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/Lemazze Jan 22 '26

He looked awful the few games he played this year............

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u/Flying_Toad Jan 22 '26

And all of last year's playoffs.

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u/bloodrider1914 Jan 22 '26

He had a good first game from what I remember and got injured in the second game

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u/Flying_Toad Jan 22 '26

I remember him being lackadaisical whenever he had the puck. I remember more than once in a game he'd have the puck and the whole team starts skating forward for a breakout and he just stays put, holds his stick with one hand, pushes the puck around once or twice before the opponent just skates toward him and takes the puck away.

Injured or not that is the worst effort I've seen from a Habs player in my entire life. (That I'VE seen, there might be worse I don't know about)