Lafreniere Peak?

[QJL]

Lafreniere has arrived. How good can he be?

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[gritdash60]

Too slow to be anything but 1st or 2nd line winger, might knock on the top50 at his peak.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

He's already a 1st line winger based on even strength production.

 

[NYR7]

Amazing timing, I was literally just reading the old The jury is officially in: Alexis Lafreniere is a complete bust thread. Plenty of aged like milk comments.

 

[DitchMarner]

I'd say top 50 player, maybe top 25.

I don't watch a ton of Rangers games, but I have seen a lot of their playoff games in recent years. He doesn't seem like a particularly dynamic player or a player with great puck skills, but he does seem to be able to get the puck in good scoring positions and he has a good release on his shot. He's already a good ES scorer; he would score more points if there wasn't so much competition for him on the Rangers' PP1 unit.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Guy is already a 1st line player based on his ES production.

Should have made the results public so we can laugh at those posters who voted 2nd liner.

 

[thefutures]

How the turn tables.

100 point winger

 

[bud12]

It depend if he still play with Panarin

 

[Johnny Tomala]

Top 25 player.

 

[McDuffz88]

Definitely not top 25 player. Can be a solid 1st liner but I just can't see him being top 25. I can make a list of young players who will forever be better than him. He's a great player but he's not a game breaking talent which you need to crack the top 25.

 

[Connor McConnor]

Zero chance top 25 player. He’s a solid 1st line winger though and seems to be improving which is great to see

 

[Voight]

Maybe 2nd line winger at best.

 

[Fire Sweeney]

He has some skills that allow him to play along 1st line players, but he can't skate and cannot be the who driving the offense on his line.

 

[JackSlater]

I voted top 50 but wouldn't rule out top 25. Very smart and I think his puck skills are underrated. I don't know if the skating will be good enough to let him really carry a good first line.

 

[blundluntman]

1st line player looks like his reasonable ceiling.

 

[Despote]

If he ever gets a PP1 role (Rangers PP is stacked and one of the best in the league, so this might take a while) I could see him being a consistent 40 goal, 80 point type guy in the league in his prime.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Definitely not top 25 player. Can be a solid 1st liner but I just can't see him being top 25. I can make a list of young players who will forever be better than him. He's a great player but he's not a game breaking talent which you need to crack the top 25.

Forever? Can you see the future?

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Top 25. He’ll end up as good as Huberdeau was at his best.

 

[Breakfast of Champs]

90+ pts probably top 25 player

 

[HolyHagelin]

I am a true believer, i voted t10. His nastiness as a player will help him find a level of effectiveness that only top tier dirtbag players reach. Crosby is the apex of this archetype in the last 20 years.

 

[Bouboumaster]

Not as good as Slafkovsky

 

[ViD]

Guy is already a 1st line player based on his ES production.

Should have made the results public so we can laugh at those posters who voted 2nd liner.

That’s only because of Panarin

 

[authentic]

John Tavares light

 

[bud12]

I am a true believer, i voted t10. His nastiness as a player will help him find a level of effectiveness that only top tier dirtbag players reach. Crosby is the apex of this archetype in the last 20 years.

His nastiness??

 

[HolyHagelin]

His nastiness??

Maybe the wrong word. He plays with snarl, chippiness. He is a dirtbag in the sense of how baseball players use it as a compliment. He hits, he gets in faces, he doesnt take shit, and he is good at sneaky/borderline stuff that, again, a lot of the beat players are good at.

He set the tone in the first series this playoffs by casually crushing a D into the boards, retrieving the puck, and flipping out a beautiful setup pass for a primary assist.