Confirmed Signing with Link: [NYR] F Alexis Lafreniere signs extension with the Rangers (7 years, $7.45M AAV)

[Burnie97]

I'm jealous as a Leaf fan.

I think he's going to be really good.

Great contract. Good for the Rangers.

Hopefully we can get some of our younger guys like Knies at a good price.

Cheers

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

You want to lock up your core guys right now because the cap is going to skyrocket apparently.

Deals like this will look like steals in the not to distant future.

 

[GCK]

Great deal for both player and team.

 

[KrisLeturnover]

Based on what I have seen from him against the Pens and what I have heard about him in general, it sounds like a great deal.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

I only wish it was 8 years instead of 7. But if that's the only complaint, I'm cool with it.

 

[GreatSaveLuongo]

didnt go 8x80 but close enough

 

[LOFIN]

 

[Fataldogg]

Should be a great contract for the Rangers. Already a solid deal for right now. He took some time to develop on a deep Rangers team, but he is developing to quite the player.

 

[nbwingsfan]

Do you think Raymond is a better player than Laf because he gets significantly more PP time?

If so, then you need to stop using raw points as some kind of meaningful stat

He’s a better player because he scores more lol. It’s that simple.

He played 1000 + minutes with a 120pt player and had 57.

Raymond averaged 1.5 mins more on the PP.

Which do you think is a bigger advantage

 

[Brookbank]

I know he turned it around but i thought they could get him for 7-7.5

I was off by 100,000 dollars. I knew 8 was a bit much. Solid deal for the Rangers who showed more patients than others would have.

 

[Devonator]

Very fair deal for both sides!!

 

[QJL]

~40M for Shesterkin, Fox, Lafreniere, Miller, and Trocheck will end up a great situation in a few years when the cap is much higher and the Rangers are in their prime. Panarin, Kreider, and Trouba will come off the books. Schneider and Perreault are trending to be high end players as well. Zibanejad is the only potential anchor contract in the mix. Big future ahead. A contract like this is significant. Pumped!

 

[Yepthatsme]

The Rangers have the ability to do the absolute funniest thing and start playing him on the top powerplay now, and make him underpaid on a 7 year extension that hasn’t even kicked in yet.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

The Rangers have the ability to do the absolute funniest thing and start playing him on the top powerplay now, and make him underpaid on a 7 year extension that hasn’t even kicked in yet.

Unfortunately Lavi is incredibly stubborn in certain things but it's time. The "at least Mika's good on the PP" which became "well it's a top PP" is obsolete. The PP has looked mediocre this year with exception of one game and Mika is a big reason why.