#1OA Juraj Slafkovsky - Huge Disappointment

[Mac Attack]

Wright wasn't picked #1OA tho, the expectations are vastly different. Besides, Slafkovsky is regressing whereas Wright is trending in the right direction. Two very different trajectories.

Wright could easily have been picked 1st, the top of that class was thought of as interchangeable. Expectations are only different because we think 1OA must be so much better by default. Reality is they were regarding in the same tier and the expectations should reflect this for both players equally.

 

[PuckG]

Suck, eh?

Kind of the way it goes sometimes.

Yakupov, Puljujarvi were the same for us.

 

[Leafidelity]

It was just a weak draft year. If you look at the top of the draft, none of those guys are looking like anything more than 2nd liners, let alone superstars.

Slafkovsky will in all likelyhood be an average second line winger, albeit a rangy one. If the Habs were smart they'd be feeding him JVR clips.

 

[CaviarAndRinkFries]

 

[Arthur Morgan]

PPG stat does not make one successful, look at Dylan Larkin

not sure what u were laughing at, how is Larkin not successful? please explain

NHL should get back to paying for results over paying for potential

 

[ViD]

Your crusade to bump up your boy Panarin at all costs is so transparent. Lafreniere has sucked this year, but so has your boy Panarin. If Lafraniere were playing with any other winger on the Rangers you wouldn't give a f*** about him.

Panarin ? Has nothing to do with this

 

[jfhabs]

Honestly, no. Habs forcefeed opportunities to Slaf (and he doesn't do much with them), NYR have been much tougher with Laf's ice time overall.

I'm sure it's very hard playing alongside a 120 pts player

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Panarin ? Has nothing to do with this

Dude, you've posted in every possible post about Lafreniere how Panarin inflates his numbers (this thread didn't even have anything to do with Lafreniere). It's incredibly obvious you're dragging him because if you do so you can boost Panarin's impact on his game. You were doing it last year when he had a great year without any PP time (this year he got a little more for a handful of games). Either for no reason you don't like a player on another random team that just happens to play with Panarin. Or you're trying to boost Panarin by saying how shitty he is. Just admit it.

Oh and before you say anything, he has sucked this year as has almost the entire Rangers roster save the depth guys. That entire line has been shit, Panarin and Trocheck included.

 

[ViD]

Dude, you've posted in every possible post about Lafreniere how Panarin inflates his numbers (this thread didn't even have anything to do with Lafreniere). It's incredibly obvious you're dragging him because if you do so you can boost Panarin's impact on his game. You were doing it last year when he had a great year without any PP time (this year he got a little more for a handful of games). Either for no reason you don't like a player on another random team that just happens to play with Panarin. Or you're trying to boost Panarin by saying how shitty he is. Just admit it.

Panarin did inflate his stats, you can’t deny it. But as you pointed out, it’s irrelevant now, they all are underperforming, still I think Slaf will be a better player in the long run