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2020-2021 NHL Thread

CarltonTheBear said:
https://twitter.com/LLysowski/status/1389232942124261380

4 more games before the Sabres are put out of their misery.
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A regulation loss tonight paired with Anaheim earning a point, and they officially clinch the best draft lottery odds.
 
https://twitter.com/JacketsInsider/status/1389230976291770371

Laine, now only Columbus' 4th line, has 10 goals and 18 points in 41 games with the Blue Jackets this season. 4 goals and 8 points in his last 31 games. Just an absolute disaster of a season for him. And he's due a $7.5mil AAV qualifying offer in the offseason.

 
CarltonTheBear said:
Laine, now only Columbus' 4th line, has 10 goals and 18 points in 41 games with the Blue Jackets this season. 4 goals and 8 points in his last 31 games. Just an absolute disaster of a season for him. And he's due a $7.5mil AAV qualifying offer in the offseason.
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It's not even a shooting percentage issue with him - his 13.2% isn't that far off what he put up in his time in Winnipeg (15.2%). He's just been unable to get shots toward the net. If he doesn't get his PP one-timers, he's not very effective.

At least, for the Blue Jackets' sake, Dubois isn't exactly lighting up either, and Roslovic has produced better than I would have expected.
 
bustaheims said:
It's not even a shooting percentage issue with him - his 13.2% isn't that far off what he put up in his time in Winnipeg (15.2%). He's just been unable to get shots toward the net. If he doesn't get his PP one-timers, he's not very effective.
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That might be the slightly less kind way to phrase it but I think to some extent he's establishing that ideally he's probably more of a second banana on a line than a guy who can drive play himself.
 
Nik said:
That might be the slightly less kind way to phrase it but I think to some extent he's establishing that ideally he's probably more of a second banana on a line than a guy who can drive play himself.
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Possibly. Pair him with an elite playmaker, and he'd probably get back to being a 30+ goal threat.
 
bustaheims said:
Possibly. Pair him with an elite playmaker, and he'd probably get back to being a 30+ goal threat.
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Or even just on a generally good team with a coach that doesn't hate his guts. Either way, I'd be very interested if I were a team with some money to spend and some talent around in seeing if you could get him on the cheap.
 
Nik said:
bustaheims said:
Possibly. Pair him with an elite playmaker, and he'd probably get back to being a 30+ goal threat.
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Or even just on a generally good team with a coach that doesn't hate his guts. Either way, I'd be very interested if I were a team with some money to spend and some talent around in seeing if you could get him on the cheap.
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Imagine if the Oilers come knocking.
 
Arn said:
So we should have taken Laine ahead of Matthews?
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Pfft. Why would you want the best goal scorer in the league who is also becoming a well rounded 200 foot player when you can get a one-dimensional defensive sieve?
 
What a Bizarro league. This gets called now I guess. I'll take it but man just call that or don't call that. Don't decide you set a precedent in the game and you go after that.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
https://twitter.com/rtaub_/status/1389375644316880897
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https://twitter.com/racheldoerrie/status/1389385989819359237

Full video is linked in the quote tweet.

He's just garbage, and Caps added fuel to the fire afterward with a since-deleted tweet.
 
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