Speculation: Laine Mega Thread

[CREW99AW]

Let's try not to overrate Barzal.

A 23 yr old 1C, who when coming off an 85 pt season, was asked to ( and did), buy into his new head coach's defensive first system,which would sacrifice offense.

Yeah, let's not over rate Barzal

 

[Canes]

Is that before or after Barzal signs an offer sheet

 

[Pyrophorus]

17 points in 22 playoff games is bad?

You could find people on this site, who will argue it is poor. Trust me.

 

[Kocur Dill]

And who will be the Isles #1 center after this trade?

Also, Laine is no where near a Trotz kind of player. Louie Lams wasn't born yesterday.

 

[Lukin1978]

Not a chance the islanders do this

 

[Puckclektr]

Barzal is better than Nico and I wouldn’t trade Nico straight up for Laine.

 

[CREW99AW]

He was awesome in playoffs... even the TV analysts went on and on how good he was

Don't interfere with the stat watchers post

 

[Benedict Kovalchuk]

You could find people on this site, who will argue it is poor. Trust me.

Probably the same people who views prospects as busts the second they fail to go PPG

 

[seabass45]

The way the post is worded, it could just be Winnipeg making the ask for Barzal. That's fine of them to do but the Isles will say no and all we get out of it is an Eklund rumor.

 

[Kranix]

Remember when Eklund was an actual guest on sportsnet deadline day in 2007 or whatever

 

[Flyer lurker]

Remember when Eklund broke a rumor before Freidman, Dreger, etc??? I don't either.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Remember when Eklund was an actual guest on sportsnet deadline day in 2007 or whatever

I kind of want to Google to see what he looks like, but I remember what happened when I Googled "Rob Rossi".

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

no one knows. There seem to be some rumours though. Lets see..

Eklund rumours are not legitimate.

This trade would never happen because Barzal is a tier ahead of Laine.

 

[seadawg]

I'm not defending Eklund by any means, BUT I do wonder about the contract negotiations with the Islanders and how much Barzal is asking for. If I'm the Islanders, I'd sign Barzal to whatever he wants and if need be I'd trade other players to free up cap space, if that is a requirement. You can argue that it is more important to have a #1 dman than a #1 center, but there aren't many out there who'd argue that a 1st line winger is more valuable than a first line center, even if that winger is a legit 40 goal scorer. If Barzal is traded for Laine, Laine will have no one on the Islanders to get him the puck and he'd be hard pressed to score 30 goals. Plus, all indications are that Laine is going to want $9 million a year on his next contract, so even if contract talks with Barzal aren't going very well, I'd rather pay him what he wants than give Laine $9 million a year.

 

[Dan Kelly]

I can make stuff up too. I heard Laine for McDavid.

no way man, why would the Oilers trade a center for a winger, man??? and McD is faster than Laine....man!

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

One deal I heard yesterday would send Barzal and a pick to Winnipeg for Laine...

HockeyBuzz.com - Eklund - Source: Patrik Laine Will Be Traded. And The Isles Could Offer Up Barzal.

Eklund's a joke and has been right like one time.

 

[Mickey Marner]

This isn’t YouTube.

Fortnite brought me here.

 

[kilowatt]

If this was an HFBoards proposal, we'd be laughing.

 

[Heldig]

Agreed makes NO sense for the Islanders. I do see the Isles being interested in acquiring Laine to play on Barzal's wing.

 

[Zach716]

Besides the fact that everyone here pretty much unanimously agrees Barzal > Laine, there is 0 chance Trotz would let this happen

 

[Just Linda]

One deal I heard yesterday would send Barzal and a pick to Winnipeg for Laine...

HockeyBuzz.com - Eklund - Source: Patrik Laine Will Be Traded. And The Isles Could Offer Up Barzal.

Why would Isles add? Barzal is worth more than Laine.

 

[Psych0dad]

Nobody would trade Barzal for Laine. This trade would never happen.

I would.

 

[I am not exposed]

Eklund's a joke and has been right like one time.

Yeah, even a broken clock is right twice a day.

 

[Psych0dad]

Why would Isles add? Barzal is worth more than Laine.

In your opinion. I don't agree.

 

[Psych0dad]

Besides the fact that everyone here pretty much unanimously agrees Barzal > Laine, there is 0 chance Trotz would let this happen

Not unanimously. I disagree.

But we'll see what Trotz does