One last kick for Patrik Laine?
NHL Media: Billy Jaffe and Jamison Coyle discuss free agent forward Patrik Laine. Sure, he could rating 20 if healthy and on the facility play, but is he an excessive amount of of a one-trick pony? He may get yet another shot.
** NHLRumors.com transcriptions
Coyle: “Speaking of a man who can really specialise in things, how a few guy like Patrick Laine on the market? Put this guy on the facility play, it appears like he’s gonna rating 20 goals a season.”
Jaffe: “Yeah…”
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Coyle: “But how do you see, we didn’t see him on the ice a complete lot in Montreal this yr. When he was, he could rating, but we haven’t quite seen what we saw early in his profession.”
Jeffe: “Well, right, and it isn’t really about, like you wish reliability. You understand, you would like some predictability, Jamo, from players. And yes, he can absolutely bomb the puck. I mean, there’s no doubt about it.
But just five games played this yr. Last yr, 52 had 20 goals in that point. Bevy of him on the facility play. I am going back to he hasn’t, he’s only been within the playoffs once within the last like six years, I feel it’s, five years. Some you bought to also take a look at the team prefer it’s not, it’s not the players’ fault.”
Coyle: “Right.”
Jaffe: “But is he an excessive amount of of a…”
Coyle: “One trick pony.”
Jaffe: “One trick pony at once. Is that it. And again, we’re seeing a game increase in pace and different style than what that is. And may teams afford to have that one player that they utilize, like a DH, what I mean, to be on the facility play?
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We were talking in our production meeting. I, I feel he gets yet another crack at it somewhere for an easy one-year deal to see if he can prove it. It’ll be interesting to see.”
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