Laine "I can't play hockey anymore"

[Nooks]

Turns down offer to play for Finland at the World Championships

Tough spot for and hard not to feel bad for Columbus.  The Dubois trade now looks super good for Winnipeg...as for Laine I hope he's flounders and is out of the league in a few years and playing fortnite.  Will never forgive the comments he made about us.

[Pears]

Playing for Torts will do that to you. 

[73 Percent]

He did have 3 pts in his only game with the jets. I too think its torts.

[Fanuck]

14 minutes ago, Nooks said:

Turns down offer to play for Finland at the World Championships

Tough spot for and hard not to feel bad for Columbus.  The Dubois trade now looks super good for Winnipeg...as for Laine I hope he's flounders and is out of the league in a few years and playing fortnite.  Will never forgive the comments he made about us.

Zero sympathy for their club in terms of this situation.  Their GM made that move - he could have made others, but he chose that one. 

[canuck73_3]

15 minutes ago, Fanuck said:

Zero sympathy for their club in terms of this situation.  Their GM made that move - he could have made others, but he chose that one. 

He got Roslovic too who outperformed Dubois. 

[JM_]

35 minutes ago, Nooks said:

Turns down offer to play for Finland at the World Championships

Tough spot for and hard not to feel bad for Columbus.  The Dubois trade now looks super good for Winnipeg...as for Laine I hope he's flounders and is out of the league in a few years and playing fortnite.  Will never forgive the comments he made about us.

I mean, thats a bit harsh  

 

I can understand people not wanting to continue this year and just go home, its been a bad year for everyone. 

[higgyfan]

HF clickbait.  Listen to what Ferraro has to say and it makes more sense. 

 

https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/patrick-laine-“i-can’t-play-hockey-anymore”.2823059/

 

I'll bet a lot of hockey players are glad to see the end of this season; including Canuck players.

[Dekey Pete]

I was going to say, where exactly is this unsourced quote coming from?

[King Heffy]

Nothing to see here.  He's had a pretty rough year, and especially with the condensed schedule and Covid it's perfectly understandable for him to want to take some time away.  Lots of Canadians turn down the invite every year.

[babych]

1 hour ago, Nooks said:

Turns down offer to play for Finland at the World Championships

Tough spot for and hard not to feel bad for Columbus.  The Dubois trade now looks super good for Winnipeg...as for Laine I hope he's flounders and is out of the league in a few years and playing fortnite.  Will never forgive the comments he made about us.

Seems like an appropriate level of resentment to carry against someone that doesn't know you exist...

[alucard]

Laine is elite, one dimensional but elite.

hockey fans are harsh about him , don`t know why.

[Hamhuis Hip Check]

I dont blame anyone for losing their passion for things the last 18 months or so. Its been a rough time

[Alflives]

Lots of players turn down offers to play at the World's.  I think our guys, Hughes, Miller, and Demko said no to the US asking the to play.  Laine's second language is English.  He's just not wanting to play in World's right now.  This is a nothing burger story.  

[JeremyCuddles]

8 minutes ago, BENN said:

Laine is elite, one dimensional but elite.

hockey fans are harsh about him , don`t know why.

His shot is elite, but nothing else about him is elite. Not saying it as a hater. People compare Laine to Ovi. But Ovi is a physical force, that can skate like the wind, and has underrated hands. Again, Laine is just good at slapping pucks accurately and really hard.

[Dazzle]

23 minutes ago, N7Nucks said:

His shot is elite, but nothing else about him is elite. Not saying it as a hater. People compare Laine to Ovi. But Ovi is a physical force, that can skate like the wind, and has underrated hands. Again, Laine is just good at slapping pucks accurately and really hard.

Laine is such a tantalizing player. If he puts everything together, he can be among the greats. His defensive game is subpar though. I really think we should be really happy about Boeser and how he has shown commitment to improving his game. I hope Boeser can get 40 goals in the near future.

 

Also, the blame towards Torts is a bit overstated. Torts EXPECTS accountability in his players - and Laine has shown little proof that he cares about the other sides of his games thus far in his career. Of course it wasn't going to be a fit. The problem is with Laine. It's not Tortorella's fault that Laine is lazy.

Laine is easily 3 times the player that Virtanen is right now, yet you can't help but want more of those tantalizing skillsets that both players have.

Edited May 14, 2021 by Dazzle

[Drakrami]

Turning down to play in a tournament in the midst of a pandemic!? 

 

How could you Patrick Laine..... And the tens of other NHL players who turns it down but dont get their own topics. 

[higgyfan]

4 minutes ago, Dazzle said:

Laine is such a tantalizing player. If he puts everything together, he can be among the greats. His defensive game is subpar though. I really think we should be really happy about Boeser and how he has shown commitment to improving his game. I hope Boeser can get 40 goals in the near future.

Absolutely Dazz.  Boes is so underrated by a lot of fans.  He's greatly improved his complete game and his wrist has healed, so his shot is elite again.  You can see that he worked hard over the off season and came prepared.  At 24yrs he is only going to get better.

Imo, if you look at the whole season, Boes is the MVP. 

[BCNate]

Laine gets a bad rap.  I'd love to have him on our team,  but I expect that he will stick around CBJ now that Torts is gone.

[MrCanuck94]

Lol at the Laine hate. Kids a superstar. Just needs a mental break from a crap season.

 

His usage and line mates absolutely demoralized him. Play him to his strengths and watch him succeed like any other player would.

 

Hope Columbus can find some top 6 players to play with him and a coach that utilizes him properly.

[PetterssonOrPeterson]

What a drama queen.

He's getting paid millions and literally has playing a sport as his career. I have no sympathy for him whatsoever. 

 

Professional sports athletes are more privileged than regular people and they should recognize and be thankful for the situation they are in rather than complaining at how "unfair" things are at the moment.