Alexis Lafreniere disappointing season start? PART 2

[nbwingsfan]

Of course its not - just look at every other metric if you want to see how dominate he is.

Here's how he ranks among defenseman at 5v5 since the start of his career:

1st in rel CF%
1st in rel FF%
1st in rel SF%
1st in rel xGA/60
2nd in rel xGF%

Source

Again, not getting into who's better than who. Just not sure why you decided to use ice time of all things to point out hes better

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Again, not getting into who's better than who. Just not sure why you decided to use ice time of all things to point out hes better

Because I was on my phone and it was the easiest thing to reference at the time.

 

[BrockLobster]

How would anyone know?

Good question. Only HF Rangers seems to know.

 

[DVision44]

How would anyone know?

How do YOU know that's his issue?

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

How do YOU know that's his issue?

So he coincidentally lost all his talent and is having the worst season of his NHL career completely coincidentally at age 27?

I think it's pretty safe to believe that the physical issues are impacting him.

 

[ffh]

No.

Yes

 

[mm11]

Chytil was really good this season before being injured. He's not lacking consistency, he's lacking opportunity. He was outplaying Strome, and was about to take his spot. People suggest the Rangers are so bad at center, but production-wise, Strome and Chytil performed okay for a 2/3C center combo last season. They probably will do the same this season.

There's this thought-process out there from the outside that Strome is a product of Panarin, so he's a pretty underwhelming 2C. If you want to say that, be fair that Chytil is also a player who firmly projects as a 2C once he gets that opportunity. Making it a proposition where Strome sucks and can't be the long-term solution and Chytil is inconsistent is being patently unfair to the situation where you take the worst-case scenario viewpoint on both players instead of some middle-ground view on the players.

Thank you for your feedback. Chytil is a nice player and is slooowly getting better I guess. The NHL is loaded with them. Being a consistent legit 2nd line center for a cup contender remains to be seen. Hope it works out for the ranger brass

 

[FeatherHead]

Want to see disappointing? See how it plays out without Panarin.

 

[Karl Eriksson]

Want to see disappointing? See how it plays out without Panarin.

Yeah, no Panarin and DJ Z-Bad playing V bad is not gonna help Laf perform to expectations.

 

[TGWL]

Yeah, no Panarin and DJ Z-Bad playing V bad is not gonna help Laf perform to expectations.

In fairness, the Strome, Kakko, Lafreniere line looked good without Panarin.

 

[aufheben]

Want to see disappointing? See how it plays out without Panarin.

He doesn’t play with Panarin lol

 

[Cleatus]

If he ends the season with only 15-20 points, that'd definitely be disappointing by 1st overall rookie standards, but I wouldn't worry if I was a Rangers fan. Lafreniere plays a style of game that requires alot more strength/agility at the NHL level compared to juniors. I'd give it 2-3 more years until we truly see what he's capable of (but wouldn't be surprised if he breaks out as early as next season).

 

[FeatherHead]

He doesn’t play with Panarin lol

He won’t have a chance to either. Simply saying that playing with Panarin would change his outlook positively should the opportunity arise. And it’s not going to anytime soon.

 

[canuckking1]

i know its the go-to excuse, but Quinn is absolutely clueless. I made fun of Devils fans for blaming their problems on Hynes. I've seen the light.

I think if it was only laf you couldn't really blame coaching but you have 4 straight high end forward prospect disappoint and have trouble in camp/games then you start looking at the coaching staff/development team.

 

[Amazinmets73]

Yes

In spite of how disappointing Lafreniere has been its still not particularly close.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

In spite of how disappointing Lafreniere has been its still not particularly close.

Stutzle has been world's better. No reason to believe Lafreniere will be able to close the gap.

 

[Kofi Annan]

Stutzle looks like the real deal right now.

 

[Amazinmets73]

Stutzle has been world's better. No reason to believe Lafreniere will be able to close the gap.

Stutzle has been abysmal whereas Laf has been below average to poor. Laf has been improving of late so the gap is widening.

 

[Blacephalon]

Stutzle has been abysmal whereas Laf has been below average to poor. Laf has been improving of late so the gap is widening.

What an embarrassing statement lmao

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Stutzle has been abysmal whereas Laf has been below average to poor. Laf has been improving of late so the gap is widening.

Stutzle has been fantastic. Lafreniere has been extremely disappointing.

 

[BigHitter67]

Stutzle has been abysmal whereas Laf has been below average to poor. Laf has been improving of late so the gap is widening.

Stop! You’re embarrassing yourself , which is really F-in hard to do posting anonymously..lol

 

[Karl Eriksson]

Stutzle has been abysmal whereas Laf has been below average to poor. Laf has been improving of late so the gap is widening.

Jimmy is probably a Calder finalist and Laf would be in the AHL if that was an option.

 

[Korpse]

Stutzle has been abysmal whereas Laf has been below average to poor. Laf has been improving of late so the gap is widening.

I've really tried to avoid talking about Stutzle in unrelated threads but my goodness you couldn't be more wrong about Stutzle.

 

[tstracuzza]

Stutzle has been abysmal whereas Laf has been below average to poor. Laf has been improving of late so the gap is widening.

Enough of the trolling... or are you seriously that much of a homer

 

[CrushablePilsner]

Stutzle has been abysmal whereas Laf has been below average to poor. Laf has been improving of late so the gap is widening.

This guy has been trolling multiple threads about Stutzle with little to no merit.