Young centres I would trade Lafreniere for in one-for-one swaps

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Created by: AFox23

Team: 2021-22 New York Rangers

Initial Creation Date: Nov. 8, 2021

Published: Nov. 8, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Trades

NYR

Zegras, Trevor

ANA

Lafrenière, Alexis

NYR

Byfield, Quinton

LAK

Lafrenière, Alexis

NYR

Mercer, Dawson

NJD

Lafrenière, Alexis

NYR

Lundell, Anton

FLA

Lafrenière, Alexis

NYR

Dach, Kirby

CHI

Lafrenière, Alexis

NYR

Wright, Shane

ARI

Lafrenière, Alexis

NYR

Beniers, Matthew [Reserve List]

SEA

Lafrenière, Alexis

Maybe Beniers with another piece attached

NYR

McTavish, Mason

ANA

Lafrenière, Alexis

Maybe McTavish with another piece attached

Buyouts

Henrik Lundqvist: $1,500,000
Kevin Shattenkirk: $1,433,333
Dan Girardi: $1,111,111
Anthony Deangelo: $383,334
Brad Richards: $0

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
28	$81,500,000	$80,972,720	$0	$14,215,000	$527,280

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Panarin, Artemi $11,642,857$11,642,857 LW NMC UFA - 5	Strome, Ryan $4,500,000$4,500,000 RW, C UFA - 1	Kreider, Chris $6,500,000$6,500,000 LW NMC UFA - 6
Chytil, Filip $2,300,000$2,300,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Zibanejad, Mika $5,350,000$5,350,000 C NMC UFA - 1	Kravtsov, Vitali $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) LW, RW RFA - 1
Goodrow, Barclay $3,641,667$3,641,667 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 6	Zegras, Trevor $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) C, LW RFA - 2	Kakko, Kaapo $925,000$925,000 ($2,650,000$3M) RW RFA - 1
Blais, Samuel $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Rooney, Kevin $750,000$750,000 C UFA - 1	Gauthier, Julien $775,000$775,000 RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Lindgren, Ryan $3,000,000$3,000,000 LD RFA - 3	Fox, Adam $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RD UFA - 1	Shesterkin, Igor $5,666,667$5,666,667 G UFA - 4
Nemeth, Patrik $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 3	Trouba, Jacob $8,000,000$8,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 5	Georgiev, Alexandar $2,425,000$2,425,000 G UFA - 1
Miller, K'Andre $925,000$925,000 ($350,000$350K) LD RFA - 2	Lundkvist, Nils $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RD RFA - 3

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Reaves, Ryan $1,750,000$1,750,000 RW UFA - 1	Lundell, Anton $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) C, LW RFA - 3	Lafrenière, Alexis $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) LW, RW RFA - 2
Jones, Zachary $925,000$925,000 LD RFA - 2	Byfield, Quinton $894,167$894,167 ($2,650,000$3M) LW, C RFA - 3
Tinordi, Jarred $900,000$900,000 LD UFA - 2	Mercer, Dawson $894,167$894,167 ($400,000$400K) RW, C RFA - 3
Schneider, Braden $925,000$925,000 ($400,000$400K) RD RFA - 3	Dach, Kirby $925,000$925,000 ($2,500,000$2M) C, RW RFA - 1
Barron, Morgan $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) LW, RW RFA - 2	McTavish, Mason $925,000$925,000 C, LW RFA - 4
Pajuniemi, Lauri $883,750$883,750 ($82,500$82K) RW RFA - 2
Hunt, Dryden $762,500$762,500 LW, RW UFA - 2
Reunanen, Tarmo $809,167$809,167 ($82,500$82K) LD RFA - 1

Nov. 8, 2021 at 3:32 p.m.

#26

Ragsandbluesfan

Rangers 2023

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Quoting: tkecanuck341

First Lias Andersson, then Vitali Kravtsov, now Alexis Lafreniere.

The Rangers need to clean house on their development staff. How many top 10 picks can they waste?

The last player they drafted that has scored 60 points (not just ON the rangers) was in 1990, last forward was 1988

Nov. 8, 2021 at 3:33 p.m.

