I agree with your assessment of Lafreniere. I’m super high on him as a player and I think he is grossly underrated on these boards. He looks to be a line driver and that is rare.
That being said, I can’t see a winger be worth both Guhle and Reinbacher, which could both be potentially first pairing D as soon as two years from now. It’s just an unrealistic ask. On top of that, Montreal is in no position to trade one of them, let alone both. We have surplus of D but we don’t have a surplus of high quality D.
thank you for a civil and constructive post.
We agree to disagree on if LF is worth both those D
and that is fine
my ask is actually more, it jjust starts w/those 2.
Remember, only weakness in LaF game was his skating, and obv that is no longer a concern
this is a guy playing on a line that could be first line on most clubs
It is not unreasonable to view him, therefore, as a 1W.
And he still has some short term downward pressure on salary.
Now obv, Guhle is top LD, I view him as I would K'A Miller
He's had a partial step back but I am not crucifying him for that
Reinb is also properly regarded as a top prospect, but he is not proven day 1 ready, let alone excellent, and he is 1.5 yrs away.
Those are facts.
Just asking everybody recognize ALL the totality of ALL the facts
again, kudos to you for speaking the truth, agree or disagree w/me
Value aside, just admit you have no idea who Guhle and Reinbacher are, it's okay.
Lucy, you just so ridiculous!