New York Rangers: Readers weigh in on the Lafreniere debate
By Steve Paulus
No trade
The no trade contingent voted on Twitter, but didn’t send us many emails. However, there’s not much more to say, is there?
Tim had a pretty concise comment:
“Hi Guys. No way are the rangers trading Lafrieniere. Talk of this is 100% ridiculous. Where do you guys come up with this crazy stuff? lol”
Braxton from Utah has no doubts:
“The Rangers should 100% take Lafreniere. He is being compared to superstars like Nathan Mackinnon and Nikita Kucherov. If we get him our third line would be one of the best in the league with either him or Krieder. Overall it is a no brainer, take Lafreniere.”
Vincent Tropeano made a good point about quantity vs. quality
“My option is short and sweet. The Rangers are at a point when they may have too much of a good thing. We already cannot make room in the lineup for Vitali Kravtsov, Morgan Barron , K’Andre Miller and others. If the cupboards were bare then a big package with players/picks would be a bigger point of need. So I say pick Lafreniere then use other assets to move up in the draft and pick Lundell.”
Pistolpete1967 is thinking budgetary constraints:
“At first I thought it may be a good idea to trade the first overall pick and get a load of assets but there will come a time when you may have to pay all these players if they all pan out. I don’t think it would be possible in a salary cap world.”
From Sid V, a word of warning!
“Don’t dare to trade the #1 pick, hockey gods will be furious”