Laine had some really serious attitude problems in junior, bad enough that they threatened to derail his career before it even started. He got over them for a while, saw a sports therapist, said all the right things in public. But that was before he scored a ton of goals in the NHL.
Let's also remember there were about 40 better goalscorers in the league last season.
I would love a focused Laine on the team, he's a fantastic goal scorer when he's on. But as things are now, I worry Laine's ego would also become a serious disruption.
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