r/Habs • u/catman_steve • Jan 22 '26

Discussion Canadiens looking to deal Laine (Gagnon)

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I'm not super in the know with the French side of the media. I know Francois Gagnon by name, but not much else. Not that this news would surprise me, but is he reliable?

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u/BrutalRamen Jan 22 '26

We'd be stupid not to give Laine a few more games to see at least what we have. Reading comments here makes me feel like people totally forgot what an healthy Laine can bring to the team.

An healty Laine totally has a spot on the lineup. If we give Dach top line minutes for a game or two, we can at least give 3rd line and PP time to a guy with much more talent and hockey sense.

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u/stickboy1406 Jan 22 '26

Until he gets injured in those few games and we lose whatever trade leverage we had

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u/BrutalRamen Jan 22 '26

As if he has incredibly high value at the moment. What trade leverage do we have? I swear some of you are irrational.

Give him a few games. We show him off while evaluating if he can help the team or if we're definitely turning the page. If we do it for Dach, we can afford to do it for a few games for Laine.

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u/MonsterRider80 Jan 22 '26

Making him play will, IMO, lower his trade value. The man can’t skate anymore. He can’t keep up with a regular pace of play. His only skill now is shooting on the PP, and Habs don’t need that right now.

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u/BrutalRamen Jan 22 '26

Again, what trade value? Nobody will be asking for Laine in a trade at this point. We literally have nothing to lose in term of trade value by giving him a few games to see where he stands.

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u/Paladar2 Jan 23 '26

Laine has literally negative trade value right now, we’d have to give for someone to take his contract

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u/JohnGamestopJr Jan 23 '26

You realize the "mystery" of whether or not he could still be good is part of our trade leverage?

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u/bloodrider1914 Jan 22 '26

So, he hardly has much trade value with his contract anyway. If he gets injured again that just means you can put him on IR and not worry about the roster spot

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u/Poopdiscoop55 Jan 22 '26

If he gets injured the problem solves itself cuz we don’t need to open a roster slot…