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Re: Patrick Laine Trade Request [message #836175 is a reply to message #836173 ]	Thu, 13 June 2024 14:23

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inverno76 wrote on Thu, 13 June 2024 13:54

RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 13 June 2024 13:31

Kr55 wrote on Thu, 13 June 2024 13:09

RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 13 June 2024 12:56

I don't see Laine as a fit here. Other than a few players who get free passes, this fan base LOVES to dump all over a player, especially if he makes a lot of money. If he came here and went into a scoring slump, the fans would eat him alive and he doesn't seem to be a guy that handles that well.

Think you'd have to worry about our media here much more than the fans

I'm sure lots of fans would give him the Bouchard-type of treatment though, calling for him to be traded for laziness and pointing out every error he makes as a reason we have to get rid of him ASAP. One difference though, Laine is actually lazy lol.

I am sure the media would be on him but I disagree with you about the fans. I am sure some will give him time but I see only some of what gets posted on social media. I see some of what gets posted on fan sites. It gets pretty nasty for a lot of players and I only see small parts of it.

Social media should not be one's barometer to gauge a fan base. Find me a sports team, and then bring up their social media and look to the comments. Stupidity and ignorance. It is not singular to the Oilers or Canadian teams. hfBoards terrible. I follow the Jays, Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Bears as well and the comments sections are just as bad, if not worse (racism rears it's ugly head far more often).

You might not a 100% agree, but you can search for fan sites like this where you get a broader perspective and very little vitriol. I especially like this site because people get called out for unruly comments based on bias and speculation.

Laine makes some sense from a cap perspective just because he has a difficult contract, but with much less term and the ability to buy it out. If it helps the team win and gives them more flexibility during this window then it needs to be explored. That being said, I still believe it to be a pipe dream.

I 100% agree with you on social media and how bad it is but it's out there, players read it. It's a factor and impacts how some players are.

Fans call in and will bash players on the radio all the time. For some players, that's a factor.

Some fans will go up to players in public and bash them. I don't think it's a big problem in Edmonton but it's a factor and some players handle it better than others.

You are correct that I disagree with you about fan sites. I have heard/read - maybe someone who knows for sure can verify this - but the Oilers are near the top when it comes fan sites/blogs about them. I post on a few and read a few others. I do not think it's overly sunshine and rainbows on any of them even when they are doing well. You can disagree with me and call it discussion but I see a ton about why a whole lot of the Oilers suck. A fan may not say the word suck but they will go on and on about contract and term and this number says this, etc, etc. Even when they made the finals, lots of talk about how they can't play this guy with him or he needs to sit, etc, etc. I am not saying I don't bring up when some guys aren't doing well, I do. But I get called a lot of things for not piling on the Oilers as much as others do (and this isn't a poor me, it's the truth), so you can look at any hockey related threat in here and it's generally not super pro Oilers. People will cheer for certain individual players they like but as a whole organization, it's not overly positive.

So for players who are sensitive, like Laine seems to be, I am not so sure he'd do well in a market like this that is pretty intense both good and bad.

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Patrick Laine Trade Request	By: lowebudget on Wed, 12 June 2024 20:43
Re: Patrick Laine Trade Request	By: inverno76 on Wed, 12 June 2024 23:15
Re: Patrick Laine Trade Request	By: Kr55 on Wed, 12 June 2024 23:25
Re: Patrick Laine Trade Request	By: inverno76 on Thu, 13 June 2024 09:33
Re: Patrick Laine Trade Request	By: Kr55 on Thu, 13 June 2024 10:55
Re: Patrick Laine Trade Request	By: Skookum Jim on Thu, 13 June 2024 12:52
Re: Patrick Laine Trade Request	By: RDOilerfan on Thu, 13 June 2024 12:56
Re: Patrick Laine Trade Request	By: Kr55 on Thu, 13 June 2024 13:09
Re: Patrick Laine Trade Request	By: RDOilerfan on Thu, 13 June 2024 13:31
Re: Patrick Laine Trade Request	By: inverno76 on Thu, 13 June 2024 13:54
Re: Patrick Laine Trade Request	By: RDOilerfan on Thu, 13 June 2024 14:23
Re: Patrick Laine Trade Request	By: inverno76 on Thu, 13 June 2024 14:47
Re: Patrick Laine Trade Request	By: RDOilerfan on Thu, 13 June 2024 15:18
Re: Patrick Laine Trade Request	By: Oscargasm on Thu, 13 June 2024 15:21
Re: Patrick Laine Trade Request	By: RDOilerfan on Thu, 13 June 2024 15:47
Re: Patrick Laine Trade Request	By: Adam on Thu, 13 June 2024 22:15
Re: Patrick Laine Trade Request	By: Mike on Fri, 14 June 2024 09:11
Re: Patrick Laine Trade Request	By: nullterm on Mon, 17 June 2024 23:23
Re: Patrick Laine Trade Request	By: inverno76 on Tue, 18 June 2024 09:00
Re: Patrick Laine Trade Request	By: Adam on Tue, 18 June 2024 09:33
Re: Patrick Laine Trade Request	By: benv on Thu, 13 June 2024 14:16
Re: Patrick Laine Trade Request	By: Rocksteady on Wed, 19 June 2024 10:56
Re: Patrick Laine Trade Request	By: CrusaderPi on Wed, 19 June 2024 16:04
Re: Patrick Laine Trade Request	By: Kr55 on Wed, 19 June 2024 16:24

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