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Mike Sullivan drops hint on where Alexis Lafrenière will play this season

Rangers head coach Mike Sullivan suggested Alexis Lafrenière could shift between both wings as the team looks to maximize his impact.

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Alexis Lafrenière knows that he didn't have a good 2024-25 season, and he's already admitted that he's thinking big for 2025-26. The good news for him is that new head coach Mike Sullivan has plans for the Rangers' No. 1 overall pick from the 2020 draft.

Lafrenière faced road blocks from the get go

Lafrenière was drafted as a left wing, and at the time the Rangers had Artemi Panarin as the top-line left wing, and Chris Kreider also on the left side in the top six.