TheReelChuckFletcher
Former TheRillestPaulFenton; Harverd Alum
Skillset and defensive attitude disagree
Laine's problem with Winnipeg, IIRC, was that he was blocked from the top line by Connor and Wheeler, two guys the Scheifele liked to play with. I don't see the same blockage at the top in Columbus. I also think that Laine's young enough to learn to play 200 feet, since defensive games don't tend to peak until your late 20s and he's, again, still only 22.