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Man, that backhander was deadly. Seamless transition from 'this is going to be a pass' to 'this is going just under the bar'.
Player Discussion Alexis Lafrenière: Part II
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Man, that backhander was deadly. Seamless transition from 'this is going to be a pass' to 'this is going just under the bar'.
HockeyBasedNYC
Feeling it
You know if he puts that in its all over every hockey world as "he's arrived"
That was a sweet play with a shade of McDavid
should be required reading for anyone who thinks he’s been bad, invisible, overwhelmed or all of the above.
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Let that puck luck flow, baby...
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Maybe I’m stretching here, but I feel like he has been a lot more noticeable the past 3-4 games. Still plenty of mistakes, lazy forechecks, etc, but he’s touching the puck a lot, and the points are coming as a result.
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Synergy27
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I’m obviously happy that he’s been scoring points regularly for over a week now.
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He's going to be good in a year or two. He's already doing great things out there every night. He had a beautiful pass to Zib in the neutral zone that looked like was going to give zib a break away if he didn't cough up the puck.
No this is spot on. He is at least getting possession a lot more now, and actually doing more things with the puck. Still lazy on the forecheck and lot of floating.
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Every time I read “The Athletic” I see “The Atlantic” and wonder when one of the most respected left-leaning magazines start covering hockey.
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He has that elite passing ability Panarin has where sometimes dont think a pass has a 1% chance of going to them, then it hits their stick. A lot of players made that comment about adjusting to playing with Panarin last year and I'm sure a little of that may be a factor this year.
The pass to Ziba and the Strome assist is Elite passing. Give this kid time to grow into his frame a little more and work on his first couple strides and he will easily be a 20+55+ guy.
a real good recent trend has been unfolding the last few games: quinn is giving the kid more shifts. it's about goddamn time already. would love to him double the amount of shot attempts. most guys drafted that high tend to get off 3-4 shots a game in their rookie year. before the last few games the kid would get about 2.
Rempe73
RIP King of Pop
By the way, just so you all know, Buchnevich hit Lafreniere on purpose so he could get the goal. What a teammate.
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WAAAAAAA!!!
It is nothing but sheer luck. We know the kid has already been ruined by his evil stepfather of a coach. Just like Kakko. Just like Chytil.
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Players always appear better/worse when the puck is going in/not
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No mention he played the most time on ice among all forwards last night
Surely I don’t need to explain to you the difference between scoring points and playing well.
I’m saying that outside of the points, I’m noticing that he’s touching the puck a lot more and appears to be more active. I want nothing more than for the kid to succeed, so was seeking additional confirmation that my eyes aren’t playing tricks on me.
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Well...pretty much.
Besides, that’s not like “Alexis Lafreniere has 69 expected goals”, it’s literally every shot location, shot type, and what happened after the shot.
You don’t even have to look at the ixG, the shot locations are the main thing.
I wrote that at the same time you posted the chart, so it looked like a response, but had nothing to do with that specifically.
Shot location, xGs, etc. all interesting, to a point. I find it lazy to just throw everything that troubles those data points into 'luck'.
Then again, I'm not ever in here saying or even implying the kid's a bust or something. Just really unimpressed/concerned with what I'm seeing from a player development pov.
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