He got a 2nd and a potential top 6 forward.
- Mashadar

he makes no sense

ex NHL tough guy turned into a sports commentator in QC



- Pat1993

what could he not like about the trade?

i feel like this is a case of "there's one in ever crowd"

I mean, this is actually pretty damn cool. if Laine gets things going, the habs could have some pretty sweet combinations in their top 6. and Demidov hasn't even entered the picture yet.
- Pat1993

The PP might by (frank)ing fun to watch next year, too.

I am pretty damn (frank)ing excited for the season to start now.

what could he not like about the trade?

i feel like this is a case of "there's one in ever crowd"
- kicksave856

well Laine does have a certain reputation of being somewhat lazy or nonchalant, not very involved physically, and if he sucks he could become a distraction for the team more than anything. I get that part.

Delorme also said he'll gladly eat crow if he's wrong about him, so he wasn't being a complete imbecile about it either lol.

well Laine does have a certain reputation of being somewhat lazy or nonchalant, not very involved physically, and if he sucks he could become a distraction for the team more than anything. I get that part.

Delorme also said he'll gladly eat crow if he's wrong about him, so he wasn't being a complete imbecile about it either lol.
- Pat1993

I think Laine will be focused for the first part of the season, where I might be concerned is if things do not go well at the start, can he keep his focus?

well Laine does have a certain reputation of being somewhat lazy or nonchalant, not very involved physically, and if he sucks he could become a distraction for the team more than anything. I get that part.

Delorme also said he'll gladly eat crow if he's wrong about him, so he wasn't being a complete imbecile about it either lol.
- Pat1993

oh okay. as long as he wasn't trying to claim it wasn't a good trade. cause that'd mean he's been punched in the head too much.

what could he not like about the trade?

i feel like this is a case of "there's one in ever crowd"
- kicksave856

Listen, if he can do 25G 25A and play 70 games, this is an easy win.

I believe that is achievable.

I think Laine will be focused for the first part of the season, where I might be concerned is if things do not go well at the start, can he keep his focus?
- Mashadar

I guess finding out how much Laine has evolved and how he deals with all the pressure in MTL will be part of the adventure... what makes me a bit more confident about it is that the coach and management had a chance to speak with him before the trade happened, so they must've felt he's in the right state of mind to help the team out.

oh okay. as long as he wasn't trying to claim it wasn't a good trade. cause that'd mean he's been punched in the head too much.
- kicksave856

yeah, for sure...

I guess finding out how much Laine has evolved and how he deals with all the pressure in MTL will be part of the adventure... what makes me a bit more confident about it is that the coach and management had a chance to speak with him before the trade happened, so they must've felt he's in the right state of mind to help the team out.
- Pat1993

Like I said, in HuGo (the management team, not the blogger) we trust!

I am 100% sure they did their due diligence on this before pulling the trigger.

Now take that 2nd round pick, tie it tightly around Dvorak, and send him elsewhere with it.

I think Laine will be focused for the first part of the season, where I might be concerned is if things do not go well at the start, can he keep his focus?
- Mashadar

hes very injury prone guys dont slide the guy in your line up for 82 games

hes very injury prone guys dont slide the guy in your line up for 82 games
- deadpoulet

More LTIR space for the TDL then.

Win/Win.

Like I said, in HuGo (the management team, not the blogger) we trust!

I am 100% sure they did their due diligence on this before pulling the trigger.

Now take that 2nd round pick, tie it tightly around Dvorak, and send him elsewhere with it.
- Mashadar

there's always a certain risk, but what's awesome for the habs is that they barely paid anything to acquire him, so if ever it really doesn't work out, they aren't stuck with him for years and years to come, they can just move on and look elsewhere.

good presser for Laine, he sounds like a pretty chill dude.

I think that's an amazing trade. St-Louis seems like the kind of coach that could bring back the magic to Laine's game. I expected Hughes to want Columbus to retain, which is why I thought Montréal would send a 2nd Columbus's way along with a D (the other option was Barron, I don't think any other players were in play). Gaining a 2nd might even be better. Imagine if Laine breaks out, it's Monahan all over again! And if he doesn't, they can buy him back next summer for somehwat cheap (or trade him again, who knows what trick Hughes has up his sleeve!)

I think that's an amazing trade. St-Louis seems like the kind of coach that could bring back the magic to Laine's game. I expected Hughes to want Columbus to retain, which is why I thought Montréal would send a 2nd Columbus's way along with a D (the other option was Barron, I don't think any other players were in play). Gaining a 2nd might even be better. Imagine if Laine breaks out, it's Monahan all over again! And if he doesn't, they can buy him back next summer for somehwat cheap (or trade him again, who knows what trick Hughes has up his sleeve!)
- YodaOldBoy

its a low risk/high reward move. all it costs is money. and its not like the habs' owner doesn't have a poop ton.

iif healthy, laine will easily score 30 goals.

its a low risk/high reward move. all it costs is money. and its not like the habs' owner doesn't have a poop ton.

iif healthy, laine will easily score 30 goals.
- Gramps28

you know it isn't a horrible move when even gramps has a positive take on it...

if he had only waited 30 minutes. lol

you will get my page views, hugo.

i read three sentences this time. not bad.

you know it isn't a horrible move when even gramps has a positive take on it...
- Pat1993

fuuck you, pat.

fuuck you, pat.
- Gramps28

love you too, man.

Not like they signed Alzner FFS

grosse surprise, Gilbert Delorme est pas impressionné
- Pat1993

quel raisin

quel raisin
- Xizord

bah, comme je disais je comprends un peu ses réserves, il a pas dit que c'était une erreur sur toute la ligne non plus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PDV7MCqRNI