Alexis Lafreniere Signs Extension [7Y/7.45M AAV]

[GoAwayPanarin]

Zib should take notes

The entire roster should take notes

 

[EdJovanovski]

 

[Psycho4Perreault]

Laf for C. Now Igor needs to take a lot less than he wants.

 

[Kords]

Laf for C. Now Igor needs to take a lot less than he wants.

Nah, sometimes you just HAVE to reset the market man

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I guess 8 would be ideal but that sounds great.

 

[Synergy27]

I ripped this kid worse than anyone. This is the best news I have seen in a long time.

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

Incredible. I always believed in you kid. You earned every single penny, and all the rest you probably are leaving on the table with this team friendly deal.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Possibly our second best forward. No one is close to Panarin but he's in the mix and his true competition is probably only Trocheck. Kreider is not that productive at even strength and Chytil lacks the finish even though his play is something to behold.

 

[EdJovanovski]

He's certainly not taking the most he can get, almost as if he wants to repay the Rangers for believing in him & still giving him that shot on Panarin's line when the world thought he was a bust. I was a harsh critic (though there's some revisionist history there as I was one of the few who said he was better than Kakko) but I gain even more respect for him after this. He looks poised to pick up where he left off in the playoffs and have a big year, with how Mika's playing who knows he could find himself on PP1 & put up 90pts. Crosby-like self sacrifice for the team, without a doubt should be the captain after Trouba is moved next year.

 

[McRanger92]

With every big game the Rangers top guys come out flat, I look more and more toward the Fox/Lafreniere era. This contract confirms that is their path forward.

 

[mas0764]

Awesome, now get Kakko to an undermarket deal.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

For once my favorite poster on this board @Machinehead needs to be called out. Reading his posts back in the day you'd think he'd never be an NHLer.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Awesome, now get Kakko to an undermarket deal.

$1.2M?

 

[Machinehead]

For once my favorite poster on this board @Machinehead needs to be called out. Reading his posts back in the day you'd think he'd never be an NHLer.

Yeah, I was garbage on this. No two ways about it.

Lafreniere struggled, no doubt about that, but he proved us wrong. Be more patient. That's what we've learned.

 

[McRanger92]

For once my favorite poster on this board @Machinehead needs to be called out. Reading his posts back in the day you'd think he'd never be an NHLer.

He enjoys his hyperbole

 

[effen]

$1.2M?

He said under market.

 

[Machinehead]

He enjoys his hyperbole

I use hyperbole 5 million times a day!

 

[17futurecap]

It’s Friday, and our favorite softball player signed a great deal, congrats to Laf, well deserved.

 

[McRanger92]

I use hyperbole 5 million times a day!

When Cuylle & Kakko put up 50 points this year, I'll start thinking its just a reverse mush

 

[Machinehead]

With every big game the Rangers top guys come out flat, I look more and more toward the Fox/Lafreniere era. This contract confirms that is their path forward.

Laf also laid out his mission statement here. He could have said "nah I want something short" and cashed in on UFA years. He wants to be here through his best years at a discount.

 

[mas0764]

Has the potential to be the best deal Drury has ever signed a player to.

Long term. High upside young player. Already under market value and will only get better as the cap goes up. Imagine if the kid gets PP time? A 90 point player on that deal in 2 years?

 

[Rempe73]

Crying tears of joy rn. Laf I love you bro

 

[The Crypto Guy]

WOW, under 8M?

 

[McRanger92]

2026 Opening Night Lines

Lafreniere-Eichel-Perrault
Cuylle-Chytil-Kakko
Othmann-Trocheck-Berard
Edstrom-Rempe-Sykora

 

[Fitzy]

Very favorable terms considering the peviously rumored 8x8.

Maybe Laf thinks he'll still be in his prime at 31 and that the cap will be much higher. If I was him I'd want either all 8 years or the shortest possible path to UFA.