Player Discussion Alexis Lafreniere

[broadwayblue]

Maybe we can dump Trouba on Arizona.
oh wait

I think you mean the Powder. lol

 

[GAGLine]

It would be ruthless, but those are the especially HARD decisions an organization has to make sometimes, in order to advance in their quest for sustainability.
Lifelong homegrown Rangers or traded, his # will be in the rafters someday, regardless. Hope I am alive to see it.

I think the possibility of Kreider getting traded ended when he started breaking Ranger records. His production has improved to the point where he is underpaid on a UFA contract. We aren't going to find a better value to replace him. Goodrow and Trouba will be the first ones out the door if we need cap space.

 

[bhamill]

I think the possibility of Kreider getting traded ended when he started breaking Ranger records. His production has improved to the point where he is underpaid on a UFA contract. We aren't going to find a better value to replace him. Goodrow and Trouba will be the first ones out the door if we need cap space.

Agreed.

 

[HolyHagelin]

I think the possibility of Kreider getting traded ended when he started breaking Ranger records. His production has improved to the point where he is underpaid on a UFA contract. We aren't going to find a better value to replace him. Goodrow and Trouba will be the first ones out the door if we need cap space.

Yeah, this. Perennial 30 goal guys get *PAID* and CK is a great cap hit if he stays in that club.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Yeah, this. Perennial 30 goal guys get *PAID* and CK is a great cap hit if he stays in that club.

And at this point in his career CK I this closer to a 40 goal guy than a 30 goal guy.

 

[Lou is God]

Has he ever proved me wrong. He's been impressive.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

He literally could have had 4 goals today. He's great at getting chances but still puts too many of them wide. But he might have been our best forward tonight.

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

He’s hitting another level.

Elite level stuff out there, all game.

Could’ve had 3 or 4 and you knew one was coming

Gamebreaking talent

 

[GENESISPuck94]

He’s hitting another level.

Elite level stuff out there, all game.

Could’ve had 3 or 4 and you knew one was coming

Gamebreaking talent

At both ends of the ice too. He came back and saved the D several times.

 

[jay from jersey]

So stoked his hitting another gear.
Was probably our most dangerous fwd.

between him and Cuylle, miller, Schneider, Fox, and shesty I have a lot of faith in our team and think they are going to be really competitive for a long time.

On a side note, thank god panarin is Uber talented, because he must be the biggest Puss when it comes to winning 1 on 1 battles, especially along the boards.
Laf and Cuylle are total opposites….

 

[SnowblindNYR]

He’s hitting another level.

Elite level stuff out there, all game.

Could’ve had 3 or 4 and you knew one was coming

Gamebreaking talent

Nah man, bust with a cherry picked last half season. His first three seasons mean a lot more than his most recent great play. Not a Yakupov but a major disappointment.

 

[GENESISPuck94]

4 EV goals, most on the team.

2nd most goals on the team (most is 5).

7 EV points, most on the team.

10 points, 3rd most on team (most is 13).

 

[NYR94]

He was cooking out there tonight. My pick for the game winner had the game gone to overtime.

 

[OthmannOut]

He was playing out of his damn mind tonight. Absolutely possessed and laser focused. You just know he will be captain one day.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

He was playing out of his damn mind tonight. Absolutely possessed and laser focused. You just know he will be captain one day.

With a bit more luck and finishing composure he'd have had 4 goals.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

The amount of stupidity on the main boards regarding Lafreniere makes me hate this world. Putin's favorite poster gives all of the credit to Panarin of course because good players have never played with other good players. Brayden Point doesn't play with Kucherov and Rantanen doesn't play with MacKinnon, never happened. Oh and Pastrnak never played with Marchand and Bergeron. f***ing absolute clown show on that board.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

The amount of stupidity on the main boards regarding Lafreniere makes me hate this world. Putin's favorite poster gives all of the credit to Panarin of course because good players have never played with other good players. Brayden Point doesn't play with Kucherov and Rantanen doesn't play with MacKinnon, never happened. Oh and Pastrnak never played with Marchand and Bergeron. f***ing absolute clown show on that board.

Lmfao.

Don't even have to ask who this is.

 

[RangersFan1994]

He was playing out of his damn mind tonight. Absolutely possessed and laser focused. You just know he will be captain one day.

Hopefully with the Rangers

 

[CTRanger]

Might have been the best game of his career. He took over in the 2nd and didn’t stop. Best player on the ice last night.

 

[Rongomania]

Might have been the best game of his career. He took over in the 2nd and didn’t stop. Best player on the ice last night.

Absolutely agree. He’s doing very elite things almost every shift and Carolina is an extremely good hockey team. Incredibly impressive playoffs from numero uno.

 

[cheech70]

Laf is the real deal...Hallelujah...so lets talk contract..1 yr left..when and how much on next deal? 8x8?

 

[ColonialsHockey10]

I still think he has another level for this playoff run.

He’s been very opportunistic and making a ton of smart plays, but still haven’t seen some of that dominance he showed in the regular season.

Understandable given that the playoffs are tighter - Panarin has been similar - but exciting to know there’s more to give there.

Aaaand we saw that next level last night.

My god he was dominant.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Aaaand we saw that next level last night.

My god he was dominant.

Just wish he did a better job finishing on those chances. That has plagued him all season.

 

[RangerBoy]

It was indeed the most compelling performance of Alexis Lafreniere’s career and there’s not even a close second. This was superstar stuff from No. 13 on Saturday night in Raleigh, N.C.

This was first-overall stuff that not even a Game 4 defeat that prevented a second-round sweep of the Hurricanes could camouflage, it was that much of a dominant showing. There was no one close to him.

Lafreniere competed, he danced, he played with finesse, he played with snarl. He went to the net. He won the 50-50’s. He shot the puck. He drove the net. He lifted the Rangers into a 3-3 tie early in the third period with a Gretzky-esque bank shot off the goaltender from below the goal line. He sparred with Sebastian Aho. On a night when linemates Artemi Panarin and Vincent Trocheck had their weakest games of the tournament, Lafreniere was fierce.

“I thought he could have had three or four goals,” head coach Peter Laviolette said of the winger who has scored four goals in the last three games. “There were things we could have done to tighten up, but we also had looks and it seemed like it was on his stick and you knew it was coming.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Laf is believing in himself. His grit is underrated and he seems to understand that he’s got bite.

He is bubbling magma inside.