Antti Mäkinen, a well -known favorite by Patrik Laine, believes that the Finn is finally ready to return to 40 goals in the NHL.
Patrik Laine27, again criticized for five against five of his play. Viaplay NHL Reviewer Antti Mäkinen Not worried about this.
– It may be that Laine only plays 6-7 minutes in the game for five five, but who does it interest if she bangs 40 goals in the regular season? Mäkinen asks and answers:
– No one.
True, but can Laine score 40 goals this season in the NHL?
– He’s ready for it, and I hope he succeeds, but its time will show.
Four chain?
Patrik Laine’s contract will expire next summer. AOP / USA Today Sports
Last season, only eight players broke the 40 goals in the NHL regular season. So the task is not easy.
In the case of Laine, the difficulty factor is further increased by the fact that he is likely to start the season in the Montreal Four Chain.
– It may be in the quad chain in order, but look at who he plays with! Mäkinen points out.
According to the NHL expert, Montreal’s quad number is not just a brake chain.
– On the left side is Josh Andersonreally trustworthy, large -sized Power forward. In the middle Jake Evans, Martin St. Louis [Montrealin päävalmentaja] Credit player.
Creditors, of course, but not Montreal top players.
– I would say that Montreal has one first chain and three second chains.
“Wiser”
Antti Mäkinen believes that Patrik Laine is ready to score 40 goals in the NHL regular season. Henri Kärkkäinen
Laine has a potential to score more than 40 goals in the NHL regular season. The Finn has at its best turn 44 hits per season, but it has been seven years.
Is Laine still as good as the record season 2017-18?
– He’s a wiser player. He is a more ready -made player, but he is not as hungry as then, Mäkinen says and continues:
– Now he has become an adult, and there are other things in the world than hockey. I would say he is a more balanced person today.
Big season
Laine is facing a big season as the man’s contract expires next summer.
An attacker who enjoys 8.7 million bucks should dramatically raise their level of last spring if the star’s salary is of interest next season.
– Laine is an interesting player that he is evaluated on a different scale than others. He either succeeds in a gigantic man or fails. There is no intermediate model.
Partly this is because Laine once set the bar so high. As a teenager, the sprayer announced that he wanted to be the best hockey player in the world.
Already in his second NHL season, he was second on the paint exchange. When, after such a start, only 20 goals in 52 games, it is a big disappointment for many.
If the job does not go to Montreal, Laine will probably have a merchandise at the latest at the transfer limit.
Do you believe Laine will play in Montreal until the end of the season?
– I believe.