It’s time to move on. That’s what both John Tortorella and Patrik Laine said yesterday in the wake of his benching. “We’ve moved on, we’ve talked about it and it’s going to stay in the room,” Laine said.
NHL News: Patrik Laine accepts blame
The Jackets brand new star acquired in the Pierre-Luc Dubois trade was benched for verbally disrespecting one of his coaches. In yesterday’s press conference he did a good job of acknowledging that and wants to put it behind him.
“I always play with passion and sometimes you say things you don’t want to say and that’s gonna happen sometimes,” Laine explained.