Laine benched! Is honeymoon with Canadiens over?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- Patrik Laine ignited Montreal's offence with 12 goals in his first 18 games with the Canadiens, but has been held scoreless in six straight and was benched in the team's loss to the Ducks on Sunday. Is the honeymoon phase over for Laine and the Habs? Domino's That's Hockey examines.
Laine is a one trick pony and will always be a minus player. The Jets have done fantastic without him. The Jets traded Laine for Dubois and then traded Dubois for Iafollo, Villardi, and Kapari who play every game.
Mostly every game kupari is still easing into his minutes and now since he’s a 3rd line centre due to Lowry injury but he’s been absolutely good
he keeps getting better with shots he’s young and is in my opinion gonna be a very good 3rd liner if not a 2nd liner
That is simple not true
He only played 24 games so far
And being benched is not a crime
@ Look at his stats and tell me how it's not true. Even the season he scored the most goals he was still a minus player. Sorry to hurt your feelings.
Hockey is about skating… the man isn’t skating just waving his stick around. Don’t know what to say.
Playing Pezzetta at ANY time kills your credibility within the league and within the lineup. You can bench anyone, it sends NO CREDIBLE MESSAGE if you play Pezzetta.
One thing I don't like about Laine he's hesitant and kinda lazy . You can tell his heart isn't in the game lately
How ironic. That's what he said about his Columbus teammates. I think we know what was wrong: Patty.
Ehhh, who is he playing with. Dach and Newhook. Yep blame Laine. They have no centers after Suzuki.
He's a bum, period.
He was the key to the few games of success we had this season , we looked at our best with laine , he has as many points as dach and newhook in under half the games , ya red nosed clown ur funny
Laine is stuck with Dach and Newhook, he’s outproduced both in less than half the games they played. The vast majority of points he got were without them because they are playing that badly.
Yes, defensively Laine is lackluster, which is why he shouldn’t be put with two other guys that are also atrocious in defense (-27 and -14).
MTL needs to make some moves to finally have a 2nd line worth the name, Demidov will eventually be there, but that still leaves 1 spot open in trade, ideally a true 2 center.
Doesn't matter who he plays with..his mentality is weak..send him to the minors
I think Evan’s would be a better center for Laine because at least he plays with some imagination which Dach and Newhook seem to lack. 🤔
Evans, Armia and Laine. First two take defensive role and let Laine be offensive.
And these idiot second liners dont do a damn thing on the ice except for laine , freakin emil heineman on his rookie year has as many goals as dach and newhook have points.....
This is so shameful how unfairly patrick laine got treated. Please explain to us how is patrick laine suppose to perform when the center Kerby dach only got 9 assistance in 52 games? And how about Alex newhook third guy on the trios only got 5 assistance in 52 games with 9 goals???those are the players that patrick laine is forced to play with? If this is not abusing patrick laine then tell us what that is?
We all know this team has talent now. No more excuses for MSL.
You're delusional.
Laine should be on the checking line to restore his skating, he already has the offensive skills
The guy with the terrible haircut is exactly right
Cheryl? Lol
At least his red blazer is kinda cute 🤷
the whole second line not only Laine
"Montreal has a standard that all players are expected to meet"... But I thought he was playing bad.
I don't see what the problem is
Great job guys and Cheryl. 👍
Laine is KHL bound
I mean, the guy is a turnover machine.
Is TSN seriously promoting gambling now? You guys are a news network, seriously wtf is going on?!?
He thinks he's better than he really is.
no.. just a slavic mindset, no 70 or 80% effort, but really high or really low
@@saitzo2325 Slavic mindset? Hes finn. They are not slavs
Boy if you dont put that respect he deserves , for a guy that was also missing a year like kirby dach , laine has as many goals as dach has pointa overall and was clearly the key to the last couple of weeks of success until the whole team started playing bad , not just laine but here come all the loudmouth idiots like yall , shut ur mouth no one wonna hear that garbage
Defense is not any sort of priority for Laine. No checking, not a very good teammate. Fans in Columbus told you.
