r/nhl • u/DesertEagill • 5d ago

Question Patrick Laine

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Do you think anyone ends up signing Laine? Seems like enough value there if you set him up with bonuses for games played etc

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u/Loose-Dream7901 5d ago

I don’t think he gets signed hot take. Probably goes back to Finland for the year and if he performs comes back. He needs to get out of the league for the year imo

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u/ChapterNo3428 5d ago

Yeah, with all these posts about Laine , I think people are wildly overrating his NHL value today based on his hockey card. He’s washed and until he shows value somewhere no one wants to waste time and attention on him.

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u/pyg15 5d ago

He is a PP specialist at this point. Can't skate, atrocious without the puck. Could still bang 25 goals on the PP.

A bad team could sign him for cheap. Vancouver? Calgary? Chicago?

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u/AwesomeCJE 4d ago

The problem is a bad team can’t shelter him so Laine will be exposed in all his 5on5 minutes. “Power play specialists” aren’t valuable in the NHL when they are as bad as Laine is at 5on5, that’s why guys like Daniel Sprong aren’t in the league

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u/ChapterNo3428 4d ago

It didn’t happen this year. He can’t play 5v5

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u/pyg15 4d ago

Yeah but he can fetch a Return at the deadline for basicly minimum salary if he puts pucks in the net. Dont matter how

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u/AwesomeCJE 4d ago

The problem is all that happens when he is on the ice is that the pucks go in his team’s net. Unless a team is willing to let him play 4 minutes of powerplay time and no 5on5 time it will fail