I agree Laine is 100% capable talent wise, he's just been a really inconsistent player that's all. Elite players are 70+ point players year in and year out. Laine has never done that, I can't sit here and say he scored 44 goals 6 years ago so he's Elite regardless of what he's done since then and what his career numbers are, it's a silly argument. If you list the Elite players in the league, putting Laine's name in there looks very out of place, because it is.
EVEN if Laine played 82 games this season and remained a PPG (which he's never done in his career) he would 30th in scoring.........