Laine Hints at His Next Move as Free Agency Looms

Patrik Laine is already putting the league on notice before the market even opens, and that usually means there is more going on than the standard, polite free-agent sound bite. The winger’s future has been a conversation piece for a while, and now he is giving everyone a little more to chew on as teams start mapping out their summer boards. In this business, when a player starts talking about what comes next, front offices listen a lot harder than the fans do.