Lol @ people thinking Laine flipping his coach off (probably for a good reason) at age 15 is an issue
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To me, this quote sounds like Matthews and Pulj are a lot closer to 10/10 skaters than Laine is, therefore more room for improvement
This might sound corny but sometimes losing can be more valuable than winning especially for a younger player. Player who lost the game can now objectively analyze the game what went wrong. Loss can motivate to be an even better and it's easier to find own weaknesses from a bad game. Too much success can be a bad thing for development.
Mistakes and losses are part of learning process and i hope Laine understands this too.
He wasn't even best player on team Finland.
He had incredible season.. We won't see that from a Finn anytime soon.
Well, Laine's analysis on why they lost might begin with "Because the coach made me play on the incorrect wing".
Did Laine just win the MVP and the best forward of the tournament award on his wrong wing? Hrm. Not bad.
Nice that you posted some positives out of him, but ended it with negatives.Positives: big league shot, tons of offensive prowess, projectable frame. Seems to have big game potential but on the whole i dont really believe in that.
playing on your off wing is actually a benefit for pure offensive wingers.
Was it not threatening to kill at 16????
I hadnt heard about it. Then it was kind of dismissed when i aske here
Then more people brought it up and i heard a few diff stories.
Might be nothing. But not great. I havent seen that happen before
I've seen 104 games mentioned, not sure.How many games has Patrik played this season?
How many games has Patrik played this season?
Very well put. I was thinking exactly the same way after Finland lost the final. Might be after all a very good thing to the development of Laine, and also Aho and Rantanen.
playing on your off wing is actually a benefit for pure offensive wingers.
Nice that you posted some positives out of him, but ended it with negatives.
Today's game was hard for Finland and when you just defend players like Laine can't be used to their maxes. There were couple of good plays tonight too tho. I think tournament MVP is pretty good accomplishment.
Well, Laine's analysis on why they lost might begin with "Because the coach made me play on the incorrect wing".
Did Laine just win the MVP and the best forward of the tournament award on his wrong wing? Hrm. Not bad.
I saw 102 when he scored against Denmark, so I'm guessing 104.
Is this confirmed? What is the breakdown? I would like to add that information to the OP, so I would like to makes sure it is 100% accurate.I saw 102 when he scored against Denmark, so I'm guessing 104.
And SM-Liga difficult much more than swiss. Laine was 17 most of the yearand he grows like rocket during the year. He plays all possible tournaments so i think he was tired much more than Mathews
Is this confirmed? What is the breakdown? I would like to add that information to the OP, so I would like to makes sure it is 100% accurate.
Or people didn't pass him the puck
Is this confirmed? What is the breakdown? I would like to add that information to the OP, so I would like to makes sure it is 100% accurate.