You can compare it to guys getting similar time and he's at the bottom of the list.
You can have my ticket
I hope the coach believes in whatever provides the most goals and wins.
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He's not a spotlight guy. I don't think he wanted it.
“Rick Nash, I don’t even think he had a letter for about four years and he was as much of a leader as we had on those teams. I’ve been pretty adamant that naming Jacob [Trouba] as captain was the right move, and it would have been before last season with all of the things he does both here and away from the ice. I think it’s great for him and for us.
“But I’m confident in the role I have as a leader. I know what I bring.”
Chris Kreider would much rather have Stanley Cup than Rangers captaincy
“The hole in my résumé is not winning the Stanley Cup. That’s the hole in my résumé.”
Just speculating, but I don't think he wants it. He's a laid back dude. I think he's comfortable in an A role where he can set an example and be a good teammate but he doesn't have to get in anyone's face.
I have my reservations on Trouba as a player (big ones) but I respect that he's gone out of his way to embrace the role.
I don’t mind seeing PP1 getting the lions share of minutes, unless they’re sucking ass which happens.
Firmware update. Might have bricked him.
I am critical of kreider but I prefer him to buch.
Probably cheaper than paying for his beers at the game.
Alexis Lafrenière
The No.1 pick from 2020 certainly isn’t going to be the highest-paid player from his draft class. That distinction belongs to Tim Stützle, who is about to start an eight-year deal that comes with an $8.35 million AAV.
Lafrenière has not been able to gain the same offensive traction as Stützle, even though he’s only missed a grand total of four games over the course of his three full seasons in the NHL. The Rangers have given him ample opportunity, but Lafrenière has yet to prove that he’s a productive top-six forward.
Whereas other recent No. 1 picks like Hughes, Nico Hischier and Auston Matthews have hit home runs on their second contracts coming out of entry-level, Lafrienère appears poised to sign a modest bridge deal. As Arthur Staple wrote in a recent mailbag column, there doesn’t seem to be a ton of urgency to get anything done with Lafrenière, who is most likely looking at a one or two-year contract with New York.
The Rangers have just over $2 million in cap space with Lafrenière the only notable player without a contract for 2023-24. Considering the team’s cap situation, and the player’s slower-than-expected start to his NHL career, his next deal could come close to what Evolving-Hockey projects — a two-year deal worth $2.69 million. A long-term contract could come cheap, too, but obviously limits what the player could make down the line and may be too big of a risk for the Rangers to commit to since he hasn’t thrived yet. But to even reach the AAV associated with that two-year projection, which should be cost-effective over the next two seasons, New York would probably have to find just a bit more cap space.
