I think the point is that we need more players like him.
No harm bud, I am totally about patience with kids as they develop, but I also look for kids to have personal responsibility regarding how they control their own parts of their development and if you see significant flashes in NHL games of what made them stand out prior to getting to the NHL. This is where I get so frustrated with laffy because I typically don't see any of that and now with some of the comments being made about his conditioning both here and more strikingly by valley publicly it just feels like a kid that was made to feel very comfortable with his position within this organization without having to actually earn a damn thing. To me that's just another example of the entitlement around here. There are players all over the place that are drafted without even a 10th of the hope and hype of this kid that are busting their asses all the time and working hard to earn even a third line spot. This kid from day one just always seems like he fit in great with the group but he never had to earn his place in the group. Kakko feels like he's constantly had to earn his place within the group because for whatever reason the team's highest paid player doesn't want to play with him, but even with that I still feel like KK shows flashes at the NHL level of the same player that he was before he got here. You can see those parts of his game that can distinguish him as he evolves more. Now one of the things that people constantly disregard when talking about these two guys is that kakko is a year older and has one extra year of NHL development at this point, but I really felt that this past season was going to be a massive season for laffy, More so than kakko because I still felt that even though kakko was struggling to fully establish himself he had demonstrated his tools at this level that will eventually put him into a role to be a contributor on a good team. 2 years ago I said he looked like he could be nichuskin. Now is that the player that you're hoping to get with the second overall pick, no, but it's still a very important player on a winning team and we saw that last year. Right now when you look at laffy I struggled to see those pieces that tell you that you're looking at a guy who's definitely going to be a top six player that makes an impact in some manner. I hope it's there and I hope he wants to put the work in to show it but I'm not convinced
Hope Florida parades their corpse throughout the land
I'm not convinced this front office is smart enough to realize this.
Interesting.Im bored, he’s my NHL 23 trade proposal. Don’t judge; beers have helped me with this proposal
Laf + Panarin for Marner + serviceable piece for Rangers. Both teams need a shakeup.
