Seravalli: Lafreniere and Rangers working 8-year deal worth more than $8 million AAV

[Prairie Habs]

Save some time and just send over the contract shesterkin turned down. It's already 8 years and everything.

 

[TheBeard]

Laff should probably wait. He's gonna be worth more than 9 very soon.

8 makes sense for who he is now. It's a risk for him to wait, and Rangers are probably overpaying now so they don't risk him developing into a 10-11 million dollar player, especially with the way the cap is gonna be jumping.

 

[3074326]

Cap has gone up, this isn’t that crazy. And he’s improved every season.

 

[Phion Keneuf]

Great deal. Guy is a stud

 

[Soul Assumption]

He got more even strength points than Stutzle is 4 less minutes a game last year.

And Hoglander got more even strength goals than Drai!

 

[KrisLetAngry]

Stutzle ppg+ center, Lafreniere 60pt winger, how are they even comparable? Different tiers. 8+ million is crazy, he is not worth more than 6.5. No wonder why Shesterkin rejects 11m.

Lafreniere signed a 2 year bridge deal.

Stutzle signed his deal after year 2 of his ELC. Different.

 

[DJJones]

And Hoglander got more even strength goals than Drai!

I mean put Hoglander on a PP with McDavid and he's going to get 30 more points. That's how PPs work.

Lafreniere just had the shit luck of being the odd man odd

 

[BertCorbeau]

Good for him. Kept working through the struggles and is breaking through and getting his payday

 

[WarriorofTime]

Save some time and just send over the contract shesterkin turned down. It's already 8 years and everything.

The best goaltender and a guy who was like 100th in scoring

 

[bl02]

Kid is built for the playoffs. And if he ever got pp1 time no one would be questioning his point production.
Plus Panarin gone in a couple of years.

 

[Ceremony]

Not sure I'd be doing this.

 

[Korpse]

He got more even strength points than Stutzle is 4 less minutes a game last year.

It's wild to use totals for points and then switch up and use a rate for TOI and also use a term like more for points and then a value for TOI/gp. You are also using EVS for points and all situations for TOI/gp. That level of inconsistency is special, especially when Lafreniere had 1 more point in 35 more minutes at even strength. It just feels intentionally misleading the way you said it.

I think there was a time when criticism of him were maybe warranted even if I mostly disagreed but a lot of opinions on Lafreniere now are outdated. The jump from 135 SOG to 217 SOG is massive and shows real progress in his game. He is going to continue to produce at a solid clip at even strength with room to add on with better PP opportunities.