Yeah playing devil’s advocate here. Do the same for Drouin and the results are not as good as mackinnon.
Laine can go both ways. But to answer’s OP’s post. I dont think he has peaked but i don’t his his ceiling is as high as people see him. I would treat him like a 60-65 points player and 70-75 on good years. With more Goals than Assists.
His value is still high because people still see him as a PPG or more player which is why he’s in trade talk to much. Lower your expectations and you will be happy to have him in your team
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It's funny that Drouin's name came up since he has the same video game problem as Laine but his game is NHL online.
In defense of Laine, there is apparently a bit of a rift in the Jets' locker room between players like Wheeler and Scheifele on one side and Laine and others on the other side. Apparently some of the vets feel that Laine isn't trying hard enough off the ice and spends too much time playing video games, etc. If I recall correctly, I believe someone threw Laine's video game into the shower after a game last year.
If any of the rumors are even remotely true, they'd explain a little about why Laine had a difficult season last year.
12 team, H2H, salary cap
1 pt/G or A, 2 pts/W, 1 pt/OTL, 1 pt/SO
Forward: B. Point, M. Necas, A. Debrincat, T. Zegras, J. Bratt, L. Raymond
Defense: J. Morrissey, A. DeAngelo, S. Gostisbehere, D. Doughty
Goalie: T. Demko, E. Merzlikins
Bench: M. Rossi, C. Glass, M. Maccelli, M. Dumba, K. Shattenkirk, F. Andersen
Prospects of Note: L. Stankoven, J. Lekkerimaki, D. Yurov, B. Clarke
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he's 21 haha I think he'll be close to 90 points this year and be around that for years to come
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20min - 25max man roster / 5 Minor bench
G, A, STP, FOW, Takeaways, Hits, BLKS, PIM, SOG,
W, SV%, Saves
C: Backstrom, MacKinnon, Backlund, Jost, Barzal, Zetterberg, Trocheck
W; Ehlers, Bjorkstrand, Hayden, Haley, Pacioretty, Boeser, Kreider, Riley Nash
D: Gudas, OEL, Ristolainen, Chychrun, Nurse, McAvoy Sergachev
G: Dubnyk, Stalock, Smith,
Minor bench: Demko, Samsonov, White, Steel, Kaprizov
90 points locked into the second line? Seems a bit far fetched unless he scores 40 PPP!
12 team, H2H, salary cap
1 pt/G or A, 2 pts/W, 1 pt/OTL, 1 pt/SO
Forward: B. Point, M. Necas, A. Debrincat, T. Zegras, J. Bratt, L. Raymond
Defense: J. Morrissey, A. DeAngelo, S. Gostisbehere, D. Doughty
Goalie: T. Demko, E. Merzlikins
Bench: M. Rossi, C. Glass, M. Maccelli, M. Dumba, K. Shattenkirk, F. Andersen
Prospects of Note: L. Stankoven, J. Lekkerimaki, D. Yurov, B. Clarke
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I just looked up Laine's inital projection from the 2016 dobber guide and it has his potential 50-40-90. Although he is only 21, seems like the general consensus already is he is a 70-75 pt potential player at best, heavily on goals
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Player: G, A,+/-, PPG, PPA, SOG = 2pts
Player: +/-, Blocked Shots = 1pt
Goalie: GGP, GAA, SPct, W, SO = 1pt
Lineup: 3C, 4W, 4D 2G, 6Farm/Prospect Players
C: C.McDavid, T.Thompson
W: K.Kaprizov, ,
D: A. Fox,
G: I.Shesterkin,
Farm/Prospects free carry: C: M. Savoie W:
D: L. Hutson G: D. Levi
in his prime i see him getting 40-45 goals with about 35 assists.
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4C-4LW-4RW-6D-2G-5bench-unlimited farm.
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LW= forsberg,kreider,lee,b.tkchuch,hertle,granlund
RW= reinhart,radulov,hoffman,laine,hayes
D= doughty,ghostebehere,karlsson,jones,klefbom,dahlin ,skjei
G= price,murray,grubauer,georgiev,ullmark,samsonov
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I don't think he has peaked. I think the big issue is problems with the team he is on. I feel like it's going to be a situation like Seguin where eventually Laine will end up on another team then he will start to light it up.
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you cant teach that heavy , accurate one timer he has in his bag of tricks . I'll assume over the coming years a variety of coaches will try to get him to ''buy in'' on improving his 2-way game to become a more complete winger .