Laine officially joins Swiss team during contract standoff with Jets

This just in, unsigned Winnipeg Jets restricted free agent Patrick Laine is taking his game to Switzerland while his agent and the Jets continue contract negotiations.

This news courtesy of Finnish hockey insider Sami Hoffren:

Patrik Laine is heading to Switzerland. Going to train with SC Bern for a while. https://t.co/grKI3X8KWZ
— Sami Hoffrén (@shoffren) September 14, 2019

Hoffren goes on to clarify that there’s currently no plan in place for Laine to play for Bern, just to train with the team for the time being.

According to SC Bern head coach Kari Jalonen (former Finnish national team coach) Patrik Laine will skate with the team for now. They’re taking it week-by-week. Jalonen: “He won’t play for us this season”.— Sami Hoffrén (@shoffren) September 14, 2019

The 21-year-old Laine is one of a handful of star RFAs in the NHL still waiting on a new contract. Mikko Rantanen, Brayden Point, Matthew Tkachuk, Brock Boeser and Jets teammate Kyle Connor are also all without a contract for the upcoming season.

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