Kent Hughes wants more from Patrik Laine

[content-ads]The GM, who didn’t hesitate to trust Laine by taking on his entire contract last year, obviously didn’t mean it as a big threat to the Finn.

After all, Hughes knows he’s got the talent to give more, especially at five-on-five.

In my conversations with him after the season, I said: hey, let’s look at the aspects of your game that need improvement so we can give you playing time more regularly. I think Patrik can make those changes.

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Kent Hughes to Patrik Laine

That’s why I don’t feel it was a big “threat” from the GM. After all, every GM wants to see his players give more… and Laine spent part of the 2024-2025 year saying that at even strength, he had to give more. Remember that Finn is in the last year of his contract and wants to stay in town after the 25-26 season, as we know.

So clearly, he’d do well to listen to his bosses and do what it takes to buy himself some playing time on the top-6 and first powerplay.

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