What are Alexis Lafrenière's Salary and Contract details?

Alexis Lafrenière is a professional ice hockey player from Canada who plays as a left winger for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. He was born in Canada on October 11th, 2001.

For the 2022-23 season, Alexis Lafrénière will make $925,000 in salary and have a $925,000 cap hit. His compensation consists of $832,500 in basic pay and $92,500 in signing incentives.

In the first round of the 2020 entry draft, the New York Rangers selected him first overall. He has one contract totaling $11,325,000 that he has signed.

In three seasons (with at least one NHL game), he has a total of 79 points in 189 games, including 9 postseason points in 20 games. After the conclusion of the 2022-23 season, when he will be 21 years old, he will be an RFA.

Alexis Lafrenière made his NHL debut with the New York Rangers on January 14th, 2021, and registered one shot on goal in the team's 4-0 loss against the New York Islanders. Lafrenière's first NHL goal came in a 3-2 overtime victory over the Buffalo Sabers on January 28th, 2021.

He became the first Ranger since Mats Zuccarello on January 5th, 2011, to score his first NHL goal in overtime. Lafrenière also made NHL history as the youngest player to ever score their first goal in overtime (19 years, 109 days old). Cody Ceci (also 19) was the only other teen athlete to accomplish that in 2013.

Alexis Lafrenière's personal life and his other achievements

Hugo and Nathalie Lafrenière, first-grade teachers, reared Lafrenière in Saint-Eustache, Quebec. Lori-Jane, his only sibling, is three years his senior and a soccer player at the Université de Montréal. Before electing to concentrate on hockey, Alexis was a gifted baseball shortstop in his youth. Lafrenière grew up as a Montreal Canadiens fan, but his preferred player is Patrick Kane.

Alexis Lafrenière was added to Team Canada’s squad for the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship in December of last year. He was the ninth-youngest forward to ever represent Canada in the World Juniors and the youngest player in the squad. He contributed to Canada's 5-1 victory over the Czech Republic by scoring his first and only goal of the competition.

Alexis Lafrenière was added to Team Canada’s squad for the 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in December 2019. As Lafrenière collided with Russian goaltender Amir Miftakhov in the second period of the team's 6-4 victory over the United States, he sustained a lower-body injury. It took some time to recover as a result of which he had to miss a couple of games.