redux91]

Marinaro on JiC said it could be season ending or close but why risk him coming back a few weeks before the season ends if they're not making the playoffs.
About Reinbacher he said it's serious but less than Laine.

As long as it's not Torn ACL for both,
We can manage imo

Dach torn ACL was in October last year and he was almost ready to play in April he said so,

This could be way better than the ultimate disasters we've been emotionally prepping for

 

[Habby4Life]

I mean, I think we should hope for more than 25 goals a season from him..

Maybe I'm the crazy one though

No you are not.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

You aren't. 25 goals in a healthy year would easily have been the worst goal-scoring season of his career.

And he's played like 100 games over the past few years... he wasn't going to light it up man. And he's coming off shoulder issues. That's why we got paid to take him.

 

[MarkJ]

I want to hear what the surgeon says if that's okay?

sure but in the meantime you get this.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

8.7 for a forty goal guy is well worth getting.

The reality is that nobody believed he was a 40 goal scorer this year. That's why there was no interest in him. 8.7 mil for secondary scoring is not how you win anything. We did it because we had the cap space, needed some scoring and got paid to take him. The upside was there but nobody expected him to do much this year.

Read my post again. Laine only became available in late July (dog days of summer) and Philadelphia and Minnesota still tried to get him. He turned them down.

Maybe he would have only gotten 25 goals but that means he'd have had the worst year of his career while being happy, motivated and healthy. Seems unlikely.

 

[Miller Time]

8.7 for a forty goal guy is well worth getting.

The reality is that nobody believed he was a 40 goal scorer this year. That's why there was no interest in him. 8.7 mil for secondary scoring is not how you win anything. We did it because we had the cap space, needed some scoring and got paid to take him. The upside was there but nobody expected him to do much this year.

He expected that.

Healthy, I'd have expected the same... A knee in knee cheap shot doesn't validate the conservative or pessimistic projections. Sh*t happens.