Raistlin
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So Lafreniere is not a bust for a 1OA pick? getting 57 points tied to the waist with a 120 point linemate? taking 300 games to get to this point? Isnt there an opportunity cost to have to have to wait 4 years for a glimmer of hope thanks to a prolific linemate?
The previous 3 years, he didnt even break 40 points. Part of getting a 1OA pick is that the team can have him drive his line by his D+3 and hopefully point per game by D+4. So now we know he is not as bad as Yakupov. Maybe he will reach the lofty heights set by RNH one day.
The previous 3 years, he didnt even break 40 points. Part of getting a 1OA pick is that the team can have him drive his line by his D+3 and hopefully point per game by D+4. So now we know he is not as bad as Yakupov. Maybe he will reach the lofty heights set by RNH one day.
there is a cost to HOW SLOW he developed.Lafreniere isn't finished developing. Anyone who says otherwise frankly doesn't understand hockey. He has developed slowly, but he went to a deep team where he couldn't get huge ice time right away. He has improved every year and had his best year by far this season. Was jack Hughes a bust after 2 years? Then he broke out and people pretended they were right the whole time. Joe Thornton had 7 points as a rookie. Lecavalier had 28.
Yakupov looked good as a rookie then regressed every year. Not really the same ballpark.