St-Louis Reveals His Power-Play Units as Laine Gets Demoted to the Second Unit
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In the past few hours, Montreal Canadiens forward Patrik Laine received some very bad news.
After starting training camp on the team's second line alongside Kirby Dach and Ivan Demidov, he will officially begin the season on the fourth line.
But that's not all!
Patrik Laine will officially NOT start the season on the first power-play unit: the Canadiens have made their choice
This one stings, since the power play has literally been his bread and butter in the NHL for the past few years.
It's head coach Martin St-Louis' decision, and Laine has to respect it. Let's also remember that Laine was recently called into a meeting to discuss his five-on-five play.
Kent Hughes has clearly told Laine what he must do if he wants to earn back his roles at 5-on-5 and on the power play.
Here's how it looks:
PP1: Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky-Bolduc-Hutson
PP2: Laine-Dach-Demidov-Gallagher-Dobson
PP2: Laine-Dach-Demidov-Gallagher-Dobson
Laine will indeed start on the second power-play unit (unlike Zachary Bolduc and unlike last season), but the same also applies to young Ivan Demidov.
It will be very interesting to see how Patrik Laine responds following these demotions announced by Martin St-Louis.
It will also be very interesting to see what Zachary Bolduc can accomplish on the first power-play unit, alongside Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield, Juraj Slafkovsky, and Lane Hutson.
To be continued tomorrow!
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