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Loading…A 91 overall puts Lafrenière 22nd among 384 rated wingers, comfortably in the league's top quarter at the position. That makes him the 3rd-highest-rated player on the New York Rangers roster.
Play driving is where he wins, at 91, while power-play production at 55 is the clear area to improve.
He surged from 78.5 in 2024-25 to 91.8 in 2025-26, one of the bigger jumps in his 6-season card history.
At $7.45M through 2031-32 before unrestricted free agency, the model rates the deal Underpaid: his expected value is $11.6M, so the New York Rangers save roughly $4.14M a season against his production.
His cap hit is the 5th-largest on the New York Rangers NHL roster and uses 7.2% of the $104M ceiling; the club currently has $3.92M in cap space.
| Component | Rating (0-100) |
|---|---|
| Offense | 78 |
| Defense | 82 |
| Play driving | 91 |
| Finishing | 81 |
| Power play | 55 |
| Season | Team | GP | Overall | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | NYR | 82 | 91.8 | 1.1 |
| 2024-25 | NYR | 82 | 78.5 | 0.5 |
| 2023-24 | NYR | 82 | 85 | 1 |
| 2022-23 | NYR | 81 | 61.5 | 0.4 |
| 2021-22 | NYR | 79 | 56.9 | 0.5 |
| 2020-21 | NYR | 56 | 49.7 | 0 |
Other NYR wingers by rating: Pavel Dorofeyev (84.1), Oliver Bjorkstrand (75.3), Eeli Tolvanen (53.1), Will Cuylle (53.1). See the full New York Rangers cap sheet.
How we rate players: each skater's overall is a percentile (0-100) built from offense, defense, play driving, finishing, power-play and penalty-kill impact against players at the same position; goalies are rated on goals saved above expected. Contract value compares the cap hit with the salary the model expects for that level of production, age and position. Figures are updated as new games and signings arrive.