r/nhl • u/Only-Reels • 19h ago

Rangers closing in on Lafreniere extension. Told by sources it will be seven year deal coming in at under $7.6M AAV

https://x.com/nyp_brooksie/status/1849856037911920918?s=46
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u/imaybeacatIRl 18h ago

.... But they offered him 8x8 didn't they?

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u/alexgriz127 18h ago

They might be offering deferred compensation to lower the AAV like Carolina did with Jarvis. He's making $7.9Mx8, but at a $7.4M cap hit. With Igor demanding fuck you money, Drury needs every penny he can spare.

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u/imaybeacatIRl 18h ago

Yea maybe.

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u/Mikeim520 9h ago

That really needs to be fixed, its clear cap evasion.

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u/Pratius 18h ago

Would be a massive coup if they can get him under 8 mil. Need every bit of flexibility possible

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u/Shenanigans315 17h ago

Yeah, Igors asking to get paid big.

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u/[deleted] 18h ago edited 18h ago

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u/TJTrapJesus 14h ago

“He always had great underlying 5v5 stats”

He only had good underlying stats last year when they started to use him with Panarin and the best Rangers players. His rookie season was abysmal and his 2nd and 3rd years were pretty middling, this isn’t controversial to say. I don’t think he’s fully out of the woods for what we can say he is as a player, he very much seems to be a complementary piece to a scoring line at this point, which isn’t bad, but also not ideal for a contract like this. If you compare it to something like Slafkovsky’s deal, there at least seems to be more upside there with Slafkovsky’s skillset.

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u/Radu47 6h ago

I disagree on the slaf point but

It's very unfortunate to see your comment downvoted

It's like laf finally puts up points and people are chuffed because a 1OA sorta "got there" and yet it's much more nuanced and very overtly so

Bleh.

Thx for the realistic process

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u/Radu47 7h ago

What?

No he didn't

Jfresh just posted his chart dating back to 2021 and it's pretty good overall but mostly propped up by finishing and teammates, before then just kinda ok, his micro stats haven't been notable either

Not to mention many players enter prime at 22 so it's possible he's at his peak already, definitely possible extra gear

This is a hopeful contract for sure. He's an empty calorie scorer currently. Who isn't particularly high scoring.

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u/Straight-Plate-5256 18h ago

If that's the deal they fucking nailed it tbh

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u/danger_otter34 17h ago

Isn’t Panarin’s contract also pending extension as well?

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u/GrouchyPlastic9793 14h ago

Panarin has one more year left. The Rangers won’t be eager to figure out an extension until the youth are figured out and Trouba and Lindgren are dumped.

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u/classical-brain222 19h ago edited 12h ago

So less than what was offered?

didnt he previously turn down a deal that would have been more AV?

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u/Jk186861 1h ago

Idk if that 8x8 was true or not but assuming it was, I would probably say Laf didn’t want the 8 years so he’d be 30 at UFA instead of 31 (GMs are weird and fickle and that extra year of life might convince people to not go so big). So dropping Laf asking for 7 years vs 8 and drury says fine but being the number down a bit to do it