I think the advanced stats on Laine are so overblown. Not every kid enters the league and is instantly an advanced stats darling. How are the Jets overall on advanced stats? Is he dragging his linemates down? Honest question actually. I also only half care, since... he is still a kid.
6'5", can hit like a truck when he feels like it, has what seems to be a top 5 NHL shot already, and scoring goals at a rate we haven't seen for almost a decade.
Mathews is now slouch either. Solid all-around player.
Huge LOL at the 'unsustainable shooting percentage' comment - that is what it means to have a top 5 NHL shot.
On the Flames, I would much rather have Laine. On a team like the Leafs, I would rather start with Mathews. All the proclamations about who is going to be superior to whom is just guesswork right now, and nothing more.
Just find it extremely silly to point at Laine and say "Unsustainable shooting percentage" and "ugly advanced stats" when he has a top 5 shot, and is only 18.
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