Player Discussion Alexis Lafreniere

[Rongomania]

The trick with Lafrenière is consistency. Good start, but need more. Absolutely he should get the chance.

I'm trying to think back, has Laffy played with Bread much at all? I don't think so. I couldn't watch much of the game, was it a good combo?

No, bread hates our kids and gallant just let that happen. "We pay you this amount not to make your own rules." Never should have been a question. Stromes leash was also 90,000 miles long because bread dug him. Play with who we want and need you to play with or gtfo.

 

[mas0764]

The trick with Lafrenière is consistency. Good start, but need more. Absolutely he should get the chance.

I'm trying to think back, has Laffy played with Bread much at all? I don't think so. I couldn't watch much of the game, was it a good combo?

He has not, to my knowledge.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Bread and Laf played together for a while to start last season.

Panarin-Tro-Laf was one of the few lines they had all season last year that generated offense. They also got cratered defensively but they did do a lot of offense.

 

[Beniers10 Hughes86]

I hope Laffy can continue from this game, if he can then the crow price is gonna skyrocket... because of all the people that gonna eat it

 

[will1066]

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It's almost time for his pregame meal of Dunkin sausage, egg and cheese croissant and XL iced coffee black.

 

[Levitate]

Bread and Laf played together for a while to start last season.

Panarin-Tro-Laf was one of the few lines they had all season last year that generated offense. They also got cratered defensively but they did do a lot of offense.

as I recall the Rangers started the year playing pretty aggressive on the puck hockey but it was all very loosey goosey so they were getting burned the other way a lot. Gallant blew up that line because they gave up chances and then had a down stretch of games, just like he blew up the zbad kakko line because they generated chances but were unlucky scoring. Then the whole team kinda switched to a more passive style because gallant demanded defensive accountability but without the gameplan on how to both play defense and be aggressive offensively (or so it seemed)

but now I'm just hoping that line keeps it up and scores a lot. that's all.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

as I recall the Rangers started the year playing pretty aggressive on the puck hockey but it was all very loosey goosey so they were getting burned the other way a lot. Gallant blew up that line because they gave up chances and then had a down stretch of games, just like he blew up the zbad kakko line because they generated chances but were unlucky scoring. Then the whole team kinda switched to a more passive style because gallant demanded defensive accountability but without the gameplan on how to both play defense and be aggressive offensively (or so it seemed)

but now I'm just hoping that line keeps it up and scores a lot. that's all.

Thats probably part of the reason, but I really feel like Gallant had ideas of what he really wanted to work in his head (that actually didn't work) and he would revert to those ideas every time that something that did work (or in this case, kind of worked) hit a bit of a rough patch. Kreider-Zibanejad-Kakko, Panarin-Trocheck-Vesey: Those were 2 of the BEST combos he came up with last year and neither of them got enough runway to really make a meaningful impact.

The ironic thing is that the Rangers were actually a pretty good defensive team the first half of the season. They regressed pretty hard in the second half so his brand of passive clearly wasn't the answer as you said.

 

[Synergy27]

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It's almost time for his pregame meal of Dunkin sausage, egg and cheese croissant and XL iced coffee black.

Black? It’s most certainly light and sweet.

 

[67 others]

Yes, hoping Laf takes off in a system approach. I think the quinn and gallant years throttled him. He may not be what we expected from a first pick but I think he has the opportunity to ba a great player. Still so young. Let us see what happens this season.

Joe Thornton, former 1st overall, was lost under Pat Burns for 3 years until Keenan arrived and gave him a different sort of coaching. He finished as almost a top 10 all time scorer playing in a low scoring era with a season and a half missed due to lockouts lol.

Had thornton played in the 80s, he might have finished top 5

 

[RangersFan1994]

With Lafréniere being good on faceoffs, 4 out of 5 last night. Would their be any chance that the Rangers would give him a look at center ice? Cuylle has faceoff experience as well, he actually took faceoffs in juniors the last few years.

