26 years old, but hasn’t played more than 60 games since 2019-20. When healthy and rolling a 35-40 goal pace guy even over the past few years.
2 years left at 8.7M per. UFA after that. I know they talk about CBJ retianing salary too but that’s a BIG ask.
I mean, I’m not opposed. A lot of question marks but if he pans out he is an elite level goal scorer. And at that price, why not? A late first and a young dman? Seems like real good value.
But I don’t see Columbus accepting that. And I’m not fully convinced this helps the rebuild long-term since he can just walk in 2 years, and if you wanna keep him I don’t see him accepting to take much less money than he’s currently making. But you never know! That’s the thing, to get a top end talent you gotta take a risk in a trade or contract eventually. But again, just not totally sold on Laine being THAT guy.
Spicy_Pickle_6
Big NOPE
DieuEmpereurQc
Pourquoi pas, de toute façon Harris ne fera jamais l’équipe de Montréal qui se rendra loin en séries et on a déjà un autre choix avant celui-là
SelfishPickle
Absolutely worth it to roll the dice on this guy if the price is reasonable.
desertbirdwatcher
Could he be an option to retain salary on not next deadline but the one after? I believe the habs will have another retention slot available and the price of a 35 goal man at the deadline for under $5 million would probably get you more than you gave up. I don’t like the idea of a guy with substance abuse issues going to Montreal though. Might be a repeat of Zack Kassian.
Studly_Wonderballs
I’d expect whomever trades for Laine to do a ton of homework before they try to acquire Laine. If he hits, he’s a star, but if he he’s not ready he could be a huge cancer in the locker room. I hope he is recovering and can get back to playing soon, but I’m not sure if I want him in Montreal
Fighteroftheevil
Im down. Risk is worth the price
Kegelblitzzz
We already have a right handed trigger man for the first line, I would target someone else.
radhorrorfan
Nah
ukrainianhab
100% not sure they take that though
flepine44
Anytime, but that’s not enough for CBJ
okmijnmko
I think the WPG pick gives us a solid **C** prospect – All 4 guys are solid picks & we need more C so we should offer other assets in trade, and I’m not opposed giving more of our picks
Cole Beaudoin, Michael Hage, Lucas Pettersson and Sacha Boisvert
nhabster
It’s not that unrealistic, but if Sacha Boisvert could get picked as predicted, it’d be great
Dexteris
Il faut m’expliquer pourquoi on voudrait accélérer la reconstruction en signant un joueur qui est en constant déclin depuis le début de sa carrière. L’année prochaine, notre défensive changera complètement et devra prendre de l’expérience avant de compétitionner. À quoi bon échanger un joueur comme celui-ci à ce stade ci?
It does not make any sens to be honest. The defense is going to change completely next year and we’ll have to let them get experience before making a real push. Why take a risk on a guy that would be brought to make that push. Just yesterday, we had a post to not accelerate the rebuild for no reason. That’s, in my eyes, exactly what it would be lol
No no no
FlowShredder
You’re not getting a better player for that, it’s an obvious yes.
hab27
I’m convinced most of you don’t actually watch hockey outside of the Habs.
kozed
After careful consideration, that’s a No for me.
Let’s list a couple of CONS:
– Laine is 26 already. – Availability is the greatest quality, and Laine just can’t play full seasons anymore. Missed 127 games in the last 4 seasons. That’s around 32 games mised per season in average. – 2 years left at 8.7M, and then hits the UFA market. A 2-years rental for a team not contending is a waste of assets and cap space. – Limited mobility, for a team already low on speed up front. – Limited usefulness when not scoring and lately hasn’t been scoring at a rate worth 8.7M. – Huge unknown about his off ice issues, and Montreal market might be the last place he needs to be to get his life back on track.
The only way I can see this benefit the Habs is if he comes at a discount (salary retained, not costing much in assets), we build him back up and pump his numbers up, and then can flip him for a premium in his last contract year. Which is all a big gamble that could just as well blow up in our face.
A bird in hand is better than two in the bush, so I’d just skip all the extra steps and keep those assets or trade them for a younger player that we can actually build with for the long haul.
EDIT: word
GoatMooners
Drouin v2 … no thanks.
PKP_en_Picoppe
That’s a pretty low price for a player of his caliber even with the potential personality/commitment/health issues.
Salary is a bit steep but not impossible to manage.
CBJ would want much more though.
SaltyATC69
I don’t like the guy. He’s a euro PLD.
Heywazza
Laine is really good, he would make this team better, the problem is that he’s only a short term option and that doesn’t make sense with the way the Habs are building now. We can’t have ALL our best players be 24-25-26. Ideally we’d have some type of variance. Laine with his contract would hit UFA when around when we would have to sign our core D. So he would force us to move pieces we don’t want to move. I think it’s better to aim for younger players and in two maybe three years for older UFAs.
DCARRI3R3
If he truly has acknowledged his mental health and is moving past his dad’s tragic death then he could absolutely light the earth on fire.Remember when drafted people thought Matthews might not be the best in the draft after all
CauzukiTheatre
Well, a quick read yields quite a few reports of locker room issues/mental health and/or substance abuse issues, so I would have to err on the side of not adding him to the team dynamic.
That said, everyone deserves a second chance, so I wouldn’t weigh the substance abuse question too heavily.
Ultimately I think the risk/reward is slightly balanced toward the reward side, but the AAV pulverizes that slight positive. Ultimately, no.
jockey1381
I wouldn’t say no to it because he could definitely help Caufield in his office! But I’d wanna have CBJ retain cap since we have RFAs & UFAs that need to be signed. But im good with whatever, In Kent Hughes we trust!
