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Give me Rico Fata’s speed, Josef Balej’s hands, and Jed Ortmeyer’s heart.
Prospect Info: 2020 NHL Draft 1st Overall Pick, Alexis Lafreniere, LW
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Give me Rico Fata’s speed, Josef Balej’s hands, and Jed Ortmeyer’s heart.
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JCProdigy
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....well Ok. Alexis Frankeniere...
I also gave you Balej's hair too because it's got Super Saiyan power.
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I know it sucks about Laf having such a late birthday, but it's kinda funny when you compare it to Ovi. Ovi will go down as one of the greatest goal scorers in history. Ovi missed the cutoff date for the draft by like 3 days AND he missed his entire first season due to the lockout. Imagine if Ovi were born 3 days earlier and didn't miss a season due to the lockout.
didnt the panthers try drafting him in 2003 arguing that leap years meant he was like 4 days older and thus eligible for 2003
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Upper Deck video, not wearing the number but the colors look good
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Love all these marketing video's less than a week from him getting drafted. This kids gonna be such a high profile super star in NY and for a long time. Still doesn't feel real.
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I always try making my teams as realistic as possible when playing GM mode in NHL, so when I won the draft lottery I traded Lafreniere because the possibility of us having him seemed to far fetched even for a video game
Holy shit that’s awesome. Ranger blue looks pretty darn good on him!
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This is cursed....well Ok. Alexis Frankeniere...
I also gave you Balej's hair too because it's got Super Saiyan power.
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Had great success playing him with Kakko in FHM — though that was in 2023.
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Rangers is so interesting this year. I hope Lafreniere is a superstar right away (it's possible) and Rangers will do a good playoff run. We need a hockey boom in New York, it would be so good for the sport. 
Competition for the first power play unit is quite tough this year. I think Kakko is forced to the second unit unless he can play Kreider's role in the middle.
Competition for the first power play unit is quite tough this year. I think Kakko is forced to the second unit unless he can play Kreider's role in the middle.
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Crease
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Yes. They tried in like four separate rounds and the NHL said no every time.
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I love the accent on the E in his name being included on the jersey.
As for the ongoing discussions about "should we try him at center" I really think that's overthinking it. He's a winger, he's been a dominant winger his whole life.
I look at a player like Patrick Kane, he is such a good winger that he is the driver on his line and it's basically irrelevant who his center is. He not only was dominant but won cups with the corpses of Michael Handzus and Brad Richards as his centers.
The strong majority of the time you need a strong center because almost everything runs through the center and the winger is a complimentary player. It's why the best players are usually centers and wingers are usually shooters, but there are rare cases where dominant wingers actually play like centers. Kane is the most notable example but even Panarin is another example of a winger who plays in a way that he's the real driver on the line. Lareniere is that way too.
As for the ongoing discussions about "should we try him at center" I really think that's overthinking it. He's a winger, he's been a dominant winger his whole life.
I look at a player like Patrick Kane, he is such a good winger that he is the driver on his line and it's basically irrelevant who his center is. He not only was dominant but won cups with the corpses of Michael Handzus and Brad Richards as his centers.
The strong majority of the time you need a strong center because almost everything runs through the center and the winger is a complimentary player. It's why the best players are usually centers and wingers are usually shooters, but there are rare cases where dominant wingers actually play like centers. Kane is the most notable example but even Panarin is another example of a winger who plays in a way that he's the real driver on the line. Lareniere is that way too.
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Posted this on the trade boards, in response to an Oilers fan, which is why I only broke down their 4 #1s , but it’s encouraging. We all KNOW to temper our expectations after Kakko’s season, but based off actual odds, 50+ points in a healthy full season wouldn’t be unreasonable at all:
RNH D+1 52 points in 62 games 69pt pace
Hall D+1 42 points in 65 games 53pt pace
Yakupov D+1 31 points in 48 games 53 pt pace
McDavid D+1 48 points in 45 games 88 pt pace
And of course you have D+1 years like Toews, Kane, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Matthews who all were well above 50 points per 82 in their D+1 season. Even Ekblad and Dahlin had 40+ points in their D+1 as Dmen.
Yakupov might have busted but 31 points in 48 games is still a 53 point rookie pace. Even Hischier had 52 points in his D+1. Realistically, Jack Hughes is the only #1 pick in the last decade to not have an immediate impact. Virtually every forward taken #1 since 2010 has had or paced for 50+ points and even the two Dmen had 40+.
Literally of the last 10 drafts, 8 #1 selections were forwards (Hall, RNH, Yak, Mack, McD, Matthews, Hischier, Hughes) and only one had or paced for less than 50 points, which was Hughes last year (and scoring was up). Going beyond the last 10 years, all the way back to 2000, if you take out Fleury, DiPietro and Erik Johnson and focus only on the forwards it’s Nash, Kovalchuk, Ovie, Crosby, Kane, Stamkos, Tavares leading up to Hall, which I already covered.
In the past 20 years 15/20 #1 picks have been forwards and of those 15, only Hughes didn’t have an impact immediately out of the gate. Only Yakupov busted.
RNH D+1 52 points in 62 games 69pt pace
Hall D+1 42 points in 65 games 53pt pace
Yakupov D+1 31 points in 48 games 53 pt pace
McDavid D+1 48 points in 45 games 88 pt pace
And of course you have D+1 years like Toews, Kane, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Matthews who all were well above 50 points per 82 in their D+1 season. Even Ekblad and Dahlin had 40+ points in their D+1 as Dmen.
Yakupov might have busted but 31 points in 48 games is still a 53 point rookie pace. Even Hischier had 52 points in his D+1. Realistically, Jack Hughes is the only #1 pick in the last decade to not have an immediate impact. Virtually every forward taken #1 since 2010 has had or paced for 50+ points and even the two Dmen had 40+.
Literally of the last 10 drafts, 8 #1 selections were forwards (Hall, RNH, Yak, Mack, McD, Matthews, Hischier, Hughes) and only one had or paced for less than 50 points, which was Hughes last year (and scoring was up). Going beyond the last 10 years, all the way back to 2000, if you take out Fleury, DiPietro and Erik Johnson and focus only on the forwards it’s Nash, Kovalchuk, Ovie, Crosby, Kane, Stamkos, Tavares leading up to Hall, which I already covered.
In the past 20 years 15/20 #1 picks have been forwards and of those 15, only Hughes didn’t have an impact immediately out of the gate. Only Yakupov busted.
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There is absolutely no reason to believe Lafreniere is not going to be an immediate 50+/82 point player as that is the case for the majority of #1 overall forwards in their rookie years. Anything less would be a disappointing rookie year and among the worst rookie years for #1 overalls in recent history (after Hughes).
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