Dunny Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Uh, Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted April 2, 2021 Author Share Posted April 2, 2021 Laine is guaranteed production. I take scoring over the hope of it any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long live the King Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Laine is guaranteed production. I take scoring over the hope of it any day. Laine has 1 goal and 4 points in his last 18 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted April 2, 2021 Author Share Posted April 2, 2021 Kakko has 15 goals in nearly 100 NHL games (0.15 G/GP). Laine has 147 in 334 (0.44 G/GP). I'll take the latter, every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooksBurner Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Laine has 1 goal and 4 points in his last 18 games. Are you suggesting the last 18 games nullifies or diminishes in any way the previous 316 games of his career? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 The real answer is No, you dont acquire ANY young players for this team under its current make-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keirik Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 He had 10 points in his first 10 games after coming over. I don't know why you're trying to make the benching some type of tipping point. He's also 23 and has been in the league for 5 years and force the trade off a team pretty much for the same reason he's struggling right now. He didn't see eye to eye with his last team on effort level either. I just think the Torts narrative is tired. Well, that’s your opinion of course. I think part of it is true right now. He’s a two time Jack adams winner, cup winner, most wins in the history for American born coaches and has overachieved with the roster several times even in Columbus. Yet, he’s not under contract next year and there is very little news about extending him. Fine. Ignore the first benching. Then we can talk about the second benching, in a game where Laine had a goal and an assist. March 11th. That was the last time Laine scored a goal. 10 games without one now. I’m not saying Laine isn’t a big part of these problems. He’s the biggest problem. But I think in this case with Torts right now, there is so,e truth to the Torts aspect going on.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long live the King Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Are you suggesting the last 18 games nullifies or diminishes in any way the previous 316 games of his career?Kakko has 15 goals in nearly 100 NHL games (0.15 G/GP). Laine has 147 in 334 (0.44 G/GP). I'll take the latter, every time.Wasn't comparing him to Kakko. Just don't know that he's guaranteed production. He's more like Krieder. He'll score you goals but he'll also disappear for 10 game stretches. Sent from my SM-G960U using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted April 2, 2021 Author Share Posted April 2, 2021 Yes, and ultimately give you more than Kakko, who to this point in his career looks more like late-career Rick Nash (defensively sound, offensively inept) than early-career Rick Nash, which is who we thought we were getting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 The team that needs him is Buffalo. Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Isles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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