#27

Ragsandbluesfan

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Quoting: Penguins_Legend_Sheary

The thing I notice is that almost time Lafreniere touches the puck, he defers it a teammate. He never holds onto it to make a play or pull a shot off. To me, this suggests the coaching staff don't believe in his abilities and are trying to develop him into a different player than what he was drafted to be. They are mostly playing him with Rooney and Blais which is more of a dump and chase checking type of situation.

Rangers are trying to skip steps

Nov. 8, 2021 at 3:38 p.m.

#28

Agent_Of_R9

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Quoting: CAPDumba

Points aren't everything. You can't use Points to judge a player and their game. None of those teams besides maybe new jersey say yes.

Well then, what do you use to measure a forward's quality? Lafreniere's individual contributions are in the same range as both Zegras or Dach.

Lafreniere: 0.78 iXG/60 + 0.8 xA/60
Zegras: 0.87 iXG/60 + 1.01 xA/60
Dach: 0.81 iXG/60 + 0.9 xA

For reference to compare him to similar style players:
Panarin - 0.715 iXG/60 + 0.8 xA/60
Kaprisov - 0.68 iXG/60 + 0.68 xA/60
Marner - 0.8 iXG/60 + 0.88 xA/60
Marchand - 0.88 iXG/60 + 0.84 xA/60

Nov. 8, 2021 at 3:40 p.m.

#29

Agent_Of_R9

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Quoting: Ragsandbluesfan

Rangers are trying to skip steps

Agree, for a player of his talent who has been able to generate strong results, they have to let him showcase his talent first to build some confidence. Everything else comes naturally after that.

Nov. 8, 2021 at 3:41 p.m.

#30

AFox23

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Quoting: Penguins_Legend_Sheary

What about the other guys (Byfield, Mercer, Lundell, McTavish)?

Nov. 8, 2021 at 3:44 p.m.

#31

Ragsandbluesfan

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Quoting: Penguins_Legend_Sheary

Agree, for a player of his talent who has been able to generate strong results, they have to let him showcase his talent first to build some confidence. Everything else comes naturally after that.

They don't seem to realize that they still have a lot of developing left, half of their core aren't close to finished products (Kakko, Lafreniere, Chytil, Kravtsov, Miller, Lundkvist, Jones, Barron)

Nov. 8, 2021 at 3:46 p.m.

#32

AFox23

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Quoting: Ragsandbluesfan

They don't seem to realize that they still have a lot of developing left, half of their core aren't close to finished products

My biggest worry is the timing issue. Kids arrive just as Vets decline.

Nov. 8, 2021 at 3:48 p.m.

#33

Ragsandbluesfan

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Quoting: AFox23

My biggest worry is the timing issue. Kids arrive just as Vets decline.

Maybe if they cared more about properly developing their kids instead of stealing standings point they haven't earned like they should, then maybe the kids might be ready in time

Nov. 8, 2021 at 4:48 p.m.

#34

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Quoting: AFox23

What about the other guys (Byfield, Mercer, Lundell, McTavish)?

Byfield and Lundell are in the same range as Lafreniere. Mercer is much higher than all these guys.

Nov. 8, 2021 at 4:51 p.m.

#35

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Quoting: Ragsandbluesfan

They don't seem to realize that they still have a lot of developing left, half of their core aren't close to finished products (Kakko, Lafreniere, Chytil, Kravtsov, Miller, Lundkvist, Jones, Barron)

Yeah man, you don't want to make the same mistake that the Leafs made. When the team was still rebuilding and players still developing, they decided to suddenly go all in.

Nov. 8, 2021 at 6:38 p.m.

#36

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Thomas?

Nov. 9, 2021 at 12:12 p.m.

#37

Ragsandbluesfan

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Quoting: Penguins_Legend_Sheary

Yeah man, you don't want to make the same mistake that the Leafs made. When the team was still rebuilding and players still developing, they decided to suddenly go all in.

Its too late and it was never our mistake to make

Nov. 10, 2021 at 5:24 a.m.

#38

AFox23

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Quoting: CAPDumba

None of those teams say yes. Maybe new jersey. But yikes!

Quoting: Penguins_Legend_Sheary

Byfield and Lundell are in the same range as Lafreniere. Mercer is much higher than all these guys.

One says Mercer should be cheapest, one says Mercer is higher than rest. If he is best of the group and is also the cheapest, that would be the best option I think.

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