The latest L’Affaire Lafreniere does not look good on anybody: not the Rangers organization, not the coaching staff and not the player.
It is incumbent upon president and general manager Chris Drury to put the full weight of the organization into working with Lafreniere and his camp to determine why it reached the point that on Thursday at Tampa Bay, the 2020 first-overall pick needed to be jolted byThe burden of proof is on everyone, but the Rangers do go back administration after administration culpable of either mishandling or misidentifying prospects.
Alexis Lafreniere’s healthy scratch represents a serious challenge for the player and the organization.If the Rangers somehow could have known that not only would they be in the 2020 lottery, but also would win it and thus claim left wing Lafreniere, yes, it is possible they might not have extended Chris Kreider just ahead of the deadline and, in fact, traded him rather than Brady Skjei. It’s possible that the tandem of president John Davidson and GM Jeff Gorton might have done that.
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