Here are five of the biggest potential X factors for the Eastern Conference in this year's first round.
Alexis Lafreniere punctuated a breakout regular season with a goal in the New York Rangers‘ 82nd game of 2023-24, a 4-0 victory over the Ottawa Senators on April 15 that wrapped up the Presidents’ Trophy in this campaign in which the club set franchise marks with 55 wins and 114 points.
Going into Monday night’s (April 15) game against the Ottawa Senators, the New York Rangers had a singular focus – win baby. That is exactly what they did and they did it convincingly.
The San Jose Sharks have landed the top NCAA free agent, signing Quinnipiac forward Collin Graf to an entry-level contract. The 21-year-old right-shot just finished his third season playing NCAA hockey with his final two coming with the Bobcats.
On a New York Rangers team with so much high-end talent like Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox, Vincent Trocheck and Chris Kreider, one player who gets lost in the shuffle is Alexis Lafreniere.
The score has been settled. And all it took was three weeks for it to happen. New York Rangers enforcer Matt Rempe has made him a villain of sorts in the eyes of the New Jersey Devils.
Though Alexis Lafreniere showed promise last season, he went through some extended slumps and there were rumors that the New York Rangers might look to trade him this offseason.
Artemi Panarin and Alexis Lafreniere are enjoying career seasons -- among the many reasons for the New York Rangers vaulting to the top of the NHL standings.
Chris Kreider snapped a third-period tie with his 300th career goal and Alexis Lafreniere recorded his first career hat trick in the New York Rangers' 8-5 victory over the host Arizona Coyotes on Saturday in Tempe, Ariz.
Artemi Panarin is now in his fifth season with the New York Rangers. And almost every single year, the chatter seems to center on who’d line up alongside him come playoff time.
Yesterday was no good in the NHL, but we move on to a fresh night on the ice and continue the approach of loading up a pair of players on the same line to record a point.
Since his selection as the first overall pick in the 2020 NHL Draft, Alexis Lafreniere’s professional trajectory has diverged from the typical path expected of top draftees.
The New York Rangers were over the moon when they won the draft lottery back in 2020 and earned the privilege of selecting first overall in the upcoming NHL Entry Draft.
It can’t be overstated how important Lafreniere finally figuring out his NHL game is to the future success of the Rangers.
Frank Seravalli and Tyler Yaremchuk brought the Halloween spirit to "Daily Faceoff Live" on Tuesday and determined whether or not Lafreniere’s start to the season is a trick or a treat.
The New York Rangers will begin their 2023-24 campaign tomorrow evening with game one of the regular season. With the line projections becoming clearer with each practice held, it appears likely that Alexis Lafreniere will begin the season in a top-six role.
There is some level of concern surrounding New York Rangers forward Alexis Lafreniere following an underwhelming preseason campaign. Despite his poor preseason, Lafreniere will be ascending into a larger role this season while playing a new position in the top six.
The New York Rangers recently re-signed Alexis Lafreniere to a two-year contract extension, ending a summer-long struggle to reach a deal with the young forward.
The New York Rangers have officially secured restricted free agent forward Alexis Lafreniere with a two-year contract, confirming a re-signing that has ignited both hope and ongoing speculation within the NHL community.
The New York Rangers have secured the future of their promising forward, Alexis Lafreniere, by signing him to a two-year contract extension worth $2.325 million per season.
The first overall pick from the 2020 NHL Entry Draft was in restricted-free-agency limbo after his entry-level contract expired at the end of the 2022-23 season.
Larry Brooks of the New York Post indicates that it will be a two-year, $4.65M ($2.325M AAV) contract between the two sides.
The New York Rangers have been rather disappointed in the lack of development from former 2020 first-overall draft pick Alexis Lafreniere. Unlike many star players who have also been selected first, Lafreniere did not make an immediate impact on the team and has still yet to find solid footing in the NHL at the end of his entry-level contract.
How should the New York Rangers utilize Alexis Lafreniere?
The former number one overall pick has fallen out of favor in New York and will find himself a healthy scratch on Thursday night.
How close are we to regularly mentioning Alexis Lafreniere and Alexandre Daigle in the same breath? Feels a bit hyperbolic, right? But ask die-hard New York Rangers fans how they feel about that.
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