Go leafs go?


- Tomahawk

*Wonders where his finger was to invoke that type of reaction...*

Are there Patrick haters?
- Flyers1218

Sorry years removed hindsight drafters.

Are there Patrick haters?
- Flyers1218

Well Hockeybuzz considered him a bust and Flyers were dumb for taking him until the start of the season. Patrick got a lot of hate here

The NHL took Giroux’s goal away from him and gave it to Konecny

Go home turd....the Leafs are the only original six team that's yet to win a Cup since the 1967 expansion, in fact, they've never even been to a Cup final since the 1967 expansion. They're also the only original six team without a 1000 point player in their history
- DraftandDestroy

And I care because... ?

The misconception is how fans will single out role playing limited 3rd pair defenseman for their play when the team is not playing well overall as a team defensively. If a team is playing more in their own end than they should, that will expose those kinds of players. Pundits and analysts will look at those individual numbers and criticize them based on those numbers. Certain types of players such as Haag and to a lesser extent Braun are not going to look good in those situations. Ivan Provorov's numbers are god awful right now but he's playing against top competition in top minutes.
- MJL

I agree it is a team game, I also believe your best players need to be just that. I don’t believe you blame a Braun or Hagg for a loss but what is true to me is that with them out there it puts more pressure on the other D and more pressure on the O that has to play with them. I still think Hagg is an ok 6th D. Braun last season was actually decent to good. The playoffs he slid and is still playing the same, maybe worse. Them together pull down a D and the O they play with. Both deserve a chance to play better, the team does. In a normal season today’s game would be where we would be looking for better structure and a more cohesive team game, working towards where they were at the end of last regular season

Pretty sure Tucker Carlson told him exactly what the Flyers problems are
- generalripper

That might be the dumbest quote ever on here.

Are there Patrick haters?
- Flyers1218

His career ended a year ago and he was never going to be a number 1 center anyway.

His career ended a year ago and he was never going to be a number 1 center anyway.
- SuperSchennBros

I sincerely hope his career is not over, but I agree I don't see dominant offensive force in this kid so far, at best he may only be a 3rd line center and that is a big blow when you pick someone at 2 with the other players that were available.

I hate the song “the boys are back in town”, especially to Describe a sports team.




That is all..,

I sincerely hope his career is not over, but I agree I don't see dominant offensive force in this kid so far, at best he may only be a 3rd line center and that is a big blow when you pick someone at 2 with the other players that were available.
- jd250

Well to start, his career isn’t over because he’s currently player. To follow up, he absolutely has first line center potential.

I sincerely hope his career is not over, but I agree I don't see dominant offensive force in this kid so far, at best he may only be a 3rd line center and that is a big blow when you pick someone at 2 with the other players that were available.
- jd250

If only we had another top 10 pick who was at first "only a 3rd line center" who eventually grew up to an elite 2 way center and selke winner as an example of what Patrick could become. And I actually think Patrick has a better shot.

If only we had another top 10 pick who was at first "only a 3rd line center" who eventually grew up to an elite 2 way center and selke winner as an example of what Patrick could become. And I actually think Patrick has a better shot.
- Tfaehner

Yes, “if only”...



Detractors

Patrick Laine and Roslovic to Columbus for PLD and a 3rd rounder..

What just happened

Patrick Laine and Roslovic to Columbus for PLD and a 3rd rounder..

What just happened
- Tfaehner

Confirmed?

Confirmed?
- Hextall271

Yup.

Yup.
- Tfaehner

Do you have a link? I checked on sn and it wasn’t there.
Nvm. It’s on there now. Great. Now Laine is in our div. When it goes back to normal. Until he requests a trade haha.

Do you have a link? I checked on sn and it wasn’t there.
Nvm. It’s on there now. Great. Now Laine is in our div. When it goes back to normal. Until he requests a trade haha.
- Hextall271

I dont understand the trade from really any angle. Doesn't make a ton of sense for either team.

I dont understand the trade from really any angle. Doesn't make a ton of sense for either team.
- Tfaehner

Traded disgruntled player for disgruntled players? I don’t see it as a pure hockey trade. Cbj was bent over the barrel and needed to do something.

Patrick Laine and Roslovic to Columbus for PLD and a 3rd rounder..

What just happened
- Tfaehner

That’s crazy consider Laine is better.

Do you have a link? I checked on sn and it wasn’t there.
Nvm. It’s on there now. Great. Now Laine is in our div. When it goes back to normal. Until he requests a trade haha.
- Hextall271

Laine is never going to stay there.

Traded disgruntled player for disgruntled players? I don’t see it as a pure hockey trade. Cbj was bent over the barrel and needed to do something.
- Hextall271

Roslovic is from Columbus.
Pld dad works for winnipeg.

But laine is going to play for torts and be happy with 1c domi ? Almost makes me think they intend to flip him but they took the best offer they could get.

Do you have a link? I checked on sn and it wasn’t there.
Nvm. It’s on there now. Great. Now Laine is in our div. When it goes back to normal. Until he requests a trade haha.
- Hextall271

He he he ... Laine just went from the frying pan into the fire. That dog now has to deal with meeting Torts' expectations, he is going to wish he never asked out of Winnipeg. Then again, if he does respond to Torts, wow what a player he can be. Remember when the Flyers were the team that made these kinds of moves?

Roslovic is from Columbus.
Pld dad works for winnipeg.

But laine is going to play for torts and be happy with 1c domi ? Almost makes me think they intend to flip him but they took the best offer they could get.
- Tfaehner

Cbj is a dumpster fire really. No one wants to play there and that’s the real problem

He he he ... Laine just went from the frying pan into the fire. That dog now has to deal with meeting Torts' expectations, he is going to wish he never asked out of Winnipeg. Then again, if he does respond to Torts, wow what a player he can be. Remember when the Flyers were the team that made these kinds of moves?
- jd250

I agree. He doesn’t seem like a torts type of player. Oh I do. Trades for the sale of it. Love the way they handle it now.