Mercogliano Rangers Expected to Sign Lafreniere to 2-year Bridge With $2.5–2.75m AAV

[Phil]

 

[siddious]

Let’s hope his next deal is much more than that 

[Sod16]

A few more doughnuts than he should be getting.  Should mirrow Kakko's last deal.

[Pete]

verpaid. 

 

Edited July 11, 2023 by Pete

[RJWantsTheCup]

 Not sure how Donut Hole deserves a penny over 2.5M but I faith in Drury.  

[BreakawayMachine]

Why…. just why…. this dude is terrible.

[BrooksBurner]

Roughly $1m per 10 points is the rule of thumb. Laffy put up 39 last year.

[siddious]

1 hour ago, BreakawayMachine said:

Why…. just why…. this dude is terrible.

What do you mean why? What’s drury supposed to say “sorrry bust well let you go for free”?

[The Dude]

Sign.

And.

Trade. 

[Long live the King]

Sign and coach.  Laf, Kakko, Chytil all topping 60 points next year.

[BreakawayMachine]

32 minutes ago, siddious said:

What do you mean why? What’s drury supposed to say “sorrry bust well let you go for free”?

Yep, let him walk. Dude is useless.

[The Dude]

13 minutes ago, Long live the King said:

Sign and coach.  Laf, Kakko, Chytil all topping 60 points next year.

Hope so. 

 

Doubt it.

 

Chytil probably, yeah.

 

Kakkos getting 45. Laf will have his typical 35-40

[BrooksBurner]

24 minutes ago, Long live the King said:

Sign and coach.  Laf, Kakko, Chytil all topping 60 points next year.

If those 3 get over 60, Zibanejad and Panarin are both under 75.

[siddious]

24 minutes ago, BreakawayMachine said:

Yep, let him walk. Dude is useless.

That my friend wouldbe awful asset management 

[BrooksBurner]

36 minutes ago, The Dude said:

Hope so. 

 

Doubt it.

 

Chytil probably, yeah.

 

Kakkos getting 45. Laf will have his typical 35-40

 

None of them are getting anywhere near 60 because none of them are going to get the PP time. They spent almost all of their time at 5v5, and that's where they will spend all of their time again because Rangers gonna Rangers.

 

Connor McDavid had 59 5v5 pts this year. They aren't Connor McDavid.

Edited July 12, 2023 by BrooksBurner

[Sharpshooter]

Two solid bridge deals today. Now Drury will trade Goodrow and a second somewhere and sign Tarasenko for one year.

[RangersLEETCH]

I’m very happy to see the Rangers re signing Laffy…. Never give up that young talent …  

[Br4d]

1 hour ago, BrooksBurner said:

If those 3 get over 60, Zibanejad and Panarin are both under 75.

 

It depends on how the points are acquired.  The only way Zib and Panarin lose significant points is if they don't get 75% of the power play time as they have the last two seasons.

[Long live the King]

2 hours ago, BrooksBurner said:

If those 3 get over 60, Zibanejad and Panarin are both under 75.

 

This isn't true.

 

1 hour ago, BrooksBurner said:

 

None of them are getting anywhere near 60 because none of them are going to get the PP time. They spent almost all of their time at 5v5, and that's where they will spend all of their time again because Rangers gonna Rangers.

 

Connor McDavid had 59 5v5 pts this year. They aren't Connor McDavid.

 

They already get some pp time and see action 4v4.  They don't only play 5v5.  All they need to do is improve their consistency.  Gotta eliminate the mutliple 4 or 5+ game scoreless streaks.  Eventhough you won't admit it, this is where an actual game plan helps.

 

 

Edited July 12, 2023 by Long live the King

[BrooksBurner]

37 minutes ago, Long live the King said:

 

This isn't true.

 

 

They already get some pp time and see action 4v4.  They don't only play 5v5.  All they need to do is improve their consistency.  Gotta eliminate the mutliple 4 or 5+ game scoreless streaks.  Eventhough you won't admit it, this is where an actual game plan helps.

 

 

 

All of them played close to 90% of their ice time at 5v5. 4v4 time is negligible. No Rangers forward had over 20 min of 4v4 all year. Any PP time on the kids' ledger is also pretty illegitimate. It's the final 30-35 seconds of every PP that starts with the puck behind their own net because the puck just got cleared on PP1 and they are leaving the ice. PP2 gets one shot to gain the zone and establish control to have maybe 15-20 seconds to score. One failure to gain the zone, or one clear, and it's over.

 

Time is finite, and they need some premium PP time to see the numbers you are talking about. Any PP time you take away from Zibanejad and Panarin is going to have a hugely negative effect on their totals. A game plan isn't turning these guys into McDavid at 5v5. A game plan that reallocates PP time helps the kids and hurts the stars. I'm fine with that, but most aren't.

[BrooksBurner]

1 hour ago, Br4d said:

 

It depends on how the points are acquired.  The only way Zib and Panarin lose significant points is if they don't get 75% of the power play time as they have the last two seasons.

 

Right. Well they aren't accruing 60 points 5v5. Nor 50. 40-45 points at 5v5 is a really good year. A few more maybe chipped in at 4v4/3v3. The only way you get up to 60 from there is PP opp, which would be a massive blow to Zib/Panarin production.

[RJWantsTheCup]

Being that Newhook just signed for 2.9M per season if Drury can sign Donut Hole for anything under that it will be a good deal.

[Keirik]

If we get him under 3m I think we are doing well. One of his more equal comparisons in terms of performance is Joel Farabee, who the Flyers signed to a 6 year/ 5m per right after his ELC.

 

  I’m really hoping Laf banks on himself and takes a 2 year lesser money with the idea that he can really cash in after the 24/25 year. 

[RJWantsTheCup]

9 minutes ago, Keirik said:

If we get him under 3m I think we are doing well. One of his more equal comparisons in terms of performance is Joel Farabee, who the Flyers signed to a 6 year/ 5m per right after his ELC.

 

  I’m really hoping Laf banks on himself and takes a 2 year lesser money with the idea that he can really cash in after the 24/25 year. 

Could you imagine what we would be saying on here if we were paying Farabee 5M?

 

[Keirik]

8 minutes ago, RJWantsTheCup said:

Could you imagine what we would be saying on here if we were paying Farabee 5M?