Alexis – Play “I Walk The Line”
This past Tuesday, Larry Brooks wrote in the New York Post that head coach Peter Laviolette needs to the right thing by former number one pick, and by that he means move Lafreniere to the right wing. It’s not without merit, after all the Rangers have both Chris Kreider (4 years NMC converting to a M-NTC next Summer) and Artemi Panarin (3 years NMC) in the line-up for the foreseeable future.
As Brooks points out, there’s not a lot of space for Lafreniere to find his game right now. Lafreniere will turn 22 the day before the season opener on October 12th, and while that is still very young in terms of an NHL player, it’ll mark his fourth season in the NHL, and his first after signing a two year extension last month.