He has a full schedule ahead of him this week.
"Obviously, it's going to be a busy week for me," Laine said. "There's a lot of things I need to do, a lot of people I want to see. So it will be a busy week but it's better to have a tight schedule than just nothing and just lying in bed just like usual on the road. So it's going to be a fun week."
Jets captain Blake Wheeler said Laine's laid-back, understated interviews Sunday, in Finnish and English, should not fool anyone into thinking this is just another week for him.
"I'm sure he's really excited," Wheeler said. "He's pretty low key and tries to downplay everything. It'll be cool for him. He's going to have a ton of people here. A lot of people cheer for him over here, so it's good for him to get back here and give back a little bit."
Laine and Finland-born Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov will be the two main players of the Global Series games between the Jets (7-4-1) and Panthers (2-4-3).
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"It's going to be interesting to see who has more guys cheering for them," Laine said. "I think it will be a lot of fun. We have passionate fans in Finland, so I think they'll be pretty loud and cheering for both of us for sure, but hopefully more for the Jets."
The NHL's presence in Helsinki with two of the its best Finland-born players illustrates and enhances the sport's wide, global reach.
Jets coach Paul Maurice sounded certain that will continue.
"There will be a kid that watches the (games here) who's 5, 6, 7 or 12 years old that's going to watch [Patrik] Laine and Barkov, and maybe it's Mark Scheifele, who knows?" Maurice said. "Or maybe it's Josh Morrissey but they'll see somebody, and that fire will get ignited and they'll be playing in the NHL because of it.
"So I think my experience, having spent a year in Europe coaching (with Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League in 2012-13), is that there's great passion for the game of hockey. It's not just in Canada and the more fans we have, the more people that are exposed to the game, the more they'll enjoy it. And I think it's also part of our duty. We're playing in the NHL, working in the NHL. We have a responsibility to the game itself, to show it properly and to put on a good show."
Maurice said he's eager to see Laine in his own element.
"Sure, you get to show off a little bit," he said. "You're playing in the NHL, you're 20 years old and you get to bring your whole team over to your playground to show off in front of the other kids. It should be fun. I hope he has a great time here. What a wonderful experience for his whole family.
"Maybe more than that, we all understand here how many people it takes to raise a professional hockey player, amateur coaches, teachers, all the people that are involved. They get to see him on TV but it's not the same thing. So the lucky few that will get into the building, (they'll) get to see the payoff of all their hard work."
Laine said he will try to live up to the expectations this week.
"It's obviously a dream come true to be able to play in the NHL and now come to Finland and play," he said. "It was awesome as a kid to go watch Florida play against my hometown team (Tappara in 2009), and now to be one of those guys who comes here and inspires the kids here, it's an honor and I'll try to do my job as well as I can."
