Player Discussion Patrik Laine

[Lafleurs Guy]

Well
What do YOU suggest then lol

Keeping CC on the first unit. He’s one of the best PP guys in the league.

 

[1909]

His last regular season game will be almost a year ago since he last played December 14, 2023, so he's going to need some time to get going and patience will be needed with him.

I think putting him with 2 guys who can skate and do dirty work like Newhook/Evans would help him to start. Heineman has been good and deserves to stay in the lineup, so Dach will likely have to go back to C when Laine returns. Gally/Anderson have managed to make Dvorak look respectable so I am sure they could help Dach if he moves back to C.

Caufield - Suzuki - Slaf
Newhook - Evans - Laine
Anderson - Dach - Gallagher
Heineman - Dvorak - Armia

I would put Laine with Evans and Gallagher, our two best working guys since Day One.
Newhook can center Anderson and Dach. Both lines will play about the same amount of minutes anyway.

No Dach on PP.

PP1: 1st line + Laine + Matheson (or even better: Hutson)….

 

[Redux91]

Keeping CC on the first unit. He’s one of the best PP guys in the league.

Nuh uh uh! It's the Laine thread lol
What do you do with HIM

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Nuh uh uh! It's the Laine thread lol

Ah okay sorry. I misread your post. I thought you said CC on pp2.

What do you do with HIM

I’m okay with Laine being PP2. And I’d keep Hutson on PO 2 as well. That would give us balance.

 

[waitin425]

Laine moves to the #1 PP unit for me. His shot is far too deadly.

Dach gets bumped to second PP unit with Matheson.

For #1 Habs PP when Laine arrives....

Slaf - in front of net
Suzuki - bumper
Laine and Caufield on the half walls
Hutson - point