Patrik Laine of the Winnipeg Jets doesn't seem to want to say too much when asked about rumours that he's requested a trade.
"I'm here, aren't I?" he told reporters on the opening say of NHL training camps. "That's the only thing I'm worried about."
"Maybe it's a small Canadian market and there's nothing else to talk about, I don't know," Laine said.
Laine's agent reportedly said a trade would be beneficial to both his client and the Jets, something Laine insists he has no control over.
"I didn't say it," is all he offered. "I'm here and I'm working hard."
Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice said he's not focused at all on Laine potentially wanting to be traded.
"I don't spend a whole lot of time thinking about it," Maurice said, adding Laine was fantastic in practice.
"So I'll judge that instead," Maurice said. "He's here, he was in a good mood."
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