Patrik Laine best be careful what he wishes for, lest he wake up on June 25 and find what he thinks would be a dream come true turns out instead to be a nightmare on Bay Street.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard that Laine has been making a loud — and, truth be told, compelling — argument this month that it should be him, and not Auston Matthews, who is selected first overall at the upcoming NHL entry draft a week from Friday.
The fact Laine would become a member of arguably the most dysfunctional sports franchise in North America — the Toronto Maple Leafs — if he gets his wish on June 24 seems not to have occurred to the 18-year-old Finnish phenom.