Patrick Laine is one of the worst forwards in the NHL right now

[Isaac Nootin]

Jesus he played 43 matches on Saturday.

I don't know what that means. I know of the game because my kids play, but how long are these "matches"?

 

[who_me?]

An intervention is called for. Why hasn't Byfuglien thrown Laine's playstation in the shower?

 

[FireGerardGallant]

Too much Fortnite.

It def isnt this considering tons of other players play video games a lot and it doesn't affect their on-ice performance

 

[WilliamNylander]

Shades of Yakupov

 

[jasonleaffan]

I don't know what that means. I know of the game because my kids play, but how long are these "matches"?

Some 5 minutes, some easily over 20 minutes.

 

[tntkid]

We are losing our hair in Winnipeg watching Laine slump like this.

it is f***ing ridiculous already.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Goddammit stop blaming fortnite. If a dude meditated for 3 hours before a game would that be chill? What if he caught a movie? He plays a lot, too much for my taste, but we don’t know that that’s the problem- players have different hobbies and ways to relax before/around games, his is just a very public, mockable, waste of time. Doesn’t mean it’s any more harmful than what anyone else does. Unless the team finds it an issue it’s not up to us to assume causation.

I’d almost say he needs a sports psychologist more than anything. Dude just seems like he might be a bit of a headcase rn.

 

[snowkiddin]

Bringing his contract $$$ down

 

[FireGerardGallant]

Shades of Yakupov

Lol. Lmk when Yakupov scores 40

 

[PAZ]

Laine will sign a bridge deal, I doubt either side wants to commit long-term at the moment.

 

[MardyBum]

I hope we sign him for 8 years tomorrow.

Glad there's an obsession about him.

 

[Rowlet]

I don't know what that means. I know of the game because my kids play, but how long are these "matches"?

its 100 player free for all so anywhere from 2 minutes to half an hour

 

[puckIuck]

karma for running up the score in st louis. hockey gods werent too pleased with his antics that night

 

[King Mapes]

I'll echo that last paragraph... contract talks will be fascinating if this keeps up.

You can argue a 40 goals teenager and you can argue an incredibly inconsistent middle 6, one dimensional winger

He's one of the oddest players I've ever seen. Has potential to be an elite goalscorer then falls off a cliff. I've never seen anything like it.

 

[Alex Jones]

Is this surprising? His even strength play has always been bad.

He's still a young guy with hopefully a lot of development ahead of him.

 

[tntkid]

I hope we sign him for 8 years tomorrow.

Glad there's an obsession about him.

The only good thing about his poor level of play this season is we get to sign him on the cheap.

Hopefully not a dime more than 7 million a year.

 

[jasonleaffan]

its 100 player free for all so anywhere from 2 minutes to half an hour

For all we know, Laine camps the edge of the map, and every round is 30 minutes.

 

[SoundAndFury]

..I’d argue he should be traded. Why would Winnipeg take the risk?

Because otherwise, it means taking a flat out loss trading a player when his value is at all time low.

If Pasta is being paid 6.66 Laine shouldn't get anything above that. Which is good for Winnipeg if he comes back to life eventually.

 

[MardyBum]

The only good thing about his poor level of play this season is we get to sign him on the cheap.

Hopefully not a dime more than 7 million a year.

8 years 7 mil I'll be laughing for 8 years.

 

[Sureves]

Honestly he really does look and play horribly. He fails the eye test with flying colours.

 

[Pay Carl]

my goodness he's practically a kid and was playing video games over his vacation, who caresssss

he is far from one of the worst players. maybe one of the most disappointing. but still good

 

[ColbyChaos]

I don't know what that means. I know of the game because my kids play, but how long are these "matches"?

Never played Fortnite so a second opinion is needed but it varies in time depending how well you are doing so a set match can last from about 3-5 minutes if you die early on to about 15-20 minutes if you are one of the last few people alive in said match. Its been posted on reddit that right before he went on that insane tear that he went a few days without playing it.

 

[tntkid]

8 years 7 mil I'll be laughing for 8 years.

At 20 years old we get him locked up with not a lot of cap space tied up.

Best case scenario,

 

[pomx]

Apparently played 20 matches today

Nalle_Puh29's Fortnite Fortnite Match History

WOW
Look at all those games on game day... he’s addicted and it’s affecting his performance. Maybe they should follow Canucks and ban Fortnite

 

[ViewsFromThe6ix]

At 20 years old we get him locked up with not a lot of cap space tied up.

Best case scenario,

If he agrees to such a thing, he's a dummy and his agent should be fired. It's likely a 2 year bridge.