Alexis Lafreniere finally looks like the highlight-reel top pick Rangers envisioned
NY Post
When Alexis Lafreniere made the jump from the Saint-Eustache Vikings of Quebec’s U18 development league to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s Rimouski Oceanic, the then-15-year-old was living away from home for the first time.
After putting up 83 points in 36 games in the QMAAA in 2016-17, Lafreniere posted 80 points in 60 games in his rookie season in the QMJHL.
The statistic speaks for itself, revealing that Lafreniere didn’t need much of an on-ice adjustment period despite a drastic life change.
One look at any highlight package from Lafreniere’s QMJHL days, and it is apparent that the Quebec native played with so much certainty in himself.
That is the Lafreniere who took the ice Opening Night in Pittsburgh, where the newly turned 23-year-old showed off the high-end skill that got him drafted first overall in 2020 and began to come through on a nightly basis during his breakout campaign last season.
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