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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Laine's scoring slump is the single biggest problem with the Jets right now. It must be a huge concern heading into the playoffs, but I have to think this is something he will work through at some point.
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These two tweets from CapFriendly are pretty telling about Laine's slump and potential salary cap impacts for the Jets and the trade deadline:
https://twitter.com/CapFriendly/stat...88048338083842
https://twitter.com/CapFriendly/stat...88548114612226
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Food for thought:
(1/2) On Nov 29 #NHLJets Patrik Laine scored his 20th & 21st goal of the season, which had him in first place in the league for goals scored.
Since then Laine has scored 4 goals, and currently sits 34th in the league in goals scored.
Why is that important?
(2/2) Anything outside the top 10 means Laine misses out on a $1.8M 'B' bonus.
It also mean that the $1.8M the #NHLJets had earmarked as a possible bonus in Nov, can maybe be used at the trade deadline instead.
$1.8M at the deadline is equal to an $8.37M cap hit at full value.
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