Quoting: swinny
Oh he is a gamer alright. But if he doesn't fit on the line, does that now suggest the Jets think the unthinable and move him for someone that does?
If Laine is so dependant on the PP to produce what does that suggest?
As for Maurice, I am of the mindset he has outlived his usefulness in Winnipeg. Maybe a new coach gets Laine to another level.
A lot to questions around the player. None involve his competition level or live of the game.
Well before they trade a generational goal scorer maybe the coach should do the unthinkable and try some line combos that might work? Seriously after this many seasons of Maurice we know he likes Wheeler with Scheiffele and Tanev with Lowry, man he's such an outside of the box thinker... ?
I get your point, he may be too reliant on the PP to get his goals and struggles to score 5v5 but one could argue his 5v5 struggles are directly linked to his lines overall lack of chemistry which once again he has no control over. Also I'm not a huge stats guy but I've heard that even the top line struggles to score 5v5 and if that's the case this entire team struggles to score 5v5 cause that 3rd line is an offensive black hole and the 4th line is non existent in Maurice's world.
Seriously in a lot of Jets fans(not saying you but idk maybe you..lol) Laine is this massive problem and he's one of the main reasons for this season's failure but really if you think about it if it wasn't for his red hot November and all the wins that coincided with that streak this team might not of made the playoffs.
I mean we're saying Laine relies on the PP for his goals but how much are the Jets on a whole relying on Laine to get those goals for them to go anywhere??
So having said that I think all the flak Laine is taking is total nonsense, this team had a myriad of issues this season and while some of that is on Laine there's also a lot of other and likely bigger factors that lead to this debacle of a season.
Yup I agree he's of no use to this organization anymore, he seems like a good guy and I appreciate the stability he brought in when he was hired but it's time to move on, he won't be taking Laine or this team to the next level.
Just on Maurice for a second, I think coming in to a team that's in a bit of a mess and bringing things back in order is what he's really good at but that's it, he isn't good at taking a team to the next level. Like I almost think he'd be good for the Oilers for around 1.5-2 seasons and then he steps aside and someone else takes them to the next level, obviously lots of fixing that needs to happen with that lineup first but he'd probably be good at bring some rule, order and stability there but wouldn't take them to the next level.
I'm sure he still loves the game but from his end of season media interviews it was pretty obvious he didn't have much fun this season, he didn't love playing the game in Winnipeg this season which is a concern. I mean people can hate on him all they want but goal scorers like him don't drop in your lap everyday and there's a ton of NMC's out there, might not be easy to get the return you want for him. Should be building a team culture for young players that you've drafted that this is where you want to be and you'll be successful here, not shipping them off for some guy that's not happy he's getting traded to the Winnipeg Jets.