Patrik Laine Part V: The Man with the Golden Stick
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Kaako Kappo
Kaako Kappo
Are we anti-jinxing? Ok!
I think Laine kind of sucks donkey b***s, there is no way he is going to get any points this season anymore. All is lost. I have applied for a Swedish citizenship.
I think Laine kind of sucks donkey b***s, there is no way he is going to get any points this season anymore. All is lost. I have applied for a Swedish citizenship.
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PhilJets
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I think Laine misses 
me
Here you go LAINE
i'm getting your jersey so you better get on with it!!!
meHere you go LAINE
i'm getting your jersey so you better get on with it!!!
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Kaako Kappo
Kaako Kappo
I think Laine misses
Here you go LAINE
i'm getting your jersey so you better get on with it!!!
Holy crap, Aho is actually catching up Tkachuk. And one could argue that he's already doing better with all the goals. Underrated.
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Trilliann
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Holy crap, Aho is actually catching up Tkachuk. And one could argue that he's already doing better with all the goals. Underrated.
Also doing better at not being a dirty rat
Kaako Kappo
Kaako Kappo
Patty has trouble getting into position for scoring. He usually has at least one good look per game, but that is simply not enough if he wants to keep the pace he's at. He's probably having a bit of a confidence issue with his shot too, seeing how much he misses now.
RageQuit77
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Finally the goal that is mostly about luck!
Uh... oh... but, but, the guy must have incredible force behind his shot that it has high enough momentum to pounce like that. Wow also PPG! Great!
Uh... oh... but, but, the guy must have incredible force behind his shot that it has high enough momentum to pounce like that. Wow also PPG! Great!
RageQuit77
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Update to the shooting graph.
Everything looks still pretty sustainable and consistent over the whole season.
Go Patrik Go!
Everything looks still pretty sustainable and consistent over the whole season.
Go Patrik Go!
Wow I guess my criticism of Maurice's stupidity in using Little as Laine's center is again being justified. Laine is now on a 4 game slide EV 0G and 0A with Little as his center.
Scheifele and Laine a Dangerous Duo
http://thehockeywriters.com/scheifele-and-laine-a-dangerous-duo/
Scheifele and Laine a Dangerous Duo
http://thehockeywriters.com/scheifele-and-laine-a-dangerous-duo/
Kaako Kappo
Kaako Kappo
Tried following Little these past two games. He's just not doing anything. He skates and waves his stick at the general direction of the puck. I don't understand, the guy was on fire a while back. These two kids need a center who's on his game.
I feel bad about bashing Maurice on Laine's PP. They are working together on it and it seems Maurice is respecting Laine's wishes on that.
Sorry Maurice, sometimes I forget I'm a noob on the internet. Strong opinions are for unwise people.
The rest of the points remain however, so I'm not absolving Maurice from anything other than this.
Sorry Maurice, sometimes I forget I'm a noob on the internet. Strong opinions are for unwise people.
The rest of the points remain however, so I'm not absolving Maurice from anything other than this.
Board Bard
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I'm not you, and I don't play you on television, but I wouldn't feel bad about that. It's just more of Maurice's inanities.
Scalping a few quotes from the Free Press transcript of that interview, we have...
Events probably ensued something like this:
Maurice to Laine: "We want to try you on the right point."
Laine to Maurice: "Whatever you say coach, I just want to play."
Maurice later to yokels (including Chevy): "They're very interested in trying it."
Yokels (including Chevy) to Maurice: "We believe!"
Yeah, of course Laine is interested (and Ehlers). He's interested in anything that gets him NHL minutes, especially PP minutes. I'd bet the farm though that Laine is not MOST interested in that scheme, not when he's dreamed his whole life of doing what Ovechkin does and has had some success at it himself. I'd also bet the farm that he's not going to naysay the coach, at least not publicly and not until he has a few more years of seniority in the league.
