Johnny Gaudreau vs. Patrik Laine

Gaudreau or Laine going forward?


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JustaFinnishGuy

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Patrik Laine for now. I think he's the better of the 2 at the moment. He's going to have to do something to start the season though to stay as my pick between the two.
 

cneely

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Right now, Johnny Hockey easy. Going forward is more difficult. Probably Laine but pretty much a toss up.
 

nobody

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What's with all these Laine threads. So much disrespect to Laine. He's going to be a top 5 player in the league. Idn why all these comparisons are up.
 

DanM

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What's with all these Laine threads. So much disrespect to Laine. He's going to be a top 5 player in the league. Idn why all these comparisons are up.

I don't know for sure I would say top 5, but elite for sure. Has the tools to be top 5 if he can put it all together. The threads are a bit terrible, just poor timing while the kid is struggling.
 

nobody

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I don't know for sure I would say top 5, but elite for sure. Has the tools to be top 5 if he can put it all together. The threads are a bit terrible, just poor timing while the kid is struggling.

I see him as a top 5 in a few years once Crosby, Kane and company gets older.

Matthews/ McDavid
Barkov
Laine
Eichel/Drai/Nylander/ Aho/ Keller/ Marner/ Nico etc
 

DanM

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I see him as a top 5 in a few years once Crosby, Kane and company gets older.

Matthews/ McDavid
Barkov
Laine
Eichel/Drai/Nylander/ Aho/ Keller/ Marner/ Nico etc

I guess maybe an argument is there, but it's hard for me to put him ahead of Eichel, Kucherov, Hedman, Tavares, Tarasenko, and I could even see a Nylander surpassing him, but only because of the speed, edge work, and possession numbers he can roll out.

If Laine works on his weaknesses and reaches his potential, yes for sure I see top 5.
 

Tkachuky

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Hang on a second. Why can't Gaudreau become top 10 players in the league at some point? Whenever players get compared to him everyone acts as if he regressed or plateaued.
 

djpatm

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Yeah, it's hilarious that in all of these polls, the player that has ALREADY been in the top 6 in scoring is the one least likely to stay there. That was literally the season before last.
 
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ijuka

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So when Gaudreau was Laine's age he was in NCAA hmm...

Yeah, Laine.
 

leafsfan1234

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Laine pretty easily, at worst he'll be a regular 40 goal scorer who will probably improve his all around game much more than Gaudreau moving forward.
 

CraigsList

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Love Gaudreau, but it's easy to pick Laine. It's way harder to find pure snipers in this league.
 

Tkachuky

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Love Gaudreau, but it's easy to pick Laine. It's way harder to find pure snipers in this league.
They are polar opposite players. Gaudreau sets up the play and Laine has the best shot in the league (on par at the very least with Ovie).
Imagine Gaudreau and Laine on the same line?
 

CraigsList

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They are polar opposite players. Gaudreau sets up the play and Laine has the best shot in the league (on par at the very least with Ovie).
Imagine Gaudreau and Laine on the same line?

I can't, or else we wouldn't have Tkachuk :laugh:
 

djpatm

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So when Gaudreau was Laine's age he was in NCAA hmm...

Yeah, Laine.

So?

There are a ton of players that started in the NHL at a younger age than Gaudreau. Johnny will still have a better career than almost all of them.
 

PinkFly

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Laine because Gaudreau is small and fragile. He looks like he's one hit away from LTIR.
 
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