Rejoint: avr. 2017
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The hardest part about Lafreniere comparisons is he actually plays his position defensively extremely well, along with the offensive talent (especially since he's not a C, but a LW). Not only is he just plain responsible on the defensive side, but he backchecks and battles in corners, which can have an effect on his counting numbers (too bad they don't have Corsi, Fenwick, or any other advanced stats for CHL teams). Usually, guys at this level of talent and age can just out talent their mistakes, instead of trying to outwork mistakes, and it takes them a year or two in the NHL to learn that (McDavid had that issue in his first year really bad, but learned very quickly, so did Crosby even with all those points).
Lafreniere is not on McDavid or Crosby's level, but could be one of the more talented non-Cs to be drafted in recent years. He is definitely better than Hischier and Patrick, and maybe even Jack Hughes. I saw someone say Taylor Hall, probably a better defensively version of Taylor Hall.