For some reason my brain read Patrick Kane. I’m still learning hockey and don’t know if Laine’s injuries make him a good fit for us.
juanthebaker
Good.
This is a real opportunity to eat some cap to preserve the farm and get a quality player who has the potential to be a really high end player. This is worth the risk.
He says “a few people have said to me you have to watch Seattle on this one”, which basically means people are speculating to Friedman that this is a move that could work. He’s *not* reporting that Seattle has contacted Columbus or that Laine is interested in waiving his NTC for Seattle.
In general – rumors websites like this are incentivized to make more of stuff like this that the actual original report is to maximize clicks. I don’t think the article in this case is too clickbait-y, but still it is better to go directly to the original source and report what they actually said.
That said – I do think Laine does make sense for the Kraken for a number of reasons, some of which Friedman goes through in the podcast. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Kraken were actually inquiring about Laine or if a trade was made.
kinzuagolfer
We currently have the cap for some gamble. We also have Burky, so maybe we have enough gamble on the roster already.
Reditall12
Another injury prone scorer? No thanks. We already have one of those.
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For some reason my brain read Patrick Kane. I’m still learning hockey and don’t know if Laine’s injuries make him a good fit for us.
Good.
This is a real opportunity to eat some cap to preserve the farm and get a quality player who has the potential to be a really high end player. This is worth the risk.
I just listened to the podcast ([link](https://www.sportsnet.ca/podcasts/32-thoughts/the-rat-pack-is-dragged-back-to-edmonton/), timestamp 26:08) and the link Friedman suggests is fairly weak.
He says “a few people have said to me you have to watch Seattle on this one”, which basically means people are speculating to Friedman that this is a move that could work. He’s *not* reporting that Seattle has contacted Columbus or that Laine is interested in waiving his NTC for Seattle.
In general – rumors websites like this are incentivized to make more of stuff like this that the actual original report is to maximize clicks. I don’t think the article in this case is too clickbait-y, but still it is better to go directly to the original source and report what they actually said.
That said – I do think Laine does make sense for the Kraken for a number of reasons, some of which Friedman goes through in the podcast. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Kraken were actually inquiring about Laine or if a trade was made.
We currently have the cap for some gamble. We also have Burky, so maybe we have enough gamble on the roster already.
Another injury prone scorer? No thanks. We already have one of those.
just keep him out of the Central
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