The jury is officially in: Alexis Lafreniere is a complete bust

[Filthy Dangles]

I know this isn't Earth Shattering news and many people already felt that way/knew but if you follow the Rangers it's pretty much official now with the ship sailing on him being anything in the NHL.

Many Ranger fans, myself included, still had a glimmer of hope for him coming into the year.

His only contribution on the year was a backdoor tap-in goal from Panarin. He's been either invisible or noticeably bad other than that. In fact, pretty much all of his NHL goals outside of a couple of highlight reel goals where he dangled, were all back door taps or cleanig up garbage that someone else created for him.

He has no mind or IQ where to go without the puck to get open. When he has the puck he just kind of skates into traffic and has to get rid of it, no skill or ability to beat defenders or make time and space for himself.

Not only will he not ever be a star, I quesiton if he can even stay in the league as a role player or depth player. It really is mindbending how he could be so hyped and dominant in juniors but so bad as a Pro in the NHL.

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[DingerMcSlapshot]

He is far from that bad. To be honest he is better than at least half the league.

 

[Ararana]

Big market teams jumping up in the lottery to nab great players just to ruin them.

A tale as old as time.

 

[ACLEVERNAME]

Way too early to call total bust imo. Really it's just the after effects of the Stüzle/Sanderson draft - everything just looks bad in comparison. There's a lot more hockey to be played, I wouldn't worry about it right now.

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

I'm sure there's more than a few teams willing to take him off your hands.

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

Would definitely like to see him on another team by the deadline. Change of scenery is needed.

 

[I Hate Philadelphia]

No more excuses.

The brightest hope this guy has right now is to (slightly) out score Nail Yakupov over his first 4 seasons.

No more "he just needs more powerplay time".

No more "he just needs different linemates".

It's over. Lafreniere is definitively in the discussion for worst #1ovr pick in NHL history.

 

[Mattilaus]

This is just a lesson for NYR. Leave development to the farm teams like Buffalo. Let us draft the young stars and develop them. Then after a couple years of continued failure you can just trade us for them.

 

[I Hate Philadelphia]

Oh damn didnt see this thread already here. You should grab all the stat comparison pics from my post to highlight how generationally bad this guy is.

 

[Fire Sweeney]

Way too early to call total bust imo. Really it's just the after effects of the Stüzle/Sanderson draft - everything just looks bad in comparison. There's a lot more hockey to be played, I wouldn't worry about it right now.

He's not good at anything, nothing more to expect from him.

 

[Unspecified]

Wouldn't it be great to see him get sent to another team and put in 40 + 40

 

[BB88]

Wouldn't it be great to see him get sent to another team and put in 40 + 40

How would he do that?

There’s nothing in his game that stands out

 

[Fire Sweeney]

Wouldn't it be great to see him get sent to another team and put in 40 + 40

As in 40 nhl shifts+ 40 games in the AHL ?

 

[I Hate Philadelphia]

 

[NyQuil]

 

[TLEH]

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Im curious, did you ignore the GP? Regardless, he hasn't been great. I agree. Not sure he is worst of those as he brings more than, for example, Nail did when not having the puck.

Also when adjusting for GP it seems as though he is better than a few of these "busts" so far.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

How would he do that?

There’s nothing in his game that stands out

By playing for a real coach.

 

[I Hate Philadelphia]

Im curious, did you ignore the GP? Regardless, he hasn't been great. I agree. Not sure he is worst of those as he brings more than, for example, Nail did when not having the puck.

Also when adjusting for GP it seems as though he is better than a few of these "busts" so far.

Lawton's (who?) are almost the same. He won't catch Daigle, his brightest glimmer of hope is maybe (slightly) surpassing Yakupov.

 

[TLEH]

Lawton's (who?) are almost the same. He won't catch Daigle, his brightest glimmer of hope is maybe (slightly) surpassing Yakupov.

Well you had Stefan previously so I was referring to Nail and Stefan for sure. Yeah he won't catch Daigle.

 

[blundluntman]

Yeah the "it's too early" crap is over with. Maybe he can stay in the league as a bottom to middle 6 tweener but he'll never be a top 6 forward on a contender, let alone a franchise player. It sucks but it happens. Pick up the pieces and move on.

 

[Clode]

He'll still carve out a decent career but yea he's a disappointment for sure, especially considering the hype behind him. Serious question though. Are the Rangers just bad at identifying talent and developing young players? Kakko isn't exactly lighting the world on fire either and the Kravtsov situation was pretty well known. Not a Rangers fan so I'm not really in the loop but other than Chytil I can't think of a forward prospect that has developed well for them in recent memory.

 

[Coffey]

Drafting a 1st overall bust in the 2020's is insane.
Goes to show that some players just look insane against their own age and then have no idea what to do against the NHL.

 

[I Hate Philadelphia]

Well you had Stefan previously so I was referring to Nail and Stefan for sure. Yeah he won't catch Daigle.

He may not catch up to Stefan either, maybe slightly surpass him like Yakupov.

 

[hawksrule]

Im curious, did you ignore the GP? Regardless, he hasn't been great. I agree. Not sure he is worst of those as he brings more than, for example, Nail did when not having the puck.

Also when adjusting for GP it seems as though he is better than a few of these "busts" so far.

Lafreniere doesn’t do anything without the puck.

 

[armani]

I know this isn't Earth Shattering news and many people already felt that way/knew but if you follow the Rangers it's pretty much official now with the ship sailing on him being anything in the NHL.

Many Ranger fans, myself included, still had a glimmer of hope for him coming into the year. But it's Joever.

His only contribution on the year was a backdoor tap-in goal from Panarin. He's been either invisible or noticeably bad other than that. In fact, pretty much all of his NHL goals outside of a couple of highlight reel goals where he dangled, were all back door taps or cleanig up garbage that someone else created for him.

He has no mind or IQ where to go without the puck to get open. When he has the puck he just kind of skates into traffic and has to get rid of it, no skill or ability to beat defenders or make time and space for himself.

Not only will he not ever be a star, I quesiton if he can even stay in the league as a role player or depth player. It really is mindbending how he could be so hyped and dominant in juniors but so bad as a Pro in the NHL.

I feel really bad for NYR, crying crocodile tears here.

How about Kubalik for Laf? Kubalik is pending UFA as a complementary goal scorer at $2.5M.

The Sens do this to gain some cap to sign Pinto.

You know you want to.