RNH didn't have a 100 pt season until year 12. Let the kid play.
@billyraida2127Сағат бұрын
hockey fans when a 1st round pick doesnt put up 140+ pts in their first season
@HankingMySchraderСағат бұрын
I have a feeling he’s going to be an important player in the conference finals against Florida
@jimlernt7762 сағат бұрын
The only issue with lafreniere ever was his usage. It took the rangers 4 years to play him in the top 6 lol
@etiennesharp2 сағат бұрын
Guy Lafleur - of all people - had a middling first three NHL seasons! Give the kid time and trust and he'll fly.
@Beavie3 сағат бұрын
It's great to see him develop into a solid player. You want to see players with high expectations meet them, and do well and with all the hype with Laff, the fact he struggled early on was concerning, but he also had to deal with not just COVID messing with his draft year and rookie season, but that Rangers team that season was a mess (See Tony D). It took time. I think next season we're expecting an even bigger breakout, but my main hope is that whether or not he becomes a superstar, that he is able to have a long and fulfilling career. He put in the work and he had a lot of pressure, but he's earned that much at least.
@kgm45563 сағат бұрын
I remember this lol. The Leafs almost won that draft. The ball was coming up, but fell down.
@victorfranco47013 сағат бұрын
Future top 10 player in this league next captain and franchise player for the rangers for years to come, hopefully he can lead the Rangers to his first cup and ours in 30 years and be the first of many with Laffy
@mikestager95094 сағат бұрын
Joe Thornton, if I'm not mistaken, scored 1 goal and only had a handful of points in his rookie season. His career turned out just fine despite not winning a cup.
@endorsedtoast27664 сағат бұрын
I still call him a bust just because he’s a ranger
@ferner77864 сағат бұрын
Imagine moving from 10 to 1 the last year its possible to do so and almost ruining the 1st overall pick hahaha
@James_Bee4 сағат бұрын
There's only ONE option if Matthews and the Leafs want to raise the cup; Matthews has to shave the stache. That's it. Cup in the bag.
@fast99634 сағат бұрын
Kakko is still a bust, Hughes has had more points in a season than that bum has in his career
@skiddy37154 сағат бұрын
The ultimate example of It isn’t how you start, it’s how you finish
@Sac_slappper_4rce5 сағат бұрын
4:58 This looks like me goaltending drunk as fak in my driveway. Oh Allen...
@poejavelski1485 сағат бұрын
Fun fact: the Leafs have never won more than 2 rounds in a single playoff run.
@RP_Enheim5 сағат бұрын
Laf was relegated, along with Kakko, to the bottom 6 because he had two of the worst coaches of the last 30 years running the show and refusing to play him because he wasn't a sure thing. Barclay Goodrow was used as a top line winger more often than Lafi or Kakko by Quinn and Gallant. Trash coaches just run their vets because they don't actually have to do any coaching. In almost any other situation, Lafi would have been made the center point of a team and the offense would have been worked around him. Laf has STILL never gotten #1 PowerPlay unit time. Total bust though. Because look at all the other 1st overalls, who are instantly the focal point of a garbage team's offense. I'm sure Jack Hughes had to "prove" his worth from the 4th line and no power play before he was given top line/power play time.
@acerock0136 сағат бұрын
the next question, how to the Ranger unlock Kappo Kaako who is also immensely talented and skilled.
@acerock0136 сағат бұрын
i've always rated him since we drafted him. i was always dubious about the Crosby comparisons, they never seemed fair to me. I like that he is a good teammate and his skills have always been in evidence and I am grateful we got him as he is finally showing what he can do. I look at kids like him and K'Andre Miller as our future captains. Being a rookie in NYR sucks too. The NYR fanbase is impossible to please and the sports media is also full of toxic characters who look for ways to bury kids like Laffy. But here we are, his RW2 on what pundits routinely called the Best Line in the NHL routinely. I'm happy for him. We wouldn't be in the hunt if it weren't for someone like Laffy making that jump.
@craig-ey6ou6 сағат бұрын
Sometimes they start slow, thats alright
@carboncubss6 сағат бұрын
Laf will probably be as good as Ryan Nugent Hopkins, thats about it.
@prescottgillies74306 сағат бұрын
Cool vid and yes i knew My Vegas Golden Knights were not the only Team has Done it the Hawks and Tampa Bay Lightning did the same thing
@senselessmatter7 сағат бұрын
Never a bust, in a team with lots of talent where it's tough to stand out. Still growing
@richardlopez41597 сағат бұрын
I've seen beer Leaguers play with more heart than this overpaid divas
@mr.nihilz32837 сағат бұрын
Kakko's turn!
@ghouston69507 сағат бұрын
Not all players are going to come out guns blazing like Mario and Teemu Selanne did in their first season. Some need years to develop into good NHL players. Just look at Joe Thornton and Vincent Lecavalier, and how long it took them to really break out into becoming good NHL players.
@Sbinnala7 сағат бұрын
Gerrard Gallant singlehandedly almost ruined him, and for that alone, Gallant should NEVER be considered for a head coaching position anywhere in the NHL.
@314Adventurer7 сағат бұрын
Oh good god. I want to show our children in 10 years how stupid everyone got during the pandemic... Why does this guy have a chin diaper on? The mask of submission.... i just dont know why we let two timing, druggy, criminal and adultery touting politicians and a 98 year old giant nose with a Brooklyn accent ruin our lives.
@user-xr2qm1uh2z7 сағат бұрын
Unimpressive Meh
@19trebor537 сағат бұрын
With patience and quality ice team Laf has greatly improved. Hopefully he will get better every season from hereon.
