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

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

He broke the entire expansion draft

So he got the one thing right that no one, including the league, wanted him to get right? Good stuff

Laf and Byfield are examples of why patience is needed. Yes Stutzle, Raymond and Sanderson were great from the start but that top 5 is amazing. Poor NJ and Winnipeg.

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NJ got Mercer and something they used in a trade for Timo Meier, lol. Holtz is whatever, some of that has to do with Jack Hughes progressing into the shooter he has post the Holtz draft selection but the logic of the pick was correct. It's not like they "Tyler Boucher"'d the pick

 

[WTFMAN99]

He finally looked good last year...seems like a big price to pay?

I guess Guenther raised the bar.

 

[Legion34]

He did, that was years ago.

Lehner being broken beyond repair while Vegas had him on the bench.

He called Arizona/utah months before everyone else

 

[CaptainScrewy]

That series against the Panthers cost the Rangers an extra 3 million dollars a year lol. Sorry guys.

 

[RangersFan1994]

Laf and Byfield are examples of why patience is needed. Yes Stutzle, Raymond and Sanderson were great from the start but that top 5 is amazing. Poor NJ and Winnipeg.

Lafréniere has improved every season while a player like Kakko 6 seasons later and is still the same player besides he is better defensively. Other than that Kakko hasn't. Patience is great but if the player doesn't have positive signs of progression then that patience is just a waste of time. Lafréniere is worth that contract while a player like Kakko who also was an top 5 pick, isn't