8 NHL Free-Agent Landing Spots for Patrik Laine Amid Rumors
We’re nearly a month away from NHL training camps opening up and one of the formerly premiere goal scorers in the league is still without a home. Patrik Laine was once a regular 30-to-40 goal scorer in the league, but after a litany of injuries and mercurial performance, he’s now on the outside looking in as a free agent.
A series of injuries held Laine to just five games played with the Montréal Canadiens last season and even though he returned to skating in January with the team, he was never activated the rest of the season. A player with his kind of shot and ability to score on the power play has value but given his recent history of health issues and his career filled with oodles of goals, what he’d want in a contract and what teams would be willing to risk would likely be far apart.
Still, with camp approaching and teams still in need of help filling holes offensively, there would have to be a market for a guy who once scored 44 goals in a season, right? We’ve read the blogs, sniffed around at the rumors and put together a list of teams who might just come calling for the Finnish sniper.
