Little messed up that line tonight. Really poor decisions with the puck and not sharp. Laine was the best player on that line by a long way.
I don't think there is any proof that Laine isn't working his butt off to get better. He wants to be the best in the world.
Patrik Laine putosi ykköskoostumuksesta – suomalaistähti on käynyt syvällä: ”Ei ole kiinnostanut yhtään pelata”
A finnish tabloid interview from before the MTL game interiew, some interesting quotes. Didn't see this posted anywhere.
– Tällä hetkellä ei oikeastaan kiinnosta pätkän vertaa teenkö maaleja vai en. Kunhan saisin pelattua hyvin. Se on oikeastaan ainoa asia, joka tällä hetkellä kiinnostaa
-Right now I don't give a damn whether I score or not as long as I'm playing well. That's the only thing I'm interested in right now.
-Laine muisteli, että edellisen kerran yhtä tuskaista menoa oli kolme vuotta sitten. Silloin sarjatasona oli Mestis
-Laine reminisced that last time his play was dragging like this was over 3 years ago when he was playing in the finnish 2nd league.
– On ollut semmoisiakin pelejä, joissa ei ole kiinnostanut yhtään pelata. Ei oikein napannut. Silloin se peruspelikin näyttää siltä, ettei siitä tule yhtään mitään
-There's been games where I didn't care to play at all. Couldn't be bothered. At those times your entire game is gonna look bad.
Interesting.
-There's been games where I didn't care to play at all. Couldn't be bothered.
To clarify based on the context of the article, when he's talking about games where he "didn't care to play at all" I think he is referring to his time in the Finnish 2nd league not NHL. Or is google translate failing me?
To clarify based on the context of the article, when he's talking about games where he "didn't care to play at all" I think he is referring to his time in the Finnish 2nd league not NHL. Or is google translate failing me?
He's referring to some of this season's games.To clarify based on the context of the article, when he's talking about games where he "didn't care to play at all" I think he is referring to his time in the Finnish 2nd league not NHL. Or is google translate failing me?
Well he is not the typical robotic hockey players when he answers an interview.I'm with Don with this one, he deserves a slap. Yeah sure, he is only 20 but it sounds like he's handling adversity like a 10-year-old. He's looked a bit more engaged last few games but there's still a lot to improve - even if only talking about his effort level.
Are you saying Scheifele deserved an $11M contract? You realize that would have made him - with a career-high 61 points - the highest paid player in the NHL at the time, right?If you think Laine would rather play in Winnipeg over Phoenix I would disagree. So that would also be a win win
I don't understand why this board is so pro Chipman but not the players. I have no issue with them getting
what they deserve and not take 5 million less a year like 55 did
Sure like most 20 years old in the planet...He needs to grow up.
Hope he plays with Copp.It would be much easier for Patrik if his center would be capable of something else than extremely one-dimensional and predictable offense.
They just dont click like water and oil.
Little messed up that line tonight. Really poor decisions with the puck and not sharp. Laine was the best player on that line by a long way.
That's not saying much. None of our lines looked very good tonight.
In addition to this: based on my readings, European players tend to be more honest and open in interviews in their mother tongue. This ain't the first time Laine has said something 'controversial' in Finnish; for example, he has referred to some of the Jets of 16-17 as having no business in the NHL (paraphrase). We probably remember Kucherov throwing a lot of Bolts under the bus a couple of years ago, and Lindholm pretty much called out the Ducks' GM for being a cheapskate during the summer of 2016 in Swedish.Laine is brutally honest in interviews, please embrace and cherish it and don't turn every word against him. He's human and not afraid to show it and doesn't hide it behind meaningless hockey jargon - I would think fans would love more players like that. And never ever trust Google Translate between Finnish and English, the languages are so far apart the translations always buther everything.