@Bonelesswatrmelon17 сағат бұрын
Happy he’s finally shutting everyone up. Got a raw deal coming into the league during Covid and a #1 overall pick on a playoff team the year before none the less. He’s gonna do big things in New York for the rest of his career good for him for blocking out these and improving year after year. Most impressive part of his stats this season is he’s done it all with essentially no power play time
@SportsClips-jw5ft7 сағат бұрын
He didn’t beat it he’s just playing in the top 6
@BKDBut7 сағат бұрын
Top 6 on a President's trophy winning team is better than top 3 on the biggest bust of the season that completely missed the playoffs
@omniomega72547 сағат бұрын
Hes no bust. But still waiting for that 1st overall player to emerge.
@ArcanumAscent7 сағат бұрын
The reason the bust label was starting to set in was because he disappeared last year in the collapse against the devils and this year he was barely on the score sheet by January.
@pookerville7 сағат бұрын
ESPN has tried to do Spanish Hockey telecasts, but they're dwarfed by soccer telecasts on Fox Deportes and Univision. One time, a Mexican soccer telecast in Spanish outdrew an NHL game in English.
@paulfrench72577 сағат бұрын
I never saw him as a bust although the points weren't really there it wasn't like he was playing bad hockey
@michaelmagic9888 сағат бұрын
he poos on a toilet just like the rest of us. that sums him up pretty good if you ask me
@TheLastSamurai8138 сағат бұрын
57 pts is his career high after 4 full seasons.. he hasn't really shed anything.. 1st overall player yet to come close to a point per game. Yes he played better this season but he has a LONG ways to go to prove he isn't a bust
@BKDBut7 сағат бұрын
51 of which were even strength Look at his TOI and PP time He had more even strength goals than Reinhart averaging more than 3 minutes less than him
@TheLastSamurai8132 сағат бұрын
@@BKDBut It doesn't matter, he should have been scoring almost a point per game at this point. This was the best regular season team in the league, he was a top 6 forward and gets only 57 pts and hes being praised? yea he took a step forward but his bust title is very much on his back still. Stutzle is on one of the worst teams in the league and he had 58 pts in his second year then 90 and took a step back with 70 this season on a bottom tier team. Rossi just put up 40 in his first year this season, Raymond 57, 45 and 72 pts, etc etc etc.. it took Lafreniere 4 years to past the mark of 40. Even with if you redrafted the 2020 draft with his performance this year he isnt even a top 5 pick. Rag fans have to stop coddling him already, I understand the excitement at him get almost 60 pts (sarcasm) but you will have to come to grips it wasn't the correct pick. Can he build off this season and improve? of course, will he? who knows, Time will tell. He's certainly in a good stop to do so
@BKDButСағат бұрын
@@TheLastSamurai813 Of course it was the correct pick. You don't pick based on their stats after 4 pro seasons. Tons of Rangers fans have talked about trading him for years so you don't even know what you're talking about This is clearly going over your low brow head, but Stutzle being on a trash team means he gets a massive amount of minutes, and is looked to as THE weapon. Are you aware that if you play more you'll score more? Stutzle's first season his ATOI was 15:44. Lafreniere has 1 season with more than that... this season... 17:16. Stutzle's 90 pt season he play 1659 minutes. This season was Lafreniere's only season above 1233, and he only got 1416. And with 240 extra minutes, Stutzle scored exactly ZERO more even strength goals. You use 0 context. Stop embarrassing yourself.
@TheLastSamurai81348 минут бұрын
@@BKDBut trash teams usually means less opportunities to score because you’re on a trash team and don’t have many chances to score. I would love to continue to go back and forth but once you started throwing around unnecessary insults like a child to make a point it makes me lose any interest in continuing a conversation with said person. Go finish your homework, I have nothing else to say
@Using_usernamme8 сағат бұрын
I think he can become at least a point per game player in a few years. He's one of my favorite players
@Chaosmite8 сағат бұрын
Stutzle and Raymond are better picks same draft year
@Spetsnazty8 сағат бұрын
Getting and making tape to tape no look passes to and from panarin and trochek has been amazing to watch this season.
@user-ul1dn9ct6s9 сағат бұрын
I was so made that Detroit didn’t get the first pick, but now I’m ecstatic with Lucas Raymond
@ArcanumAscent7 сағат бұрын
Stutzle is arguable the best of that draft, but it depends on how Laf's ceiling goes.
@martharunstheworld9 сағат бұрын
So many Rangers fans called Laffy a bust, it was embarrassing. I hope they understand how wrong they were.
@philipcross67339 сағат бұрын
Idk. Most of the ranger fans I know said he needed time and was in a bad spot to grow. Other teams fans made most of the comments I heard.
@underprotest49469 сағат бұрын
Next year he's going to score 80 points. And then people are going to shut their mouths.
@phlexcrew2 сағат бұрын
If he becomes an 80+ point player, no one should talk. But imo with how highly he was talked about, for a 1st overall pick, 60 points is still very underwhelming. He’s a solid player. But not a superstar by any means
@MrXinvi57 минут бұрын
I've heard this every year hes been in the league
@pingamalinga9 сағат бұрын
He will have a couple HUGE goals vs Florida in ECF.
@ShadowWalker-ng1it9 сағат бұрын
personally I would just enforce a rule that barring injuries the game 82 roster is the playoffs roster. So no activating a player off ltir when the playoff started unless you lose another player.
@stevensoffer75689 сағат бұрын
He doesn’t play first line PP. The second unit maybe gets 40 seconds. His stats would be that much better. He’s been fantastic this season. Most noticeable player on the ice in many games
@JT-gi8rx10 сағат бұрын
They need to give him a ten year extension for $5 mill/yr. Would be a juicy signing lol
@stephenlukcasy904710 сағат бұрын
He is not a bust he is just taking longer to get better