Can Torts make Laine the power forward he should have been from the start

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Created by: justaBoss

Team: 2020-21 Columbus Blue Jackets

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 23, 2021

Published: Jan. 23, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Laine has all of the 3 S-ses that a power forward needs - shot, size and strength.

Now it's only about making it manifest. Under a coach like Tortorella it should be possible.

Here's the new lines I think they'll be rolling with

Buyouts

Scott Hartnell: $1,250,000
Alexander Wennberg: $441,667

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2021
2022
2023

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$65,929,244	$0	$625,000	$15,570,756

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Laine, Patrik $4,995,000$4,995,000 C, RW, LW UFA - 1	Texier, Alexandre $897,500$897,500 LW, C, RW RFA - 1	Bjorkstrand, Oliver $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Grigorenko, Mikhail $1,200,000$1,200,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Domi, Max $1,325,000$1,325,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Atkinson, Cam $5,875,000$5,875,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 5
Jenner, Boone $3,750,000$3,750,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Roslovic, Jack $2,030,952$2,030,952 C, RW UFA - 2	Foudy, Liam $894,167$894,167 ($375,000$375K) LW, C RFA - 2
	Nash, Riley $2,750,000$2,750,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Foligno, Nick $1,375,000$1,375,000 LW, C, RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1
Robinson, Eric $975,000$975,000 LW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Werenski, Zachary $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD UFA - 2	Jones, Seth $5,400,000$5,400,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Merzlikins, Elvis $4,000,000$4,000,000 G UFA - 2
Gavrikov, Vladislav $2,800,000$2,800,000 LD UFA - 3	Savard, David $1,062,500$1,062,500 RD UFA - 1	Korpisalo, Joonas $2,800,000$2,800,000 G UFA - 2
Del Zotto, Michael $700,000$700,000 LD UFA - 1	Kukan, Dean $1,650,000$1,650,000 LD/RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Koivu, Mikko $1,500,000$1,500,000 ($250,000$250K) C NMC UFA - 1	Dubinsky, Brandon $5,850,000$5,850,000 C, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1
Stenlund, Kevin $874,125$874,125 C, RW UFA - 1	Nyquist, Gustav $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 3
Carlsson, Gabriel $725,000$725,000 LD UFA - 2

Taxi Squad
Harrington, Scott $1,633,333$1,633,333 ($558,333$558K$558,333$558K) LD UFA - 2
Bemström, Emil $925,000$925,000 ($0$0$0$0) ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 2
Peeke, Andrew $916,667$916,667 ($0$0$0$0) ($850,000$850K) RD UFA - 1
Matteau, Stefan $725,000$725,000 ($0$0$0$0) LW UFA - 1
Gerbe, Nathan $750,000$750,000 ($0$0$0$0) LW, RW UFA - 2
Kivlenieks, Matiss $725,000$725,000 ($0$0$0$0) G RFA - 2

Jan. 23, 2021 at 3:49 p.m.

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MisstheWhalers

Joined: Jan. 2019

Posts: 23,666

Likes: 12,373

Quoting: aedoran

He is becoming an all around player but season before last he was a defensive liability. He has made getting better defensively a priority and his defensive game has improved but it still needs some work.

Funny yet according to the fancy stats last season was Laine's worst defensively, if you ask anyone including Laine haters they'd say 19-20 was by far his best season defensively.

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Jan. 23, 2021 at 3:56 p.m.

#27

aedoran

Joined: Dec. 2017

Posts: 21,700

Likes: 12,045

Quoting: MisstheWhalers

Funny yet according to the fancy stats last season was Laine's worst defensively, if you ask anyone including Laine haters they'd say 19-20 was by far his best season defensively.

I'm a Laine fan and he gets no love. I've watched quite a few Jets games over the past couple of seasons he looked much better in the last season.

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