My issue w laffy is the comments and statements about him defending him are what you would hear for a top ten pick, not for an undisputed 1oa pick. The standards are high bc they should be. It feels like members of this board are uncomfortable keeping those high standards since we have rarely been able to draft at the top, but expectations of laffy SHOULD be high. We are three years in already, we are past coddling w this kid...
Yeah but we all agree he's a disappointment as a 1OA.
Citing Lafreniere in comparison to other 1OAs is water under the bridge at this point.
Like, if we all signed an affidavit acknowledging that Lafreniere is the worst 1OA of the modern era, can we put that context to bed?
The 1OA thing is done. He's a disappointment in that regard.
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The "excuse-making" comes in now in reference to people who want to trade him for ten cents on the dollar, who claim he will only amount to "half," of Kreider's career, etc, etc.
The "excuse-making," is statistical comparisons that tend to tell a story that he's still likely to improve significantly and still likely to be a good NHL player.
How good, whether he will ever get to star status, and what we can get for him are all much better debates, but those all require the projection of his increased development, better deployment under a new coach, better role, increased minutes, etc, etc, etc.
I don’t care about trouba’s pp ability.
I’m fine with his salary if he can get back to the defensive ability he showed in 20-21.
His defensive ability in 20-21 still wasn't great. It was ok.
You can get a better defender than what Trouba did in 20-21 for half his salary still.
