Dominating a league is an unreasonable prerequisite before they can play pro.
I wish he would plant himself in front of the goalie more though with his size. Too often hes a little off to the side looking for a backdoor tip instead of directly in front for a screen.
I thought he look decent with the Flames.
The biggest misfortune with Lewis is there were comparisons to John Madden when he was drafted, and because he didn't meet the two-way dominance, it contributed to some souring on him. It's part of the reason I, personally, have learned to avoid comparisons beyond stylistic.
Unfortunately there’s a lot of players who play “fine” which is why it begs the question why even keep him on the roster if that’s only what we’re ever gonna get out of him lol
If teams cut out all the guys who just play fine, the league would have to retract back to 8-12 teams.
You’re trying to tell me the league would be hard pressed the replace 3 goals a season lmao. Dwight King did more riding kopitars coat tails and now he’s in Iceland the second he got traded. the NHL would collapse without Dwight King caliber players ohhh boy.
Oh. Thanks for the clarification. My point is that I think it’s pretty well shown that just by that one game that Laferriere shows a really good aptitude and skillset for the game. I think that the Kings should keep him on the team right now and if it came to someone like Byfield and Kaliyev losing their spot I think no one should have an issue with that. In the first period alone Laferriere showed skill and drive that none of those players have.
But Laf didn’t score so nothing else he did counts.
But he showed really good skill which is always what I’m looking for because points will come to players like that. Statto, I didn’t expect you to the poison the well my friend.
Dude, I’m playing… Laf had a great game. I’m very high on him and loved the pick from very early on. Tongue was firmly planted in cheek.
As a first rounder you'd expect a player to be at least a 3rd line player and he wasn't because 4th liners you can off the Waiver-wire you would think? Was he a valuable player? Personally it burns my ass that LA didn't get it right and other players drafted afterwards were far better than he(thinking Claude Giroux) here...so Lombardi blew a 2005 first rounder and a 2007 with THickey plus a 2008 first rounder with CTeubert because Lombardi was in love with Speed, and rushing D-man and Size with physicality and the fact he wanted to build a team with plenty of Americans...if the player was good yeah draft him but if he's Russian,Canadian,American and isn't a top flight player I'm speaking of First rounders than what the hell do you have but a scouting staff that whiffed, once,twice,three times...and plenty other times...
One empty netter after a penalty, two deflections off his leg and one he gets credit for after an opposition own goal because he was the last person to touch the puck. His development is right on target. LOL. Four goals might be a bit generous.
