The Players' Tribune: Winnipeg is Good by Patrik Laine

[Quid Pro Clowe]

That was unbelievably embarrassing. We live in such a sh***y world you can't joke about anything without anyone getting offended. Even in one of the interviews the guy was like, "Oh I'm supposed to say Winnipeg." Like god forbid we have some trash talking before the game. Such a sad society we live in that things like this have to stop.

They were set up by a social media group that isn't even an official part of the Sharka org. They probably shouldn't have even answered it but their responses were benign and trolling at best. It's funny when it's referred to in the context of an article like this where Laine's obviously joking, but anyone who took what Braun and Hertl said personally are getting mad for no reason.

 

[Lempo]

Apparently he didn’t write any of it at all. He just had an interview/ they wrote it all. He hasn’t even read it lol

What a farce

I don't know, you kind of can't help getting the mental image of him dictating it. Not writing obviously, what with his hands being full with a controller.

 

[larmex99]

You want NHL players write articles themselves? You like pain when you read?[/QUOTEDelete

 

[sadpanda]

What's with the crying that he didn't write it? Some people... good read though

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Finally got around to reading.

Winnipeg is good by Patrik Laine.

That was terrific. Thanks for sharing. If you liked him before, you will love him now. Well done. Really speaks to what a fine young man he is, and a great representative of the NHL. #beaut

 

[Pay Carl]

What's with the crying that he didn't write it? Some people... good read though

Because its an article basically pretending he wrote it and he didn't haha

What needs explanation?

 

[ViktorBaeArvidsson]

This is all I could think about when I read the title.

 

[Doshy]

Laine bringing in the Amish fans

Good thing they don't care about wi-fi.

 

[canuckster19]

Good thing they don't care about wi-fi.

You should see all the exceptions they're writing into their society now with regards to tech, a generation or two more and they'll look like every day Joes.

 

[Hagged]

Wow i did not know that thank you for that information. But I’m sure he didn’t know that either.

Laine only knows the finnish version of the saying (chicked flesh), swedish version of it (goose skin) and probably learned the older English version of the saying in school. Though it is a disgrace he hasn't picked up more American English while living there. It's like Saku Koivu not speaking french all over again, just with a different language and different player.

 

[JoVel]

That was a hilarious read Dude is ridiculously funny.

But... Battlefield >>>>> CoD

At least he has a Playstation over Xbox.

 

[Ollie Weeks]

Im now a fan.

 

[Lempo]

Laine only knows the finnish version of the saying (chicked flesh), swedish version of it (goose skin) and probably learned the older English version of the saying in school. Though it is a disgrace he hasn't picked up more American English while living there. It's like Saku Koivu not speaking french all over again, just with a different language and different player.

The interviewer probably had as much fun as the readers now and decided to include it in.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Laine easily has the most personality of any hockey player today.

 

[zetajerk]

Completely fabricated story confirmed.

 

[Analyst365]

What's with the crying that he didn't write it? Some people... good read though

No one's crying. But it does illustrate pretty much how fake news works. If someone wants to believe it they will. So many people gushing over Laine now that they've read what pretty much amounts to an exercise orchestrated by his agent and PR team. Arrange a short interview and have someone else write a gushy article yet claim he wrote it.

 

[Cellee]

Great stuff from Laine. Reads exactly like he talks.

 

[Teppo]

Everyone who lives here really cares about one another, that’s what stands out to me. We are one group, all of us. Everybody is your neighbor.

That too.

I lived in Winnipeg for a long time. I lived in a Minneapolis suburb for a long time and also a suburb of DC for a long time. I don't notice anything different in terms of the "everybody is your neighbor" feel between any of those 3 places.

 

[Kaako Kappo]

I lived in Winnipeg for a long time. I lived in a Minneapolis suburb for a long time and also a suburb of DC for a long time. I don't notice anything different in terms of the "everybody is your neighbor" feel between any of those 3 places.

Yeah, he's probably lying.

 

[rabbitca]

I lived in Winnipeg for a long time. I lived in a Minneapolis suburb for a long time and also a suburb of DC for a long time. I don't notice anything different in terms of the "everybody is your neighbor" feel between any of those 3 places.

Ever think you might rub people the wrong way?

 

[FrozenJagrt]

Laine easily has the most personality of any hockey player today.

Generational personality! Where is MulletMan when you need to know how many jokes a player tells on average on a Tuesday?

 

[Laineux]

Yeah, he's probably lying.

No, I think that people being friendly to you directly correlates with you being everyone's favourite superstar goalscorer in a hockey town.

 

[GoJetsGo55]

Apparently he didn’t write any of it at all. He just had an interview/ they wrote it all. He hasn’t even read it lol

What a farce

Wait WHAT!!!!!?????

There's people out there

Saying stuff

and other people

WRITING IT DOWN!!!!?

 

[Pay Carl]

Wait WHAT!!!!!?????

There's people out there

Saying stuff

and other people

WRITING IT DOWN!!!!?

[mod] do you honestly not understand the difference

 

[GoJetsGo55]

[mod] do you honestly not understand the difference

[mod] yes.

This is the first time, since that poorly subtitled Star Wars rip I downloaded, that I've seen someone use farce.