Pete Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Lafreniere played just under 10 minutes last night, lowest on the team. He registered no shot attempts. He has no SOG in the last 5 games and his ice time has decreased. I can't understand why he's not in the AHL right now. Too good for JR, not good enough for NHL...If only there was an in-between league where he could develop... They are just making this worse by keeping him up here. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphinity 2.0 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Next stop Hartford at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Hard to rebute this in any way, other than in the case of Lafreniere and Kakko, the tail seems to be wagging the dog. Corporate will likely weigh the PR aspect against just letting it ride, and my money would be on them just letting it ride. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 14, 2021 Author Share Posted November 14, 2021 15 minutes ago, Dunny said: Corporate will likely weigh the PR aspect against just letting it ride, and my money would be on them just letting it ride. Unfortunately this is what's happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Needs a competent center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 14, 2021 Author Share Posted November 14, 2021 14 minutes ago, josh said: Needs a competent center. That has nothing to do with his inability to do anything when he has the puck. He should be driving the play and he's just invisible. Linemates are a convenient excuse at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 49 minutes ago, Dunny said: Hard to rebute this in any way, other than in the case of Lafreniere and Kakko, the tail seems to be wagging the dog. Corporate will likely weigh the PR aspect against just letting it ride, and my money would be on them just letting it ride. 100%. Sunk cost fallacy in a lot of ways. Even though other players -- even first-rounders like Kreider -- weren't immune from going to the AHL. They sent him down in his third season, in fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 19 minutes ago, Pete said: That has nothing to do with his inability to do anything when he has the puck. He should be driving the play and he's just invisible. Linemates are a convenient excuse at this point. Especially when it's so easily debunked. He's played with top-six players, like Kakko, nearly the entire time he's been here. Especially this season thus far. At what point is the player responsible for his lack of any discernible impact? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albatrosss Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Send him to KHL. Just look at Kravtsov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keirik Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Alf will pot two today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 After stepping up his off season training I just don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddious Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 I’ve been saying AHL for weeks now. Every game he’s not there for his potential is ruined that much more. The rangers can never do the right thing with their prospects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 14, 2021 Author Share Posted November 14, 2021 37 minutes ago, Keirik said: Alf will pot two today. He can pot 7! It's the Devils haha. He's still been awful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 14, 2021 Author Share Posted November 14, 2021 2 minutes ago, jsrangers said: After stepping up his off season training I just don't get it. His off-season training was at Krispy Kreme, and boy he went hard. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valriera Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 I think this is easier once chytil gets back because he goes right into third line, but the question I ask is if that’s really better than playing mckegg? I don’t know. I think I’d rather laf here until then because mckegg is just not a top 9 forward and I don’t want to break up our very effective fourth line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Phil said: Especially when it's so easily debunked. He's played with top-six players, like Kakko, nearly the entire time he's been here. Especially this season thus far. At what point is the player responsible for his lack of any discernible impact? He was producing in the top 6. He had the most ES points and ES goals through the first weeks. Move with Chytil- nothing (which is a common theme) and Goodrow, who is a 4th line center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Serious question weren't 2 of his early 3 season goals tap ins where he has dished absolutely perfect passes on the tape for tap in essentially into an empty net. I give him full credit for getting into that position and going hard to the net I remember one being on the rush for a GWG? Point being though for me anyway there was no wow what a move - hell yeah, it was more, holy crap what a pass and almost anybody could of and should of finished that. Similar to Kreider just needing to have his stick on the ice for Zib to hit last night. Now beggars can't be choosers but I think the numbers early in were a little misleading he was still lost which is so concerning. Maybe less lost so there was that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Now do Kreiders goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 With Goodrow, he's been quiet. The entire line has been pretty worthless. Even with Chytil, he was setting guys up. They didn't finish. Is he in a spot to be successful? I don't think anyone can answer an honest yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keirik Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 AHL plays through the Olympic break right? I think what you do is keep him up until a week or so prior to that break. Send him down for some games and a new perspective and hope he comes back refreshed after some confidence building games 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 I think you give him a game off, first. I'd like to see some of the kids rest during the Olympic break. You can't expect him to play 82 NHL games and 6 - 10 ahl games during a season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 14, 2021 Author Share Posted November 14, 2021 I don't understand the aversion to the AHL. It's literally what the league is there for. I'd play him in the AHL before sitting him up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 What has Hartford done, ever Might as well waive the guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 14, 2021 Author Share Posted November 14, 2021 Ask Zac Jones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sod16 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 With just about any other player I'd say send him to Hartford, but the problem is that it would be a huge national story in Canada, especially Quebec, as he was the first French Canadian skater to go No. 1 in a long time. It would be such a distraction and big deal that I don't think he could make good use of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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