I used to be hard on Lafrenierre. He started much slower than most 1st overall picks of the past 20+ years. It's very possible that covid immensely impacted his progression early on. I'm happy for him that he's not hearing "bust" anymore. He's still young and has time to build a great career for himself. I hope he's a future Team Canada forward one day.
He really earned this deal with his performance in last year’s playoffs. Panarin and Zibanejad got bullied by the Panthers and Lafreniere was one of their only forwards who didn’t get pushed around.
The guy is only 23 years old ffs. Add to that playing in THAT market! He has 4 full seasons under his belt now. Dude will be a force for the next 10 years minimum.
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I used to be hard on Lafrenierre. He started much slower than most 1st overall picks of the past 20+ years. It's very possible that covid immensely impacted his progression early on. I'm happy for him that he's not hearing "bust" anymore. He's still young and has time to build a great career for himself. I hope he's a future Team Canada forward one day.
He’s gonna be a beast in the coming years. Some guys take a little longer to develop coming into the big show. Money well spent
He really earned this deal with his performance in last year’s playoffs. Panarin and Zibanejad got bullied by the Panthers and Lafreniere was one of their only forwards who didn’t get pushed around.
The guy is only 23 years old ffs. Add to that playing in THAT market! He has 4 full seasons under his belt now. Dude will be a force for the next 10 years minimum.