Patrik Laine: “Does the Habs in fact need one other maverick?”

To this level, the preference of predominant trades within the off-season is no longer as high as expected.

Martin Necas and Rutger McGroarty are quiet with their respective teams. The identical is acceptable of Patrik Laine, who has moreover been linked to the Habs on a preference of events.

But Laine in Montreal doesn’t create sense. As a minimum, that’s what Frank Seravalli thinks. In his podcast The DFO Rundown, he wonders if the Habs in fact need one other maverick.

And he names Juraj Slafkovsky as an instance, but no longer Cole Caufield, which is unfamiliar.

The small forward is a lot extra identified as a pure scorer than Slaf… But as an alternative of his two players, Montreal doesn’t essentially possess too many mavericks. Kirby Dach, Cut Suzuki and Alex Newhook are all lawful players, but let’s appropriate deliver that scoring objectives isn’t their most attention-grabbing asset…

I obtain Seravalli’s feedback, therefore, very unfamiliar, because in my notion, I mediate Montreal needs a guy tackle Laine or Tyler Toffoli (guys who can fetch 25-30 objectives constantly), as an instance.

The mountainous deliver with the Finn is no longer easiest his psychological disclose, but moreover his physical disclose. He’s recuperating from a shoulder hurt that used to be speculated to be minor, but is a lot extra essential than anticipated. It’s unfamiliar that he’s quiet afflicted by the hurt, so Seravalli thinks the fellow shall be very complicated to alternate.

The Jackets are for the time being negotiating from a region of weak spot, and quite about a teams are presumably very alive to to stare if the 26-year-faded winger can play with out too exceptional deliver.

“If a crew acquires him sooner than the season starts, that’s mountainous for Columbus.” And at this level, Seravalli doesn’t search recordsdata from Laine to be worth anything. He even spoke of a mutual parting agreement between the two camps.

But obviously, the striker has no passion in coughing up the $18.2 million perfect on his contract…

In quick, the journalist named two destinations that can create sense for the participant: the Hurricanes, who possess room under the wage cap, and the Rangers, who possess a small less.

Time beyond legislation

– I am hoping he didn’t desire a profession in baseball.

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– Very amusing.

Don’t give NHL refs any extra ideas.

They’d give Brendan Gallagher a red card sooner than puck drop. https://t.co/ffme19l2Mb

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– Ouch.