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Which brings us to
Patrik Laine.
His recent injury, suffered blocking a shot earlier this week, will keep him out “four to 14 days,” as Jets head coach Paul Maurice said Thursday. Laine has 43 goals (and counting, hopefully) in 16:33 of ice time. So, he’s already joined the Mogilny/Shanahan/Vanek club. But the setback probably prevents him from doing something extremely incredible, unfortunately.
If Laine hits 50, he would be more than three minutes below anyone else to hit that magical total. That’s pretty freaking amazing. The only others to hit 50 with less than 20 minutes of ice time per night are Jonathan Cheechoo and Milan Hejduk.
Cheechoo’s 56 in 2005-06 for San Jose came in 19:57 a night. Hejduk hit 50 in 2002-03 for Colorado, playing 19:50. For Laine to be anywhere close at his TOI number is unreal.