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 Kr55
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Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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| CrusaderPi wrote on Wed, 19 June 2024 16:04 |
| Rocksteady wrote on Wed, 19 June 2024 10:56 |
Hot take:
Patrick Laine would be on his 3rd team. His trade out of Winnipeg was made because he was unhappy and management didn't like his production. Now in Columbus he wants out for the same reasons.
He's locker room poison. A Euro who thinks he should be at the top of tier for everything and the reason why locker rooms fall apart when he's part of it.
He's Puljuljarvi with an ego.
Sane take:
Second time he's wanted out? I guess he can't find a fit?
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I've had some heated draft day discussions about Laine. The consensus opinion of my group of dummies is he just doesn't like playing hockey all that much. I'd take him on the cheap and LTIR him for the last 30 games of the season and a month around Christmas.
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Seems like a kid that just has crazy natural talent, but doesn't really like doing the boring parts that the NHL demands. The playing defense, the long practices, getting called out for making terrible or lazy plays. He wants to play like 35+ year old OV, just free wheeling and taking 1-timers and that's good enough to earn the salary. People bash Kessel for being lazy and riding natural talent, but I think Kessel actually worked pretty damn hard on his game and fitness. Laine is the actual caricature people tried to make Kessel.
Definitely a perfect LTIR candidate. Mental health (Forenite binging) break before the deadline every year. He definitely would be on board to coordinate the scam with management.
[Updated on: Wed, 19 June 2024 16:26]
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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