Laine just shot over 103.14762 mph

[Brun0]

Patrik Laine just shot the puck twice over 103.14762 mph in liiga alumni game. Sami Salo etc had no chance.

Shea Weber in danger?


as an 18-year-old

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[member 157595]

Patrik Laine just shot the puck twice over 103.14762 mph in liiga alumni game. Sami Salo etc had no chance.

Shea Weber in danger?

Was he in the way or something?

 

[Bedards Dad]

I dont doubt his speed, but there is absolutely no way the gun they used goes to the 5th decimal point.

 

[Romang67]

Was he in the way or something?

No, that was Kirk Muller.

 

[Brun0]

luckily not

 

[ck26]

F-16 fighter jets fly over 103.14762 mph.

 

[Brun0]

so he shot twice over 166km/h, which is over 103.14762 mph, pretty impressive for a 20 year old?

 

[Alwalys]

somehow all these numbers that show up from other venues fail to materialize at the NHL skills comp

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

how much over?

 

[MoreMogilny]

I remember when Chad Kilger registered a shot at 106.6 at the Leafs skills competition

 

[Brun0]

how so? Laine shot 101,3 at all star game when he was 18 years old

 

[CanuckGame39]

Sami salo had no chance. LOL good on Laine for beating frail 43 year old Sami Salo in a skills comp.

 

[hockeyguy1967]

Patrik Laine just shot the puck twice over 103.14762 mph in liiga alumni game. Sami Salo etc had no chance.

Shea Weber in danger?

Lucic shot 102.7-mph if that tells you anything about usefullness of it.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

He's still got 5MPH to get to Chara's 108.8 mph.

Nice post.

 

[Brun0]

Id say no forward, probably no D either have done those number as a 20 year old? Am I right

There is obviously and age factor to core strength

 

[Halberdier]

somehow all these numbers that show up from other venues fail to materialize at the NHL skills comp

He shot over 101 mph at NHL all star game two years ago as a 18-year-old. So 103 mph as 20-year-old is pretty believable. Also he shot that twice in a row.

 

[Alwalys]

literally no one cares or accepts this.
show up at the NHL skills comp and do it, then it'll count.

 

[Alwalys]

He shot over 101 mph at NHL all star game two years ago as a 18-year-old. So 103 mph as 20-year-old is pretty believable. Also he shot that twice in a row.

101 doesn't win you the skills comp except in weak years and is nowhere near any record or impressive number.

 

[jw2]

Are they using the glow puck ?

 

[Seanaconda]

Meh if he makes the all-star game chara and webber will still be comp with their long sticks and giant bodies .

 

[Midnight Judges]

Oh man that means by the time he turns 24 he'll be shooting the puck at 124 mph.

Because extrapolations.

 

[Seanaconda]

literally no one cares or accepts this.
show up at the NHL skills comp and do it, then it'll count.

That's silly if they actually cared about skills comps and not just star power the all star skills comps would all be full of different people.


For an example it would be mcdavid vs larkin vs wood vs aa vs whatever other forth liner that has jets for skating

 

[Halberdier]

101 doesn't win you the skills comp except in weak years and is nowhere near any record or impressive number.

You are right on this. Last season was a weak year for example. Laine was not even on that competition, and Ovie won it with 101.3mph.

However, you missed the point completely. I think you suggested that that 103.something was not a reliable result as it was shot on non-NHL all star competition. I did just point out that if a 18-year-old boy can shoot 101.3mph in said official competition, it's more than likely that that same guy as an 20-year-old almost grown up man can do 103+mph.

It's not that Laine will shot 108.8 this season and it might be actually almost impossible to have that kind of slapper with a stick with only 87 flex. The point is he can (and will) shoot pretty damn hard, and in consistent manner also in next season.

 

[izzy]

mike fisher shot 105 at ottawas camp one year

and then a few years later zibanejad beat that with 106

so we will see if someone actually does something at the real nhl skills comp

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Velocity doesn't make a great goal scorer. There have been many hardest shots that had plumber like goal totals. IE Al Iafrate pop to mind.

Really I would be more interested in a shooting skills competition of goal scorers. Say a Laine vs Boeser competition. There is more to scoring goals than just shot speed. Accuracy, release, and timing are invariably more important.