Pastrnak vs Laine
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Trap Jesus
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What Pastrnak did in his first 2 years doesn't apply to how good of a goal scorer he is right now
Hint1k
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The question of the topic is not about right now, it's about their overall career.
SillyRabbit
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Pastrnak is about to surpass Laine’s career high.
If Liane was scoring like he was two years ago, this would be a debate. But until he starts producing like that again, the answer is Pastrnak.
Pastrnak has shown a steady growth and improvement as a goal scorer, I think he’s clearly better than Laine currently and his season is better than anything Laine shown in the past.
If Liane was scoring like he was two years ago, this would be a debate. But until he starts producing like that again, the answer is Pastrnak.
Pastrnak has shown a steady growth and improvement as a goal scorer, I think he’s clearly better than Laine currently and his season is better than anything Laine shown in the past.
Pavel Buchnevich
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Less than 18% of the vote for Laine is a joke. Pastrnak has improved a lot, but not so much that he's that much better of a goalscoring talent than Laine, if he is, at all.
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I was going to vote Pastrnak, but then I read the actual question.
Laine is the better goal scoring talent, and I have no doubt he puts up 40-50 on that top Boston line.
Pastrnak is obviously the better around player, but he has that over most of the NHL barring fewer than a dozen players right now.
Laine is the better goal scoring talent, and I have no doubt he puts up 40-50 on that top Boston line.
Pastrnak is obviously the better around player, but he has that over most of the NHL barring fewer than a dozen players right now.
Merrrlin
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They have the exact same GPG average, so at the very least it is a debate. I understand weighting current season over previous, but we're talking talent here, and the fact that Winnipeg as a whole cannot score on the PP while Boston has the best 5 man unit in the NHL likely skews production.
You put these guys on the ice with 2 clones of the average NHL player, and I think Laine would be the better goal scorer, but Pastrnak the better player. That's just me guess.
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That's not really how polls work. People will vote for who is better, even if it's very close. Just because the gap in votes is big doesn't mean people think the gap in their goal scoring is
True, In this case though, it really isn't close anyways. Pastrnak has become a superstar. He's in a better situation but he's also a better player.
Laine hasn't gotten to that next level yet and his goal scoring has dipped. I still believe he can get to 40-50 goals consistently but he's not there yet.
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Since Laine entered the league in 2016
Player A 149 goals in 282 games
Player B 134 goals in 294 games
People love using Pastas first two half seasons playing 10 minutes a night on a line with Reilly Nash and Matt Belesky to tear him down.
Player A 149 goals in 282 games
Player B 134 goals in 294 games
People love using Pastas first two half seasons playing 10 minutes a night on a line with Reilly Nash and Matt Belesky to tear him down.
Pair Laine with Marchand and Bergeron and his numbers would be in the 60s
Go check Marchand and Bergerons numbers before Pasta joined there line.
Pasta makes them better. And he is much better all around offensively than Laine.
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I don't think Laine's off the puck movement is anywhere near as good as Pastrnak. There's a reason that line really took off only when Pastrnak was added to it.
Pasta is a significantly better skater/playermaker and overall goal scorer. Laine may have the best stationary shot, Pasta can do everything. He hits, can score, plays D. He's such an all around threat you have to respect his game, keep distance, it opens up his line mates and creates more chances.
Laine has Scheifle, one of the best C in the league. Also Pasta is easily the driving force of that line.
This is coming from a leafs fan who hates the bruins with a passion.
Marchand and Bergie were 60 points players before Pasta joined their line. He is the main reason why they are the best line in hockey now. They had been pretty far from that before. However they are very important for him, because he is not good defensively. They make each other better.
Make a Matthews v Pasta poll, or you can get the answer your looking for by making a Matthews v Laine poll.
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