Pete

Every team needs their best players to perform in order to move through the playoffs. This is not specific to the Rangers.

Gallant never got this Lafreniere by his own hand. He stifled creativity, didn't establish roles or in still confidence, and didn't allow continuity. Those are the biggest external factors to Lafreniere's play. The rest was the work Laf put in to improve his skating. What's the agenda? To show the Gallant wasn't a good coach? That's been established. There's no more debate about that. Or at least there shouldn't be, there's no lack of evidence. If anything there's an agenda to defend him, I'm just not sure why.

Only had to go back 9 years!

Maybe at 50 you'll stop being as asshole. I'm not counting on it, but there's hope. Actually there's no hope. You'll always be an asshole.

One guy got punched in the brain too many times and the other one ate too many McRibs. You decide whose mind is further fucked.

So, no one who matters.

Who specifically?

Nobody should talk shit about Vegas because they're operating within the rules.

I grew up in Brooklyn. I'm aware. It also didn't stop Bobrovsky and Tarasenko from wanting to be in Miami. Point being, you can't pencil him into the lineup. There's but a 50/50 shot of him re-signing, IMO.

It's two seasons away so there's no way to say what will happen, but you can't count on it. He might not even want to play here. He might want to go to Florida.

The same person who's been doing it all season, Zib.

Panarin's deal ends in the 25/26 season, or this summer—depending on his playoff.

There are no shooters on Zib's line.

On what line though, Larry?

Yeah that's the plan. NHL is definitely going back to Arizona, but it needs to be with a new owner. That guy's a massive piece of shit.