Laine aux Islanders ?

8 Comments

1. hopefulbeartoday 3 mois ago

   Is Laine value that low even while retaining salary? I don’t love injury prone players and the whole mental health thing scares me but would I do that specific trade? Yes

2. TheBunkerKing 3 mois ago

   Laine’s recovery and summer training has been a pretty constant topic in Finnish hockey media. From what I’ve read he seems healthy and ready to go, been training physique with NFL guys and so on. 

   As an Isles fan, I’d love to see a Finn in the team again – most of the guys Isles have had haven’t really been star caliber ot have been traded out to be succesful elsewhere (looking at you, Olli Jokinen). 

   Laine making a successful comeback in the Isles jersey would also blow up the team’s Finnish fan base – it’s infinitely rare to see Isles mentioned in Finnish hockey media, probably the only team you see less is the Senators. 

3. BHisa 3 mois ago

   This is absolutely made up horseshit and the article is just click farming, but also I would do that trade in a heartbeat.

4. zeile33 3 mois ago

   I think they should retain more in that deal. That’s a lot to give up for an injury prone guy who just sat out almost a whole season with mental issues.

   Plus, with McLean’s play last season, everyone thinks he could play 4C then move Casey up to 3C. Did we really see enough out of him to feel comfortable doing that? I suppose we have enough centers that we can be flexible moving one either way. But idk

   Too much risk for me. But if Lou says Laine is good to go, I’ll take him

5. minos157 3 mois ago

   Would I do it? Yeah. It’s a good deal and the retain makes it work with losing JGP salary.

   Would Lou get a guy who has a history of being lazy and off ice issues? Idk, Roy might be able to keep him in line, but it’s a risk. Would be a good right wing for 2nd line maybe? Brock/Laine/Giraffe? Unless we go Duke-Barzal-Laine first line with Horvat 2nd line center and Brock 3rd line center.

6. therealdieseld 3 mois ago

   Anything is a potential blockbuster if you have little enough sense to think to write it down.

7. miscs75 3 mois ago

   There’s already a one way offense only (with a fancy shot) player on the roster so a 2nd isn’t the best decision.

8. FalconSixSix 3 mois ago

   Lol the source of that article is « rumours »