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

[hawksrule]

Philly actually has some amazing architecture and is a cool city.

It also has a statue of a fictional movie character. Never stops being funny.

 

[King In The North]

Why the f am I reading about Philly as a city in this thread lmao

 

[Profet]

Why the f am I reading about Philly as a city in this thread lmao

Much like much of its inhabitants, Philly doesn't have a home.

 

[TBF1972]

hopefully this lasts and he only continues to improve.

hopefully not

i am a devils fan

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

This dude is having the most fraudulent breakout season in NHL history. 49 point pace while shooting an unsustainable 20% yet he's "finally arrived"

Someone that clearly isn’t watching his games.

Since you know his stats so well, what are his teammates shooting off his passes or on plays where he’d get a secondary assist?

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Are you sure you've been watching NYR games and not another team? Just checking.

And the whole team basically sucked against Buffalo, especially in the third period. I love how you used that game specifically as a benchmark, btw, lol. Good try, though.

There’s a Flames fan on the mains who doesn’t buy into this Rangers team the last few years because like two or three years ago our two worst games of the season were coincidentally against them.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

He’s on pace for like 16 points more than last season. No, his SH% isn’t high. Nothing about his analytics look unsustainable. Yes, he’s playing more than last season, but he’s playing 5th forward minutes, not 1st or 2nd. Is he helped playing with Panarin? Yeah, but so what? How could you watch that first goal last night and say he’s leaching points off Panarin? That’d be like the type of goal people would say he’d leach off Panarin, except Lafreniere gave Panarin the easy goal.

Lafreniere looks legitimately very skilled. Anyone saying they don’t see it, you aren’t watching. It’s obvious if you watch the games. He’s been our second or third best forward. Panarin obviously the best and Trocheck and Kreider have also been good, but in terms of pure offense, Lafreniere has been the second best for the best team in the league.

Don’t give me the “he’s not a superstar” argument. No one’s arguing he is. We’re happy he’s trending towards being a first line forward and potentially a good first line forward. He could even be a first line forward this season, if he keeps this play up.

 

[Ail]

hopefully not

i am a devils fan

He will be better than Whack Hughes by the end of the season. BOOK IT!

 

[TBF1972]

He will be better than Whack Hughes by the end of the season. BOOK IT!

sounds like a huge pile of kakko

 

[aufheben]

This is such a classic HFBoards jinx thread

 

[Regal]

He’s on pace for like 16 points more than last season. No, his SH% isn’t high. Nothing about his analytics look unsustainable. Yes, he’s playing more than last season, but he’s playing 5th forward minutes, not 1st or 2nd. Is he helped playing with Panarin? Yeah, but so what? How could you watch that first goal last night and say he’s leaching points off Panarin? That’d be like the type of goal people would say he’d leach off Panarin, except Lafreniere gave Panarin the easy goal.

Lafreniere looks legitimately very skilled. Anyone saying they don’t see it, you aren’t watching. It’s obvious if you watch the games. He’s been our second or third best forward. Panarin obviously the best and Trocheck and Kreider have also been good, but in terms of pure offense, Lafreniere has been the second best for the best team in the league.

Don’t give me the “he’s not a superstar” argument. No one’s arguing he is. We’re happy he’s trending towards being a first line forward and potentially a good first line forward. He could even be a first line forward this season, if he keeps this play up.

You can only score so much at ES as well. A 16 point increase without really adding many PP points is pretty huge. Not that the PP isn’t important, but the Rangers have a great 1st unit anyway

 

[Steve Kournianos]

Yes Im Laffy fan, I got knew all that, but it does not change what I said.

So you’re saying one of the best players in CHL history and a consensus 1st OA didn’t drive play in junior?

Curious how you came to that conclusion.

 

[reino]

OMG Rangers most hyped number 1 pick since Mcdavid looks decent after 6 seasons. Of course he can't score to safe his life but at least Rags fans are happy

 

[AlaBlueShirt]

OMG Rangers most hyped number 1 pick since Mcdavid looks decent after 6 seasons. Of course he can't score to safe his life but at least Rags fans are happy

I can’t even imagine what emotions you went through to put this post together.

 

[Coffey]

Walking into this thread seems like a firefight between east coast teams.

And I’m all for it.

 

[ORRFForever]

He’s on pace for like 16 points more than last season. No, his SH% isn’t high. Nothing about his analytics look unsustainable. Yes, he’s playing more than last season, but he’s playing 5th forward minutes, not 1st or 2nd. Is he helped playing with Panarin? Yeah, but so what? How could you watch that first goal last night and say he’s leaching points off Panarin? That’d be like the type of goal people would say he’d leach off Panarin, except Lafreniere gave Panarin the easy goal.

Lafreniere looks legitimately very skilled. Anyone saying they don’t see it, you aren’t watching. It’s obvious if you watch the games. He’s been our second or third best forward. Panarin obviously the best and Trocheck and Kreider have also been good, but in terms of pure offense, Lafreniere has been the second best for the best team in the league.

Don’t give me the “he’s not a superstar” argument. No one’s arguing he is. We’re happy he’s trending towards being a first line forward and potentially a good first line forward. He could even be a first line forward this season, if he keeps this play up.

Well said.

 

[Goose]

I didn’t realize he only just (October) turned 22.

I was fully on board the bust train thinking he was more like 25.

Yeah, with the way he’s played this year (in the admittedly small sample I’ve seen) and his point production, he may end up as a top end second liner or bottom end first liner, which is higher than I would have thought last year.

 

[klingsor]

OMG Rangers most hyped number 1 pick since Mcdavid looks decent after 6 seasons. Of course he can't score to safe his life but at least Rags fans are happy

1)How the hell do you know that I’m happy?
2) Maybe you live in a different time zone, but this is his 4th season.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I can’t even imagine what emotions you went through to put this post together.

Anyone that uses the term Rags isn't to be taken seriously.

 

[Leonardo87]

Laf is looking awesome. That’s all I have to say.

 

[I Hate Philadelphia]

 

[StickShift]

Wait, have we gone back from “he’s made it” to “he’s a bust” again?

 

[NinjaKick]

playing my leafs tonight. I want to see what Laf's made of.

 

[NinjaKick]

playing my leafs tonight. I want to see what Laf's made of.

had a couple of nice takeaways that lead to scoring chances + scored a goal.

impressed and far from a bust lol

 

[Fraser28]

had a couple of nice takeaways that lead to scoring chances + scored a goal.

impressed and far from a bust lol

I agree he isn’t a bust, but one game against the Leafs isn’t exactly indicative of anything.