Confirmed with Link: Alexis Lafreniere Signs Extension [7Y/7.45M AAV]

[bhamill]

No way he was skating that fast year. He definitely worked hard on his skating in the offseason. #23 already had steam coming in behind Laf and he still pulled away from him.

I’m sure he worked on it, but some of this is DECISIVENESS. When you have confidence you don’t have INdecisiveness slowing you down.

 

[80shockeywasbuns]

The thing is he hasn’t scored much on the PP because his PP shifts in past seasons have been 30 seconds mostly starting outside of the O Zone and NO ONE is going is going to rack up PP points like that. We have no real idea if he sucks on the PP or not. This year his pp shifts have improved to 50 secs or so, still with the second tier scorers, so even if he “figures out the PP” it won’t be PP1 type numbers.

Yeah like what? Nobody on the second unit can be assessed at all. PP2 for the last 5 years has been like a 5 page essay you wrote in 30 minutes and turned in at 11:59 PM. If Trouba is quarterbacking then it’s unserious

 

[2014nyr]

the haters and losers are furious

 

[Beniersgeron]

Well, well, well... how the turn table

 

[JCProdigy]

Well, well, well... how the turn table

 

[Draft Guru]

On pace for about 32 goals and 57 points here in year 4. All you can ask for is progress.

 

[OthmannOut]

Do you guys think we can get a fifth rounder for him?

 

[rangersfansince08]

No way he was skating that fast year. He definitely worked hard on his skating in the offseason. #23 already had steam coming in behind Laf and he still pulled away from him.

Yea he looked good here. Glad to see hard work paying off. He might eventually be a PPG player if ever gets on PP1.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

On pace for about 32 goals and 57 points here in year 4. All you can ask for is progress.

Add pp1 to that and he's right where he should be, 57 points without being on pp1 is actually really impressive

The same people saying he put the work in were trashing him all preseason for not looking any different than last year lol. Opportunity and confidence go hand in hand, this coach gets that.

 

[SML2]

It's early. He's quietly 3rd on the team in goals. His 2 EV goals are 2nd highest to Kreider's 3. His TOI is far less. He gets no PP1 time, and that's what's going to keep his points total and his goal scoring down. He has to do it all at 5v5. Not going talk about even strength as a whole because 4v4 and 3v3 he doesn't play. He has to do everything 5v5. That's not an easy task.

Trocheck while leading the forwards in ice time most night so far, all the PP1 time, he's got 1 goal. On the PP. While getting over 3 minutes per game on the PP. He's got 1 goal and 1 assist. Zibanejad hasn't scored but at least has 5 points. Fox has 5 points. Kreider has 5 points. Panarin has 7 points. Chytil has 5 points. Kakko has 2 points while getting no PP1 time...Trocheck has 2 points while getting PP1 time crammed down his throat. He needs to be off that unit, his ice time needs to be cut. Rangers best game of the season against Seattle, Trocheck's ice time was limited and the Rangers scored 4 goals. When he leads the forwards in ice time they struggle to score goals. Shocking.

He was so integral to Carolina that Carolina leads the NHL by a wide margin in time in the O zone this season. He wasn't of consequence for them. He's not for us either.

He rides coattails of better players around him. Coaches and fans love him because he skates around like a chicken with its head cut off. But he's ineffective in the offensive zone. He has no hands, he has no shot. Plain and simple. Put my grandmother on PP1 over an 82 game sample size with Panarin, Zibanejad, Kreider, and Fox and she'll score 60 points in a season.

Lafreniere should be on PP1. Having a left handed shot in the high slot for Zibanejad to set up from the left wall makes the PP less predictable. As it stands now only the left side of the ice is shooting. Too predictable. Too many right handed shots. The only left handed shot is standing in front of the goaltender (Kreider). Put Laf, in the "bumper" spot, let Zibanejad set him up.

The mission of the PP unit is to score goals. This PP unit is doing that 35% of the time. Part of that is Trocheck winning faceoffs over 60% of the time.

 

[Harbour Dog]

Do you guys think we can get a fifth rounder for him?

All I know is it's ludicrous to think we can get a first rounder for him. 2nd rounder at best, if some team is desperate.

 

[haohmaru]

LafStacheier > LafBeardier

LafrenGretzky, IMHO.

 

[RangerBoy]

the haters and losers are furious

The haters and losers are turning their anger towards Kakko.

 

[Black Tank]

Should have traded him with adds for Zegras. Remember when those posters were dripping with fluids over Trevor? How'd that look now?

 

[Cuckoo4Kakko]

The haters and losers are turning their anger towards Kakko.

If Kakko turns it around, hopefully they can turn their anger towards themselves, let the board be positive as the team is 10-2-1 and winning even without 5v5 production from line 1 and missing multiple superstars. We are in the good times. Lets try and enjoy it.

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

Looked like he could skate pretty well on that game winning goal… what a burst!

He’s playing with confidence. What a difference that makes. And there’s the first 3 point game I was asking for.

This is good. We got something here. Keep it rolling

 

[ColonialsHockey10]

Gotta give a ton of credit to Lavi for sticking with him on the Panarin line and riding out some of these pointless stretches.

Those won’t be the last time he goes a few games without a point. He’s not going to light it up every night but each game is a building block. Just knowing he has some consistency in his linemates and a coach that believes in him does wonders.

 

[GENESISPuck94]

Gotta give a ton of credit to Lavi for sticking with him on the Panarin line and riding out some of these pointless stretches.

Those won’t be the last time he goes a few games without a point. He’s not going to light it up every night but each game is a building block. Just knowing he has some consistency in his linemates and a coach that believes in him does wonders.

Luckily he understood that pointless stretches are going to happen when all a player's ice time is 5v5.

 

[PANARIN BREAD FAN]

Luckily he understood that pointless stretches are going to happen when all a player's ice time is 5v5.

not sure about the understanding part. it was a bitter pill of a dose of reality that he just had to accept and swallow.

lavi has done wonders so far with 13. my main concerns going forward is the other 2 kids regressing back to the way they were before last season.

 

[McRanger92]

not sure about the understanding part. it was a bitter pill of a dose of reality that he just had to accept and swallow.

lavi has done wonders so far with 13. my main concerns going forward is the other 2 kids regressing back to the way they were before last season.

Chytil was playing great before he got injured

 

[GAGLine]

The haters and losers are turning their anger towards Kakko.

Exactly. This place is so bi-polar. In the preseason, Kakko was great and Laf needed to be waived. Now that Laf is producing and Kakko isn't, suddenly the roles are reversed.

Maybe people should try being a bit less reactionary.

 

[McRanger92]

Exactly. This place is so bi-polar. In the preseason, Kakko was great and Laf needed to be waived. Now that Laf is producing and Kakko isn't, suddenly the roles are reversed.

Maybe people should try being a bit less reactionary.

People were ready for the team to be sellers in the 2nd period yesterday lol

 

[DanielBrassard]

Another excellent performance for him. it’s exciting to see the steps he is taking each game.

 

[mas0764]

On pace for about 32 goals and 57 points here in year 4. All you can ask for is progress.

The assists will pick up.

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

On pace for about 32 goals and 57 points here in year 4. All you can ask for is progress.

He's playing like a 60-70 point player on any other team in the league right now, who has the luxury of full PP time.

If he stays at this level, you'd have to think his 5on5 numbers would turn out to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 25, 30, 55.

If thats the case, as I've mentioned before that is on par or better than several big name all-stars around the league