The conversation started more than five years ago from the moment the Rangers knew they were in position to draft left wing Alexis Lafrenière first overall after winning the 2020 lottery.

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The team already had Artemi Panarin and Chris Kreider on the left. So the question was whether the Blueshirts would be better off stacking their left wings or shifting one to the right so that Lafrenière would have the opportunity to get top-six minutes?

The debate went back-and-forth for years like the disc in a Nok Hockey game, and through the lad’s first three NHL head coaches in David Quinn, Gerard Gallant and Pe

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