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#1OA Juraj Slafkovsky - Huge Disappointment

SlafySZN said:
You seems hurt they didn’t like Michkov enough. Maybe some therapy is needed to help get over it.

They liked Demidov, wanted him and then got to draft him.

7.5m is not superstar money, by the way.
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Mitchkov tampered with the draft by hyping up is allegedly iron clad KHL contract. If I was MTL fan id be choked. They should have drafted Mitchkov and forced him to pull a Lindros so he could play for his good friend John Torterrela.
 
Bileur said:
As was the case with Laf, he’ll find his way.
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Oh he already did.

Just like Lafrenière, Slafkovsky found his way to the NHL without being ready for it. It's the "Gorton rushed special".

Then a few years later, just like Laf, he got a fat contract while sucking balls.
 
Felidae said:
Way too early to say that..

Wright played 8 games last season while Slafkovsky had a 50 point campaign..

Also, he's only 2 points ahead with plenty of games left.

Kudos to Wright obviously for progressing and it is disappointing to see Slafkovsky not improve on last season. But it once again shows development isn't linear.
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Yeah. i am not saying Slaf is a bust. And even if he doesn't live up , that contract won't be a big problem.

It is always a big risk to go off the board. It's just less controversial to go with the consensus and this avoids all the revisionist history that will be thrown the teams way for decades if the pick misses. Especially for a Canadian team.

If you pick the consensus #1 and miss , it's just bad luck. It is not the same if you go off the board
 
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Gaylord Q Tinkledink said:
They just showed some stats that at this point he's pretty much at the same point total as Jack Hughes, so I guess we'll know next season if he can take off, or if it's still "well, let's hope he can get 20 goals a year"

I know he wasn't 1st overall, but an example is a guy like Adrian Kempe that took 6 years from draft until he broke out.
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Jack Hughes passed the eye test, no one would finish his plays, he developed his shot in year 3. Slaf looks like a bum!
 
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30 pts in 53 games as a 20 year old? The only disappointing part is that he's a #1 overall pick. If he was some random 2nd rounder Habs fans would be ecstatic and would consider him their best prospect or among the best. I wouldn't say he's disappointing. I'd be happy to have a player his age with his statline on my team. I'll reserve judgement til his 21-24 year seasons.

Not every player is Matthews from day 1. Doesn't mean they won't drastically improve.
 
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Gaylord Q Tinkledink said:
They just showed some stats that at this point he's pretty much at the same point total as Jack Hughes, so I guess we'll know next season if he can take off, or if it's still "well, let's hope he can get 20 goals a year"

I know he wasn't 1st overall, but an example is a guy like Adrian Kempe that took 6 years from draft until he broke out.
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So many fans try to compare players based on Jack's early start. Forget points. Jack showed elite talent from the start. Elite zone entries and exits.
 
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It's nice to see fans of other teams point out he's only 20 , he's up and down but has shown flashes , people on the habs board are losing their minds.

It's rare that the main boards are defending the guy more than the teams board haha
 
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some habs fans were saying he was on a better trajectory than Rantanen, but he looks a lot closer to a Burakovsky type player to me.
 
Too soon as others have said. Not sure about this whole big guys take longer to develop though. Sure there are examples but there’s also examples of big players who made an immediate impact and there are lots of examples of smaller players taking a while as well. I think it’s more that players regardless of size don’t all develop at the same rate.
 
People, rightfully, aren't freaking out about Leo Carlsson, either. Nor Fantilli as I previously mentioned.

Muchado about nothing here.
 
The Gr8 Dane said:
It's nice to see fans of other teams point out he's only 20 , he's up and down but has shown flashes , people on the habs board are losing their minds.

It's rare that the main boards are defending the guy more than the teams board haha
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“Suzuki wasn’t nodding along with him on the bench, looks like Slaf is a goner this summer”
 
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Brookbank said:
Yeah. i am not saying Slaf is a bust. And even if he doesn't live up , that contract won't be a big problem.

It is always a big risk to go off the board. It's just less controversial to go with the consensus and this avoids all the revisionist history that will be thrown the teams way for decades if the pick misses. Especially for a Canadian team.

If you pick the consensus #1 and miss , it's just bad luck. It is not the same if you go off the board
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There was no consensus.

Slaf had 5, Wright 4 and cooley 1 vote on bobs final list. Scouts were as divided
 
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DarrylshutzSydor said:
PPG stat does not make one successful, look at Dylan Larkin
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What's wrong with Larkin? you know only 1 team wins every year and DET has been rebuilding for an extended period of time, I would say that Larkin is successful

chi777 said:
Big guys like Slav sometimes take a few years before they figure it out. Like Tage Thompson. It might take him a few years longer than other draft picks but it's probably worth waiting considering his upside.
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Tage out of no where grew like 2 feet and had to relearn basically everything starting from Skating, I don't think that's a good comparable
 
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Sasha Orlov said:
Definitely not writing him off yet, but anyone saying he hasn’t been disappointing is lying
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Slaf is what he is, he's a big young power forward who will likely be a 50-80 point player eventually.

I think the problem is for a while we got spoiled with 1st overall's becoming superstars, but its just different now, for the most part prospects are smaller now and need more time to develop.

getting spoiled with the MacKinnon's, McDavid's and Matthews' are more rare than people want to admit, even Jack Hughes needed time to grow into his body.

I wouldn't really say he's been disappointing he just is what he is, the big problem is most HABS fans have unrealistic expectations

also what happened to ur pfp? barely even tell its you anymore lol

Canadiens Ghost said:
Bash him now while you can. He'll be worth his contract in a couple years from now.
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no one is bashing him, he just is what he is and so far it's nothing overly special. and he's signed long term
 
Sasha Orlov said:
I’d be happy with this. Problem is, he’s not a power forward. He plays like he’s the size of Cole Caufield


I love Ivan Demidov
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I dont watch many Habs games, looking at his stats and his hitting I thought he was a little more aggressive than he is, on the bright side he's still very young

yeah Demidov dropping to you guys was clutch and imo much needed after the whole Michkov situation
 
Jeune Poulet said:
Oh he already did.

Just like Lafrenière, Slafkovsky found his way to the NHL without being ready for it. It's the "Gorton rushed special".

Then a few years later, just like Laf, he got a fat contract while sucking balls.
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Like I said, trade him to the sens.

Value shouldn’t be too high since he’s “sucking balls”.
 
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