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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
If I'm New York I'm not offering Lafreniere for Eichel...maybe Kakko.
Lafreniere on an ELC has the potential to allow you to be more competitive than you are with Eichel at $10M.
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Why not? LaFreniere had 21 points this year. If he makes huge strides next year, he’ll be between 50-60 points. That’s Good production - it shows progression, and that he’s on the right path.
It’s not going to propel the Rangers to contending status better than Jack Eichel cantering Artemi Panarin.
There’s no bargain shopping in the Stanley Cup finals. The other team has Crosby and Malkin, or Stamkos/Point, or Backstrom/Kuznetzov, or Bergeron/Krejci, you get the point.
The only way you beat that is by having your own McDavid/Draisaitl, MacKinnon/Kadri, Eichel/Lindholm.
And notice how Kadri stands out - he’s a good player, but he’s in that Backlund tier of player - they’re not the same, obviously - Kadri has more offense, Backs is better defensively, but they’re close enough. And we’ve been trying for 7 years to make it work with Backlund as the #2C, and it doesn’t because the league is too good.