Was Laine - PLD a lose/lose?

[Breakers]

If you want to come to an English board, and engage in English, wouldn't you want to know the rules of the language?
Plus its giving a poor example, of how to write it.

I wish you and others well in this endeavour.

LOL Classic

Imagine making fun of spelling in a post, and talking about learning the english language, then proceeding to have spelling mistakes of your own in your post.

So take your own advice chief

 

[Kaner9]

Too early but it aint lookin good so far lol. I want to see Laine put in good work not sure Clb is the place tho. Maybe once Torts is gone?

 

[Viqsi]

Any chance Laine moves to a new season this summer? As an RFA, there has been very little talk about his next steps. Considering his past, I would imagine he is already dreaming of greener pastures and I wouldn't blame the Jackets for hoping that happens also.

Really a bummer overall as I was a big Laine fan. Hope he finds his way in this league.... If not, will be remembered as one of the biggest falls from grace ever.

It's possible he gets moved, but unlikely. If he's able to bounce back with an actual offseason and actual practices to work with, the potential reward is really really awesome - something a lot of folks recognize or else they'd have given up on trying to trade for him at all. We're first in line for that possibility, though, so we wouldn't have good reason to trade him UNLESS we're getting another, bigger need addressed elsewhere. The only one of those, though, is a top-6 (preferably top-line) center who can handle the heavy minutes while Roz and Tex and Foudy and to some extent Domi step up their games.

So we'd need someone who believes enough in Laine-on-their-team to be willing to trade us one of the most desirable classes of assets in the NHL. It's... not a likely outcome.

EDIT: Well, okay, there's also the "overwhelm us with value" option w/r/t high-quality blue-chip futures, but that's probably even less likely.

 

[Jets]

Any chance Laine moves to a new season this summer? As an RFA, there has been very little talk about his next steps. Considering his past, I would imagine he is already dreaming of greener pastures and I wouldn't blame the Jackets for hoping that happens also.

Really a bummer overall as I was a big Laine fan. Hope he finds his way in this league.... If not, will be remembered as one of the biggest falls from grace ever.

I think there's a 100% chance he moves to a new season this summer. No way he stays stuck in the 2021 season forever.

 

[CBJx614]

I think there's a 100% chance he moves to a new season this summer. No way he stays stuck in the 2021 season forever.

It's possible he never mentally moves on from the 21 season though..

 

[TkachuksMouthguard]

Laine is an RFA this summer right? So if CBJ wanna keep him they will offer him a deal, otherwise he walks? I never fully understand the RFA thingy...

 

[TkachuksMouthguard]

I think there's a 100% chance he moves to a new season this summer. No way he stays stuck in the 2021 season forever.

You got me there! However, like someone mentioned here, he could very much mentally stay in 2021 forever.

 

[Faterson]

I think 10 year olds can spell better than this.

Your missing coupla hyphens there...

 

[Esko6]

I think there's a 100% chance he moves to a new season this summer. No way he stays stuck in the 2021 season forever.

Patrik Laine paljastaa IL:lle – ei lähde MM-kisoihin: ”En kestä yhtään jääkiekkoa nyt” - "Laine not going to the WHC"

- "I am not going this year, my mental state is such that I cannot stand hockey now".
- "If 10 means heavy frustration, I am at 100000".
- "I just could not reach the level I should have".
- On not having a great center: "I won't blame others, it is no-one else's fault. I have to play well, regardless of who is next to me".
- He had no problem with Tortorella. "I was benched when I did not play well".
- "I am in no hurry to leave Columbus, there is a good mood here. Even better when we win".

There was also an interesting interview with Laine and Kekäläinen: Patrik Laine vastaa Jarmo Kekäläisen arvioon: ”Se on minun vikani”

- Kekäläinen: "Guy with a lot of skill kept losing the puck when no-one was close. It tells me he had not confidence. One must work for it outside of the rink. One must return in top shape after the summer and get his confidence back to normal levels and good results are certain".

- Laine: "I have enjoyed it here and I want to continue here".

 

[jonlin]

After seeing PLD in theese playoffs and Laine in the regular season, I`m pretty sure both Columbus and Winnipeg are unhappy with what they got...

 

[Flair Hay]

I think we can safely take two things from this deal:

1) both players are much better than what they showed this season

2) both players didn't realize they already were in the perfect spot already to maximize their earnings

 

[Adrianopolous]

PLD is a plug

 

[superstar436]

PLD is a plug

Bring him to montreal

I will take him

 

[wonton15]

Watching PLD in the playoffs so far as a neutral observer has been absolutely disappointing.

 

[Artanis]

PLD has looked awful, 0 offensive touch in Winnipeg. No clue what happened to him.
Atleast Laine has a top 5 shot..

 

[McShogun99]

I think both players will bounce back next season. Winnipeg has such good wingers in their top 6 and Dubois will have a full summer to train plus training camp to become more familiar with the Jets play style and Laine won't have to deal with Torts anymore and Columbus should be able to find him a playmaking center.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

PLD will be fine. I guarantee it. I hate the guy (now) but he is clearly not 100% and is clearly still learning how to play in that system.

Laine is a TBD.

Roslovic, also a TBD, but seems to be the player the Jackets thought they were getting. Which is good.

 

[majormajor]

I think PLD misses Torts. No joke.

I'm trying to imagine Laine and Roslovic going into the corners versus Chiarot and Weber. They would get mauled.

 

[BB88]

It’s crazy how much less .... talk Dubois has gotten for his play than Laine

 

[Adrianopolous]

He quits midgame on Columbus and is now looking like world beater.. Honestly he's lost all my respect.

 

[Black Kevin]

Guy didn't want to play in Columbus, what the f*** made y'all think he would give 100% in Winnipeg

 

[Just Linda]

Once Columbus gets a good centre to dish to him, Laine will score tons again.

Give PLD a training camp to acclimate himself to Winnipeg's systems and he'll be the perfect second line centre that extends Winnipeg's window (once they fix their d).

 

[BullLund]

PLD has looked awful, 0 offensive touch in Winnipeg. No clue what happened to him.
Atleast Laine has a top 5 shot..

Maybe Tortorella knew how to pull the right strings to get this guy to perform.

It's also significantly more difficult to move into Winnipeg's top 6, than Columbus's top 6. It's a constant battle to stay there, as the case of Roslovic proved. He could only stay for a cup of coffee in Winnipeg's top 6, which boasts players the calibre of Scheifele, Wheeler, Ehlers, Connor, etc. but in Columbus he was given more room to breathe, and he managed to put up a decent amount of points.

If there was ever a time for PLD to step up and perform, it would be about right now. Scheifele is out for several games, they're 2 games down, they need Dubois more than ever right now. Just a couple of timely goals or assists would do.

 

[Bandit]

PLD has been about as noticeable in these playoffs as Trevor Lewis. That's a bad thing.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

PLD sucked but he has time to turn it around. Columbus is going to end up with just Roslovic to show for it once Laine dips out