Player Discussion Alexis Lafreniere

[Brutananadilewski]

Damn!

He still has a shot at getting 60 points.

 

[Kords]

Dudes pushing 80 on pp1 but that's a battle for another day

 

[DanielBrassard]

That was his best game as a Ranger, damn he was electric all night

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

That’s games gonna f*** up a lot of his percentiles

Proud of the way this kid went about shutting everyone up

 

[SA16]

You have to wonder how many points he would have if he actually took the offseason seriously.

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

You have to wonder how many points he would have if he actually took the offseason seriously.

 

[darko]

I'm starting to think we should keep this guy

Was always a keeper. Not every top pick comes in and sets the league on fire.

 

[Rangers in 7]

I wonder if Montreal would give us a 3rd rounder for him now?

I won’t say I told you so, but………….

 

[AirGut]

he f***ing deserves this, what a player he has become and f*** all the people who continually hate on him

 

[Zats Muccarello]

Proud of our bust

 

[inranger94]

Yeah I think this kid is untouchable now?

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Dude doesn't celebrate goals at all.

Then you have Cleetus Keller pulling out the choreography after scoring a goal smh. Act like you've been there before, nerd.

 

[mas0764]

What a stud

Also at some point he’s a better offensive player than Mika. He’s close in points with no PP time and Mika is all PP.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

For all those of you who gave up on him. I hope you learned your lesson about letting players develop. Don't give up on Kakko yet either.

No, they haven’t and never will.

 

[Cuckoo4Kakko]

No, they haven’t and never will.

Of course not. Many of them still probably hate Laf. Rather be right and the team worse.

 

[Rangers in 7]

Of course not. Many of them still probably hate Laf. Rather be right and the team worse.

I mean the laf haters who argued with me, got me thread banned, and told me I didn’t know hockey have all mysteriously disappeared from the thread now lol

 

[jerseyjinx94]

Anyone who said to be patient before the season started was right. Anyone who said he’s a bust, a loser, with no work ethic, was wrong.

Both get to enjoy his development.

 

[FoxysExpensiveNYDigs]

Trade board Slafkovsky homers in shambles. Congrats kid!

 

[Synergy27]

I still think it was my fat shaming that finally brought him around.

 

[Bob Richards]

From last season to this one is an all time vibe shift amongst any player I’ve ever seen in a rangers sweater lol

 

[Synergy27]

To put a little perspective on this as well, this data is very sensitive to just a few points here or there. I think most would agree that Laf has been “robbed” of a bunch of goals/points this year.

If he had five more 5 on 5 points, he’d be in the top 75 forwards in P/60. That’s better than Matthew Tkachuk and in Barkov/Bedard range. Ten more points puts him in the top 30.

Yes. Other players have been robbed as well so this doesn’t mean much in a vacuum but just wanted to give some context to how sensitive this data is to small changes.


Panarin is #7. Trocheck is #92 using these filters.

Like I was saying, now Laf is #91 in this metric.

 

[ORRFForever]

Is there a chance he ends up with MORE goals than another 1OA, who plays near by, who gets a TON of PP time while LAF gets none?

I know the other 1OA missed a dozen games (or so) but...

That would be sweet.

 

[EXTRAS]

One more year at 2.3m should be nice.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Scarf up that Crow, don't sugar coat it, straight down the hatch

 

[Shesterkybomb]

From last season to this one is an all time vibe shift amongst any player I’ve ever seen in a rangers sweater lol

Amazing what a confidence, a teams willingness to allow them to play and work through mistakes and playing with similar caliper players can do for you. Too bad there wasn't years and years of players in the league that developed better when a team gives them support and a vote of confidence