Laine already benched?

[ViD]

Tortorella is a shitty coach but Laine is lucky to be an elite scorer because this play is embarrassing.

A shitty coach doesn’t win the cup, Jack Adams and set a record for the US coaches ?

 

[Viqsi]

Looking at the shift charts, it looks like Kukan got benched even earlier after the first Canes goal. Whatta ya know, accountability!

He did, in fact; he was making bad passes and then acting like his role in the play was done - never mind if the puck ended up on the stick of a Cane in the defensive zone.

Kukan's been having really good games otherwise, tho; will be a shame to lose him in the expansion draft. So has Laine, but I hope we can keep him.

 

[LOFIN]

Wingers covering for defensemen is absolutely standard practice. I believe every single NHL team does this.

It's taught from the junior hockey up lol. I played wing on my pathetic junior career, and it was pretty basic: stick to your D-man! It's not that hard. Man to man coverage works in these instances.

 

[TheAngryHank]

Two pages and not one fortnight crack, disappointed.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

It was obvious from day 1 that Tortorella and Laine wouldnt fit at all.
It took what.... 2 games? had to be expected.

Wouldnt be surprised if Laine will ask out of this city also , even more if that terrible ass coach is still there.

 

[LeafChief]

I know you need to hold players accountable yada yada yada but at some point the ownership needs to wonder if keeping Torts around is a roadblock to getting high skill players signed long term.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Torts is going to drive Laine out of town pretty quickly

 

[bsu]

Trade laine to the ducks

 

[Canadienna]

I just went back and rewatched those two missed assignments starting @ around 7:30 of the 2nd.

I mean, I get that you can't just let him do that every shift but I don't see why he doesn't come back and play in the third. Especially with a tie game.

I guess it depends on your teaching/coaching style. Maybe Laine will respond well to a solid benching. Some players do.

 

[Advanced stats]

Two pages and not one fortnight crack, disappointed.

Ahhh, right yes, "controller disconnect" would be appropriate here yes?

 

[ViD]

Torts is going to drive Laine out of town pretty quickly

If he’s such a diva that can’t handle being legitimately benched, do we need him ?

 

[violaswallet]

If he’s such a diva that can’t handle being legitimately benched, do we need him ?

This is the right answer: Tough love might be what Laine needs

 

[AvroArrow]

Are we shocked that Torts benched a guy who refuses to play D ? People cry about him being an A-hole too much, put in some effort and maybe you wont get benched ?

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

If he’s such a diva that can’t handle being legitimately benched, do we need him ?

Yes

 

[Viqsi]

I just went back and rewatched those two missed assignments starting @ around 7:30 of the 2nd.

I mean, I get that you can't just let him do that every shift but I don't see why he doesn't come back and play in the third. Especially with a tie game.

I guess it depends on your teaching/coaching style. Maybe Laine will respond well to a solid benching. Some players do.

Yeah, I'm of a similar position w/r/t bringing him back in the third. I guess we'll see how well it works. Fingers crossed that Laine comes out on Thursday with his hair on fire.

 

[Red Piller]

Tortorella is a shitty coach but Laine is lucky to be an elite scorer because this play is embarrassing.

Hes a shitty coach? He could be a hall of famer but go on

 

[jetsv2]

If he’s such a diva that can’t handle being legitimately benched, do we need him ?

He did threaten to kill(Possibly only punch depending on whose story you belive) his coach and flipped him off after getting benched at the Ivan Hlinka tournament which got him kicked off the team and sent home. He has grown since then so I dont think we will see anything that dramatic but he has a history of not responding well to being benched.

 

[ffh]

Laine was a turnover machine all game trying to carry the puck in and lose it at the blue line.

The coverage on the second goal was the last straw for Torts.

While I don’t prefer such radical means of handling players, Torts had legitimate reasons to do what he did.

The turnovers is par for the course for him. He hasn't learned in 5 years of doing it.

 

[General Fanager]

What's up with that?

edit:

Isnt Laines guy the right Dman?

At some point it HAS to be Torts no? How many star players will he run out of town???

 

[Emerz]

 

[tapi]

In the post-game interview, Tortorella said the benching was not due to the mistakes on the 2nd CAR goal and the following shift. He said the details will remain within the locker-room.

If actually true, this is very concerning, because it implies the existence of deeper issues between Laine and Torts already this early. Not looking great at this point, that is all that can be said.

 

[Sky04]

He's not covering anyone, that's not going to fly under Torts as expected.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Good on Columbus for the trade but whew this is a disaster waiting to happen

Think Tortella will be out before Laine gets moved though, his shtick has an expiration date and that time is near

 

[Buffdog]

What's up with that?

edit:

Not sure what kind of dzone coverage torts runs, but there's no way that was Laine's guy. He could have given a half an effort when he realized the breakdown in front of the net but that goal is on the dman who fell (96).

 

[General Fanager]

A shitty coach doesn’t win the cup, Jack Adams and set a record for the US coaches ?

If he continues to run stars out of town, it wont matter how good a coach he is.