That's interesting to hear from Pronman because I recall him not being super high on Lafferty in the past. Lafferty is a really interesting player to watch next year, even beyond the fact that I played with and against him back in his Mid State Mustangs days. What exactly is he going to be? I think what kinda hurts him is that he was an off the board pick in 2014 that a lot of people chalked up to pandering to Pittsburgh amateur hockey, which basically made him a write off prospect.
I think he'll top out as a rich man's Joe Vitale, probably a borderline 3C/4C that's mostly just a gritty PKer. But is there something there beyond that? Lafferty's 49 points in 70 games as a rookie is better than anything Vitale ever did in the AHL, but
Vitale's college career was basically
Lafferty's college career but better.