Laine said it himself: "I just want to be on the power play. Coach is making the decisions. He sees all the stuff, in his best way, and I think that’s good for me."
Translation: "I just want to be on the power play. I'll say some nice stuff about the coach so it keeps happening."
Translation 1: "Get ready for the blender again. Yay!"
Translation 2: "Chevy assures me that I'll be here for years. Get used to losing."
I might be wrong, but isn't a PP that's driven off the right side of the ice the same one that had Laine lined up on the left, in his dreamed-for Ovechkin spot, and didn't Laine in fact have some success there, and would probably have had more had the puck been passed to him more?
Sure you are, Maurice. The same way you're working for the team -- not against it -- by playing Stuart on the PK and Thorburn at all.
Laine is being sacrificed two ways for Wheeler. Wheeler exit interview would state he was not satisfied being with the second center Little and with being on the second team PP. Reflects bad on Maurice. Maurice, who can"t get over seniority and is likely concerned about a bad exit interview places Wheeler with the best center Scheif and gives him primo minutes on the left side with Scheif on first team PP.
And just like that article linked above both Ehlers, who having been taken off the Scheif line with Laine has dropped in his PPG from .85 to .65, so Laine has cooled off. Great job Maurice.
And just like that article linked above both Ehlers, who having been taken off the Scheif line with Laine has dropped in his PPG from .85 to .65, so Laine has cooled off. Great job Maurice.
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Crocket
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I think you're bang on. Nobody in their right mind puts Laine on the right side on the PP. Makes no sense. Of course, nobody in their right mind thinks Maurice knows what he's doing.
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Perhaps Laine has learned from Trouba that the best course of action is to smile and nod during your ELC and wait till you're an RFA to become an ass hole.
Festinator
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He's getting the exact same powerplay minutes, just on the opposite side. You seem to think he's saying that so he doesn't lose powerplay time or something. I think you're just b******* for the sake of b******* tbh.
Laine had some success there, and then went 2 months without scoring from there. What's the definition of insanity again? I don't blame Laine for wanting to try something new. The right side may not be as favourable for him, but he gets a lot more space right now.
He sometimes played there in liiga. Though he had right handed shooter on the other side so he could crosspass for onetimers.
Kaako Kappo
Kaako Kappo
Perhaps Laine has learned from Trouba that the best course of action is to smile and nod during your ELC and wait till you're an RFA to become an ass hole.
Do you honestly think Trouba was being an *******?
This is Little's fault???
Laine Ehlers and the D have no fault???
We need to put him on the LW and try Armia on RW with Scheif.
Kaako Kappo
Kaako Kappo
A line is a sum of it's parts. Right now none of the parts are performing.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that for Laine playing on a bad team for the first time is as big of a challenge as the (almost) 82 games. He's been winning his whole life, playing hockey.
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Lots of junior players come from winning programs to the NHL via draft to weaker teams.
Ask Hawerchuk...
Ask Hawerchuk...
Kaako Kappo
Kaako Kappo
That's very true. I don't know, i'm grasping for straws here. He had a really good thing going last year in Tappara, I'm sure it takes some adjustment to put all that behind and actually start working like hell.
I just don't believe in a rookie wall. I think it's coaching at this point. I think a better coach (like Babs) would've already coached some of Laine's quirks out of him.
Matthews has gone through two longer periods of a "slump", does that make Babs a poor coach or poorer coach?
Most players go through them. You have to try to be good at other things when the other part of your game isn't working. Consistency is part of learning to be a pro in the NHL. Laine is young and still growing and in 3-4 years will be owning the boards and not losing the puck there so often and putting up better numbers than this year. I'm not worried about him whatsoever.
Most players go through them. You have to try to be good at other things when the other part of your game isn't working. Consistency is part of learning to be a pro in the NHL. Laine is young and still growing and in 3-4 years will be owning the boards and not losing the puck there so often and putting up better numbers than this year. I'm not worried about him whatsoever.
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