TL;DR : L’article traite d’Alexis Lafrenière, le premier choix au classement général des Rangers en 2020, et des attentes élevées placées en lui pour la reconstruction de l’équipe. La performance de Lafrenière au cours de ses trois premières saisons a été considérée comme décevante, avec des inquiétudes concernant son entraînement hors glace et sa capacité de patinage. Le « Laf promis » était censé être un producteur de premier plan, mais il a eu du mal à s’assurer une place constante dans le top six et en avantage numérique. Sous la direction du nouvel entraîneur Peter Laviolette, il y a de l’optimisme quant au fait que Lafrenière puisse enfin répondre aux attentes initiales. L’approche de Laviolette, surtout auprès des jeunes joueurs, est perçue comme un signe positif. L’article suggère que si Lafrenière peut réaliser son potentiel et devenir l’un des six meilleurs joueurs, les Rangers pourraient devenir une équipe beaucoup plus forte que ce qu’on leur attribue actuellement. Cette opportunité est considérée comme la dernière chance pour Lafrenière de s’imposer comme un joueur clé pour les Rangers.
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chowmushi
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I got him on my fantasy team. Late pick nobody else wanted….
Laf gets traded this year. Deadline deal.
Doubt it
I feel like he needs two back to back games where he produces. Like a hat trick followed by a 4-point night. He just looks like whenever he gets a bit of confidence a dumb play will make him lose it and go back to floating around and not doing much.
To me, it’s the same issues we’ve been seeing since his first year. Too slow to beat his man, not evasive enough to create space for himself, and a lot of the time, is a step behind the play.
He IS good at positioning himself which is why a lot of his goals are scored in front of the net. I don’t see him breaking out this year but hope I’m extremely wrong on that.
Won’t have top 6 time unless there’s some pretty big injuries, hopefully 45-50 points this year if we’re lucky?
The problem is, and always has been, his skating. And I don’t believe that’s something he magically learned how to do over summer vacation. So, he can’t set himself up. His only shot at great production is being on a line with a tremendous playmaker who can feed him the puck. Panarin’s really the only hope there, but what are the chances that Panarin and Laf play together enough to develop that chemistry, and Panarin looks for Laf over other players with a bigger presence?
Send him to the AHL until he improves, give him top time there
Leaning towards yes. He will be a good player, just not here.
If you look at his pre Rangers games, he had so much room to do his thing. Now you rarely see him getting separation from opponents. When he has room, he does ok but the speed has been the main issue. I was hoping that he worked his ass off on just skating and getting quick bursts but it sounds like we will get the same Laffy.
I believe he will. RW1/2 and will have the breakthrough year we’ve needed
He’ll step up… to the trade block.
For real, he’s gone when this team start to sputter before loses any more trade value.