Patrik Laine Part II: The Man Wants All the Hats

[Trilliann]

They just can't get over the draft lottery interview, can they?

Nope
There's just huge cultural differences & complete lack of NA media training. For us Finns, hockey players (let alone teenagers) talking hockey in suits&ties seems kind of silly and pretentious

 

[Lempo]

Nope
There's just huge cultural differences & complete lack of NA media training. For us Finns, hockey players (let alone teenagers) talking hockey in suits&ties seems kind of silly and pretentious

I get the "job interview" comparison but nothing is as phony as those situations, and besides if you're a hockey player, if you should be working but are wearing a suit then things aren't really going especially well for you.

 

[Trilliann]

Yea, if you want to blame anyone for that it should be his agent and basically all the people around him for not telling him, he just didn't know.

 

[Kaako Kappo]

If i'm Laine i'm not gonna suit up @ 3 AM for some dumb interview.

E: Some pretty interesting stats:


Laine is scoring heavily against the odds. Corsi is getting better though, but there's lots of room for improvement.

 

[WolfgangPuck]

Really like how he untwirls his hockey stick after scoring a goal like almost like how golfer do it

 

[Kaako Kappo]

*crickets*

 

[kxx]

seriously it was a great goal just on the wrong net lol

If he had gotten a secondary assist on the goal that happened from his pass to Trouba, I think the night would have seemed a bit better. I think his overall game is improving still and noticed some good things last night save for the own goal. Still some mistakes as well which I'll chaulk up to bad schedule and Oilers being really fast and good.

We could try to frame this as Laine donating goals to teams in need?

 

[robertocarlos]

I wanted Pulju.

 

[jefferoni]

Waiting for a gif of that goal to be added to the OP...

Seriously I feel really sorry for the kid, but I am glad he's good buddies with Ehlers because Nik can certainly relate having scored a game losing own net goal exactly one month prior... in OT no less!

BTW I'd like to be a fly on the wall the next time they sit down to play each other in a game of NHL 17...

 

[robertocarlos]

Ehlers and Laine are much better than Larson. Larson's shot on his own goal last night was weak. Or his goalie was paying attention.

 

[Heldig]

Feeling very pessimistic about "my" team. Expecting Laine to be so devastated by his own goal that he sinks into a deep depression and moves back to Finland in the summer.

 

[Kaako Kappo]

Feeling very pessimistic about "my" team. Expecting Laine to be so devastated by his own goal that he sinks into a deep depression and moves back to Finland in the summer.

I don't think even Tappara would take him back after this.

 

[Gsus]

I wanted Pulju.

I've got the feeling you actually don't like Laine very much

 

[robertocarlos]

I've got the feeling you actually don't like Laine very much

He should buy a proper mouth guard and keep it in his mouth.

 

[psycho_dad*]

He should buy a proper mouth guard and keep it in his mouth.

True, but maybe that will go away with time too. Or maybe it's just his thing and will be a trademark forever.

 

[RageQuit77]

This kind of sample set will be very small over his career, you know.

The guy can learn from his mistakes, you know.

"A child on a raft coming from the south of Nile won't be placed again to a raft... not in this realm..."

- A Finn,
during 4th year of the regime of Niinistö

 

[Lempo]

He should buy a proper mouth guard and keep it in his mouth.

Have you ever seen Pulju eating pizza?

 

[Lempo]

Soo... Is that one going to make it to the gif collection...?

The goal point obviously go to stock up that one guy's statistics. It's like Jets don't think much of him and are actively conspiring to force the Oilers to keep him in the roster to their own hamperment.

 

[wpgsilver]

Guys deep breath.

I was impressed with a lot of people last night. I thought Wheeler showed great leadership. I thought Patrik showed a lot of maturity facing the media. I think this could be a point where the team comes together. It was a bad blunder but it happens. The sky isn't falling.

 

[ItchyScratchy77]

He hadn't scored in a few games so he thought he'd just get one in the net, regardless of which net?! lol

He made a mistake. Big whoop.

 

[nobody important]

Guys deep breath.

I was impressed with a lot of people last night. I thought Wheeler showed great leadership. I thought Patrik showed a lot of maturity facing the media. I think this could be a point where the team comes together. It was a bad blunder but it happens. The sky isn't falling.

Technically, the sky can't fall because it's like, you know... AIR!!! What can happen is ****ing Leafs fans everywhere peeing themselves with glee over this, and that just doesn't sit well with me. I eagerly await ill fortune befalling their shiny, perfect draft pick.

 

[Gurilla]

Just saw an advertisement on the side of a bus today for Jets seat exchange with Laine on it. Pretty cool for such a young kid in a new world.

 

[QnebO]

hockey players (let alone teenagers) talking hockey in suits&ties seems kind of silly and pretentious

It doesn't just look dumb, it is silly when you think of it IMO

Saw lots of Jokerit stuff in KHL specially last two seasons.. While they travel with private jet like in the NHL, they don't use suits, just Jokerit hoodies or jackets.. Just would look.. well as you said if they did use suits.

That own goal happened in to a bad place, just before the 3 days rest. It's bad **** and all but its just one ****ing goal, Laine will get over it in no time. He should take it like "it's my 18th of the year, whaddaya got matthews, can you pull that off? U got nothing, u got no balls to do that." Jk, but seriously....

 

[Lempo]

Technically, the sky can't fall because it's like, you know... AIR!!! What can happen is ****ing Leafs fans everywhere peeing themselves with glee over this, and that just doesn't sit well with me. I eagerly await ill fortune befalling their shiny, perfect draft pick.

Nah, Leafs fans should know already that Laine occasionally puts in the GWG. It's pretty hilarious that our agitated cries of "Why it had to be Laine!" are verbatim to what they were saying after the OT of the Winni Toronno game.

Of course it's the usual suspect standing right there where the lamp-litting snipe can be traced back to.

 

[Kaako Kappo]

Mirtle: The key context the Matthews-Laine debate is missing...

Pretty much what i've been seeing too. Laine still needs to do a lot of adapting. A lot.