Really a mutually beneficial practice IMO. It’s good practice for Laine to play against a player who doesn’t need to play physical to defend well and good practice for Lane to focus on his defense without using his body.
La(i)ne
They’re going to be a stud duo, Hutson seemed to find Laine a lot for the short period they had together in pre season.
Timmins was right, Struble is built like a Greek god
Can just feel the joy bleeding off of those two in that practice
Watching Hutson defend against Driasiatl I was impressed, for a slight defenseman he can really get inside bigger guys. Effective.
I live in Edmonton and am a big hockey nerd so the only time I’m not watching the Oilers is when it’s in the same time slot as the Habs.
Cool thing about Mcdavid is watching him elevate the play of everyone around him (to a degree) not just on the stat sheet but you can see it in the way people play around him after a while.
Slaf/Nick/Cole/Lane/Laine/Demi/Kirby et al aren’t just playing together they’re all going to learn from each other and push each other to be better and it’s really exciting
Hudson’s stick presence is so good. With stick play like he has his size is less of a factor on the back end, I think at least.
Just having these two practicing and playing with the boys will make them all better.
Sam even said he got warmed up with Patty’s shot at practice before his shutout last Monday against the Oilers.
Ridiculous hands for a guy this big
Those 2 are going to make such sweet music together.
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Really a mutually beneficial practice IMO. It’s good practice for Laine to play against a player who doesn’t need to play physical to defend well and good practice for Lane to focus on his defense without using his body.
La(i)ne
They’re going to be a stud duo, Hutson seemed to find Laine a lot for the short period they had together in pre season.
Timmins was right, Struble is built like a Greek god
Can just feel the joy bleeding off of those two in that practice
Someone edit that on-ice battle to [Duel of the Fates](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDY94U_vYmo). Bonus updoots if you add in lightsaber swoosh noises.
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Watching Hutson defend against Driasiatl I was impressed, for a slight defenseman he can really get inside bigger guys. Effective.
I live in Edmonton and am a big hockey nerd so the only time I’m not watching the Oilers is when it’s in the same time slot as the Habs.
Cool thing about Mcdavid is watching him elevate the play of everyone around him (to a degree) not just on the stat sheet but you can see it in the way people play around him after a while.
Slaf/Nick/Cole/Lane/Laine/Demi/Kirby et al aren’t just playing together they’re all going to learn from each other and push each other to be better and it’s really exciting
Hudson’s stick presence is so good. With stick play like he has his size is less of a factor on the back end, I think at least.
Just having these two practicing and playing with the boys will make them all better.
Sam even said he got warmed up with Patty’s shot at practice before his shutout last Monday against the Oilers.
Ridiculous hands for a guy this big
Those 2 are going to make such sweet music together.