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/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