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I am less against this than the other Wings fans. Lafreniere is boom or bust right now. The stats are actually not supporting mikearky or TampaBayLightning22's arguments. Laf has been sheltered to only 5v5 time and is up there with some of the more recent top draft picks right now in 5v5 goals.
If we get Laf, it's to bet on his offensive ceiling being very high. And there is no "available" player with a higher potential ceiling.
That said, I'm not sure I want to move a high caliber player in Bertuzzi to bet on another player's ceiling. Trading for Laf, to me, means trading uncertainties for the uncertainty of Laf, such as draft picks or young players who have had questionable success (Fabbri, Zadina, etc).