Huge overpayment

That doesn’t get Laine. Once again Laine starts with KK or Suzuki

Agreed, laine to MTL is a non starter as they’re not prepared to part with KK or Suzuki. Only other package I’d consider is Danault + Caufield + 2021 1st and 2021 2nd. It’s either that or Suzuki + Brook. MTL fans hate when people say it has to be KK or Suzuki. It’s like a Jets fan going to trade for Suzuki or KK and saying well give you Roslovic + Pionk for Suzuki, but nope Laine or Connor are untouchable.

stick with PLD....

I’m not a jets or canadiens fan, but I’d stay away from Laine. He’s a great goal scorer, but he’s one dimensional. His defensive game is a liability and at that price, I’d rather have Caufield, KK, or Suzuki (at a much cheaper price) and spend the difference elsewhere. Good teams are built down the middle and with top end dmen. Don’t spend on one-dimensional wingers.

I love how you trade for Laine and then play him on the second line placing a vastly inferior player in front of him on the first line. Brilliant.

The amount of times I’ve had this conversation today blows my mind. I’m not sure whether you just never watched the Jets or only rely on advanced stats, but laine has made very very steady improvements to his 200 ft game. He was one of the better defensive forwards for the Jets. @MisstheWhalers @Windjammer here we go again

I think laine is a superstar a project if that makes sense. First three years he was trying to be a pure sniper but teams adjusted, last year you could see a huge difference in his play(defence, going to dirty areas), but his goal scoring did kind of plateau last 1.5 seasons as compared to first 2.5. If he can combine his pure goal scoring of the first 2.5 with the defence/willingness to go to tough area of past 1.5 areas he’ll definitely be a top 5 winger in the league popping 45-50 a year.

But I can see some teams being wary of putting together a huge package as all of this means that he still hasn’t quite put it all together yet.

This is exactly how I view laine, almost as a goal scoring power forward when he reaches his full potential. I get why teams would be wary, but the potential is so high.

Yeah sorry but that doesn't get you Patrik Laine, PLD would be better but then again both will cost you either KK or Suzuki.

Laine is great on the power play, but not so much 5v5. He’s really good at zone exits, but not great at creating 5v5 scoring chances from high % areas. He takes a lot of low % shots.

And sorry, but defensively, not good. He may be working on it, but that doesn’t make him good at it.

He’s a good hockey player overall because of his skill level, but because he’s a winger and not a great defensive player, he’s just not worth the salary and the prospects it would take to get him.

Again @tsyls more outdated thinking by a poster that hasn't watched Laine play or done any research. Just basing his evalution off of troll posts on message boards.

Yeah, honestly I don’t know what to say hahah. The guy just purely basing his opinion on advanced stats. I get it, they paint a picture, but you’re missing 65% of the picture if you’re not considering context, and other intangibles. I stopped even answering these people, it gets exhausting arguing with a brick wall.

And nothing about Laine can change the fact that good teams are built down the middle, with top end d, and solid goaltending. High paid wingers are typically not a great investment.

Now that is at least is a defendable position. Your other points in your previous post were based on nonsense gathered from troll posts on Laine from two years ago and have no merit.