This led to the Blue Jackets making life hard on him during the game on Monday night. After six shifts, the boo birds, and four hits against, Laine left the game with an apparent injury. Now back to what the insider had to say. The latest NHL insider to share their opinion was Jeff Marek. He had this to say:

Former Blue Jackets forward says he needed to leave after 'things happened,' and says he tired of 'losing and just giving up when it's December.'

Former Columbus Blue Jackets forward Patrik Laine returned to Nationwide Arena for the first time since being dealt to the Montreal Canadiens in a move that he requested; he felt a change of scenery would be best for him and his career.

Montreal Canadiens forward Patrik Laine had some critical words for his former teammates on the Columbus Blue Jackets. Laine opened up with Blue Jackets reporter Aaron Portzlline yesterday, expressing his reasons for wanting a trade out of Columbus: “I feel like we were just doing the same thing year after year,