 

[GAGLine]

With Lafréniere being good on faceoffs, 4 out of 5 last night. Would their be any chance that the Rangers would give him a look at center ice? Cuylle has faceoff experience as well, he actually took faceoffs in juniors the last few years.

I doubt it. It was one game and he's still trying to get used to playing RW. Let him settle into that.

Last year he was 28 out of 76 on faceoffs, so this was probably just a fluke.

 

[RangersFan1994]

I doubt it. It was one game and he's still trying to get used to playing RW. Let him settle into that.

Last year he was 28 out of 76 on faceoffs, so this was probably just a fluke.

Maybe a fluke or maybe he improved. Worth a shot if Rangers need fsceoff depth. Cuylle is also good at faceoffs

 

[IDvsEGO]

With Lafréniere being good on faceoffs, 4 out of 5 last night. Would their be any chance that the Rangers would give him a look at center ice? Cuylle has faceoff experience as well, he actually took faceoffs in juniors the last few years.

Theres a lot more to center than faceoffs.

 

[GAGLine]

Maybe a fluke or maybe he improved. Worth a shot if Rangers need fsceoff depth. Cuylle is also good at faceoffs

It's really not.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Jamal Crawford used to read the NY Knicks board. I get the feeling another NY based pro (not hockey) who I wont name reads a board.

If I were a pro athlete reading the boards I would tear my hair out. I bet 90% of the people don't even know what's going on in the game.

 

[Rongomania]

If I were a pro athlete reading the boards I would tear my hair out. I bet let 90% of the people don't even know what's going on in the game.

- Lafs fat.

- Laf sucks.

- Garland 4 Laf.

This week in Laf hate.

I'm so happy he had that game last night.

 

[FoxysExpensiveNYDigs]

Love that he won 4 of 5 on the dot last night.

 

[mike14]

The trick with Lafrenière is consistency. Good start, but need more. Absolutely he should get the chance.

I'm trying to think back, has Laffy played with Bread much at all? I don't think so. I couldn't watch much of the game, was it a good combo?

he played the first 13 games last season with Bread and Tro, then 1 game with Tro and Vesey before GG went back to the 'kid' line for awhile

 

[Shesterkybomb]

- Lafs fat.

- Laf sucks.

- Garland 4 Laf.

This week in Laf hate.

I'm so happy he had that game last night.

You forgot he'll be lucky to get a pto after this contract

 

[2014nyr]

It was all the Dunkin' run with Troubs posted yesterday morning.

Glad he channeled all the negativity in the press and within his own fanbase & showed that he's a pro whom has a ton of room to grow.

Very good things all around last night.

dunkin + chipotle...probably dropped about 15 lbs after that combo. was prob feelin light out there

 

[Daves a mess]

Bring Lafreniere home to Vancouver.

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2 goals for Othmann on LW in his first AHL game tonight.

Footsteps.

- Lafs fat.

- Laf sucks.

- Garland 4 Laf.

This week in Laf hate.

I'm so happy he had that game last night.

Laf sucks Garlands fat.

 

[LemonSauceD]

Don’t worry Pettersson can fix him.

 

[UnSandvich]

“Everyone in the room loves Laf,” Trouba said. “We love having him on the team, the energy he brings, the youthful exuberance he has towards the game and his teammates. Everybody’s pulling for him to do extremely well this year. He’s a huge part of our team.”

just gonna put this here (from Staple's postgame article)

 

[CLW]

“Everyone in the room loves Laf,” Trouba said. “We love having him on the team, the energy he brings, the youthful exuberance he has towards the game and his teammates. Everybody’s pulling for him to do extremely well this year. He’s a huge part of our team.”

just gonna put this here (from Staple's postgame article)

Mollie, on the podcast, said the same thing; Laffy is really popular in the room. Good thing this game repelled a lot of bad vibes that had been building up. Onwards and upwards.

 

[rangersfansince08]

yea lets just hope he can keep it up. if he, kakko, chytil can become 60 pt players that changes the outlook of our teams even more when considering Sykora, Othmann, Culleye and Perrault is a pretty decent group to look forward to.