GolfIsGood66
Big risk but if all we give up is Harris and a late first I do it. Marty is the x factor.
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26 years old, but hasn’t played more than 60 games since 2019-20. When healthy and rolling a 35-40 goal pace guy even over the past few years.
2 years left at 8.7M per. UFA after that. I know they talk about CBJ retianing salary too but that’s a BIG ask.
I mean, I’m not opposed. A lot of question marks but if he pans out he is an elite level goal scorer. And at that price, why not? A late first and a young dman? Seems like real good value.
But I don’t see Columbus accepting that. And I’m not fully convinced this helps the rebuild long-term since he can just walk in 2 years, and if you wanna keep him I don’t see him accepting to take much less money than he’s currently making. But you never know! That’s the thing, to get a top end talent you gotta take a risk in a trade or contract eventually. But again, just not totally sold on Laine being THAT guy.
Big NOPE
Pourquoi pas, de toute façon Harris ne fera jamais l’équipe de Montréal qui se rendra loin en séries et on a déjà un autre choix avant celui-là
Absolutely worth it to roll the dice on this guy if the price is reasonable.
Could he be an option to retain salary on not next deadline but the one after? I believe the habs will have another retention slot available and the price of a 35 goal man at the deadline for under $5 million would probably get you more than you gave up. I don’t like the idea of a guy with substance abuse issues going to Montreal though. Might be a repeat of Zack Kassian.
I’d expect whomever trades for Laine to do a ton of homework before they try to acquire Laine. If he hits, he’s a star, but if he he’s not ready he could be a huge cancer in the locker room. I hope he is recovering and can get back to playing soon, but I’m not sure if I want him in Montreal
Im down. Risk is worth the price
We already have a right handed trigger man for the first line, I would target someone else.
Nah
100% not sure they take that though
Anytime, but that’s not enough for CBJ
I think the WPG pick gives us a solid **C** prospect – All 4 guys are solid picks & we need more C so we should offer other assets in trade, and I’m not opposed giving more of our picks
Cole Beaudoin, Michael Hage, Lucas Pettersson and Sacha Boisvert
It’s not that unrealistic, but if Sacha Boisvert could get picked as predicted, it’d be great
Il faut m’expliquer pourquoi on voudrait accélérer la reconstruction en signant un joueur qui est en constant déclin depuis le début de sa carrière. L’année prochaine, notre défensive changera complètement et devra prendre de l’expérience avant de compétitionner. À quoi bon échanger un joueur comme celui-ci à ce stade ci?
It does not make any sens to be honest. The defense is going to change completely next year and we’ll have to let them get experience before making a real push. Why take a risk on a guy that would be brought to make that push. Just yesterday, we had a post to not accelerate the rebuild for no reason. That’s, in my eyes, exactly what it would be lol
No no no
You’re not getting a better player for that, it’s an obvious yes.
I’m convinced most of you don’t actually watch hockey outside of the Habs.
After careful consideration, that’s a No for me.
Let’s list a couple of CONS:
– Laine is 26 already.
– Availability is the greatest quality, and Laine just can’t play full seasons anymore. Missed 127 games in the last 4 seasons. That’s around 32 games mised per season in average.
– 2 years left at 8.7M, and then hits the UFA market. A 2-years rental for a team not contending is a waste of assets and cap space.
– Limited mobility, for a team already low on speed up front.
– Limited usefulness when not scoring and lately hasn’t been scoring at a rate worth 8.7M.
– Huge unknown about his off ice issues, and Montreal market might be the last place he needs to be to get his life back on track.
The only way I can see this benefit the Habs is if he comes at a discount (salary retained, not costing much in assets), we build him back up and pump his numbers up, and then can flip him for a premium in his last contract year. Which is all a big gamble that could just as well blow up in our face.
A bird in hand is better than two in the bush, so I’d just skip all the extra steps and keep those assets or trade them for a younger player that we can actually build with for the long haul.
EDIT: word
Drouin v2 … no thanks.
That’s a pretty low price for a player of his caliber even with the potential personality/commitment/health issues.
Salary is a bit steep but not impossible to manage.
CBJ would want much more though.
I don’t like the guy. He’s a euro PLD.
Laine is really good, he would make this team better, the problem is that he’s only a short term option and that doesn’t make sense with the way the Habs are building now. We can’t have ALL our best players be 24-25-26. Ideally we’d have some type of variance. Laine with his contract would hit UFA when around when we would have to sign our core D. So he would force us to move pieces we don’t want to move. I think it’s better to aim for younger players and in two maybe three years for older UFAs.
If he truly has acknowledged his mental health and is moving past his dad’s tragic death then he could absolutely light the earth on fire.Remember when drafted people thought Matthews might not be the best in the draft after all
Well, a quick read yields quite a few reports of locker room issues/mental health and/or substance abuse issues, so I would have to err on the side of not adding him to the team dynamic.
That said, everyone deserves a second chance, so I wouldn’t weigh the substance abuse question too heavily.
Ultimately I think the risk/reward is slightly balanced toward the reward side, but the AAV pulverizes that slight positive. Ultimately, no.
I wouldn’t say no to it because he could definitely help Caufield in his office! But I’d wanna have CBJ retain cap since we have RFAs & UFAs that need to be signed. But im good with whatever, In Kent Hughes we trust!
Big risk but if all we give up is Harris and a late first I do it. Marty is the x factor.