Trade em back to Winnipeg. Solves 2 problems at once
What picks is Montreal throwing in to take that contract?
I like Laine when he play hard and is on his game. Saying this, teams he played for complained when he didn't put the effort and his lack of commitment at times
The Canadiens have been good in the other end and not so good in their own. That has to change for them to reach the playoffs. You can't score three and give up four.
Now what
Bro, stop promoting gambling to kids who are watching!
Reality has sunk in in Montreal town.
This is exactly what Habs fans expected when the season began.
What happened to Patrick, its like he just quit on himself, why not go back home to play, surround yourself with family and friends, the NHL doesn't seem to be his cup of Tea
Where is he from?
@MisterMister5893 Finland i believe
Then buy out gallagher , dach and newhook cause these guys are just a drag on the team in every way , unlike laine who seemingly by himself gave us every solution we needed when he started playing , how can u possibly be this brain dead
@oven723 Pardon Me ???
@oven723 Maybe write to the Montreal Gazette with your ideas of what their 25 yr re-build should look like, keep your chin up, things won't get better before they get worse in Montreal for the Canadians
Who could have seen this coming? Hah. I love the guy but he’s a liability 5 on 5 all too often. 11 of 18 points on the PP is exactly who he has always been.
Everyone that realized the addition of Laine didn't guarantee and instant Stanley Cup. lol Sadly that didn't seem to be many Canadians fans till now.
If your team can afford a cherry-picker, Laine will give you goals. For most teams that's only going to happen on the powerplay. When Laine started in Winnipeg they had big Buff and Myers on defense, shovelling the puck to him on a consistent basis. Trying to remember if Trouba was even in the lineup when Patrick was drafted? Sadly he did not fit the post Byfuglien Jets at all. Here's hoping Montreal continues to be a good fit.
U ever see caufield play , talking about a liability 💀💀 if he didnt have slafzilla and our top tier center suzuki , then i think you would be crying about the 5"7 sniper not the 6"5 monster of a player
@@oven723 Sure a player averaging .9 points per game, can produce on the PP and at full strength, -1 in over 50 games is comparable to a guy that only really produces reliably on the PP and is - 7 in less then half the games. What we are getting right now is what Laine has always been. If Caufield couldn't consistently produce then you might have an agreement but this is simply the Norm for Laine, go 4, 5, 9 games without a point. That just is what he is. There is far more effort in Caufield's 2 way game then there ever has been from Laine.
@timkitchen692 laine has had multiple point per game seasons bud , and thats playing with teams that literally hated him , 400 points in 500 games is not 9 games without a point 💀💀 , try again baldy
Let's see if Laine sees this as a kick-start to find a way to make an effort. He has only had 42 games played since the start of last season and had a knee injury just a few months ago. I suspect his conditioning is more than partly to blame. He was a PPG player for two consecutive years as recently as 22-23 and I am confident that he'll get some of that back.
Sad to say; but this guy is very lazy five on five , and he doesn't have the skilled bodies on his line . There are reasons no teams stayed with Laine . He won't be staying Montreal either .
Good luck moving that contract. There's a reason Columbus was willing to give up a 2nd rounder to get rid of him.
Trade Laine to Vancouver for Hoglander and a 1st, retain 50% salary. Montreal needs more picks, Vancouver needs a winger or a center to add scoring power and make up for the loss of JT Miller.
I think more like 1st and Laine for hoglander.
Told ya montreal fans lmfao 🤣
Yep you're a genius...
Stopped watching when the DEI hire started talking.
hey xenophobe, cheryl pounder knows more about hockey than you ever will lol.🤧
Probably watch a bunch of know nothing reject TH-camrs instead whining about how the NHL needs them when really nobody cares
@ I don't think you know what xenophobe means but I'll move on. Whether Cheryl Pounder knows more about hockey than a rando youtube commenter is an asinine point to make. The issue is whether Cheryl Pounder knows more than the 15,000 male analysts not sitting in that chair of hers, and the answer is an obvious NO. You can lap up the pablum and ask for a second helping, I'll click on to another video instead. Enjoy it Carp.