Laine just shot over 103.14762 mph

[MMANumminen]

More impressive was that Reijo Freaking Ruotsalainen won Pettri Nummelin in skating competiton. Nummelin is not young himself but he was active not so long time ago

 

[Seanaconda]

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.

The rocket trophy is probably what you're looking for . Dmen normally have an advantage for velocity just cuz its advantage to them to have a long stick

M A bergeron in my mind had the most impressive slapshot cuz he knocked out a goalie and he is a midget compared to hockey standards

Also I wish pool party would get a shorter stick cuz has a great shot but any defender can mess his weird long stick up

 

[gwh]

More impressive was that Reijo Freaking Ruotsalainen won Pettri Nummelin in skating competiton. Nummelin is not young himself but he was active not so long time ago

Ruotsalainen is like 70 now or something?

 

[Asmola]

More impressive was that Reijo Freaking Ruotsalainen won Pettri Nummelin in skating competiton. Nummelin is not young himself but he was active not so long time ago

Nummelin almost fell and that why Ruotsalainen won. But still, not bad for elder.

 

[MMANumminen]

Ruotsalainen is like 70 now or something?

Nah, only 58

 

[Brun0]

as an 18-year-old, was second that year

 

[MMANumminen]

Nummelin almost fell and that why Ruotsalainen won. But still, not bad for elder.

Ok, I didn't see it myself, only read about it

 

[joe dirte]

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

.000001 over. He actually shot 103.147621.

 

[Asmola]

Laines shot, if someone missed.

 

[Seanaconda]

.000001 over. He actually shot 103.147621.

Will he even make the all star game tho ? He may so they can force another hard shot in cuz chara prob won't and Weber would if he wasn't injured cuz Montreal is so bad

 

[McDLT]

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

It would have been measured in Metric and converted with disregard for significant figures.

 

[Brun0]

.000001 over. He actually shot 103.147621.

source?

 

[ricky0034]

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

yeah but Zibanejad was an old man at 21 when he did that

haven't you heard that Laine is only 20?

 

[Psych0dad]

Developing well. Great to see!

So much salt in this thread already.

 

[islesfan186]

I don't see the big deal with having a hard clapper from the hashmarks. High velocity, accurate, quick release wrist shot to me is way more of a useful tool than being able to bomb a clapper from 15 feet away.
I'd be more interested to know what the speed of his wrist shot is

 

[ricky0034]

anyone who doesn't think faster than light travel is possible clearly hasn't seen Laine's shot by the time he's 30

 

[Coffey]

No one cares about the shot being taken by a 30 year old Finnish speed radar gun.

He will shoot at 99 at the ASG guaranteed.

 

[jetsforever]

.000001 over. He actually shot 103.147621.

source?

I'm guessing that poster was being facetious due to the meaningless precision of your initial statement. A more sensible figure would be "103.1 mph", or even ">103".

 

[Brun0]

I don't see the big deal with having a hard clapper from the hashmarks. High velocity, accurate, quick release wrist shot to me is way more of a useful tool than being able to bomb a clapper from 15 feet away.
I'd be more interested to know what the speed of his wrist shot is

care to explain why not?

 

[joe dirte]

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.

While I completely agree with the idea, al iafrate is an atrocious example of that. In a 7 year span through his prime, he was top 20 in NHL dmen scoring 5 times. And had several 20 goal seasons. Top 10 in the NHL. Top 5 a couple of years. Two of those seasons mentined above top 10 in points. And the 2 years he missed, were both injury shortened seasons for him. That's a terrible example of a dman scoring like a plumber. Were you unaware iafrate was a dman?

 

[Ms Maggie]

I drive 120 mph on the Autobahn.

 

[Asmola]

Btw, Laine also won alumni game MVP by scoring 3+1.

 

[Hokinaittii]

Everyone knows he has one hell of a bomb so the 103 mph shot doesn't really surprise me. What makes Laine's shot so good anyways is the accuracy.

I'd rather have 103 mph shot that finds its way to the net than 108 mph bomb missing the net half of the time like we've seen with so many players before.

 

[holy]

No one cares about the shot being taken by a 30 year old Finnish speed radar gun.

He will shoot at 99 at the ASG guaranteed.

This thread is so ageist. That radar gun would get more love if it was 18 years old, I bet.

 

[Kamiccolo]

If he keeps that up he is going to be well known for having a great shot.