It was the former No. 1 pick who ended up in the doghouse at Wednesday’s Rangers practice after the team’s ugly loss to the Capitals.
— but it was Alexis Lafreniere who ended up in the doghouse the following day at practice.
“I want him to be better,” Gallant said Wednesday after a harder-than-usual practice at MSG Training Center, before the Rangers traveled to Florida for a pair of games that will conclude 2022 and kick off 2023. “Laffy has gotten some chances to play with good people and he’s played well at times, but it’s inconsistent. And again, there was a bunch of them night.
This isn’t the first time Gallant has tried to push the right buttons on Lafreniere, who — despite a handful of assists in recent games — has largely faded to the background lately. The 2020 first-overall pick spent a practice and a game on the fourth line last season in early November and later served as a healthy scratch on April 13.
“It frustrates you as a coach, you want to give opportunities to people,” said Gallant, who made a point to say the lines could change by the time he gets down the hallway inside the training center. “Sometimes they take it, sometimes they let it fall a little bit. My job is to win games. We’re not developing right now, we develop in practice, but we want to win games. We’re a good hockey team.
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