Patrik Laine was supposed to be honored during his return to Columbus, but after some shocking comments he made, the team decided to outright cancel it. The Columbus Blue Jackets traded Patrik Laine in the offseason. In the days leading up to facing his former team for the first time as a member of the Montreal Canadiens, he stirred up quite a hornet's nest. Leading up to the game, Patrik Laine made some <a href='https://www.hockeylatest.com/nhl-team/montreal-canadiens/a-therapist-who-bashed-patrik-laine-mental-health-is-facing-an-extreme-amount-of-backlash-online' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>comments that certainly ruffled a lot of feathers</a> among Blue Jackets players and probably throughout the franchise. I feel like we were just doing the same thing year after year, said Laine as per Portzline. I was tired of losing and just giving up when it's December to start focusing on next year. I'm not going to do that. That's frustrating as a player when you're trying to win and some people are, you know, not like that. I'll leave that for everybody's imagination, said the Canadiens forward. But there were certainly, certainly people like that who were a little too comfortable and fine with losing and just doing the same thing year after year. I'm going to leave that up for discussion for everybody else. Veteran defenseman Zach <a href='https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/blue-jackets-zach-werenski-fires-back-at-patrik-laine-just-unacceptable/' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Werenski wasted no time responding to Laine's comments</a>, and the fallout didn't stop there. Reportedly, the Blue Jackets had planned to honor <a href='https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/player/patrik-laine-8479339' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Laine</a> with a tribute video acknowledging his three years with the team. <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/Habsfan2004/status/1871558184617628009'> </a></blockquote></div> However, in light of his critical statements about his time in Columbus, the team abruptly scrapped the idea on the afternoon of the game. The whole episode, from Laine's provocative remarks to Werenski's pointed response, has been nothing short of dramatic. Though his time in Columbus was brief, Laine's exit and the tension it has caused could very well set off a long-standing rivalry between the two teams.