Development Camp 2022 (July 10th-13th)

[jrom]

Anyone know how Hutson and Beck did at camp today.

I would also like to hear how Xjekai looked as well?

Look up posts by @Maitz in this thread, he was present and reported on Hutson & Beck. Xhekaj is injured / resting from him Memorial cup run

 

[74 others]

Sean Farrell is seriously very underrated on this board and in general. If there is a guy (Other than Slaf obviously) to become a legit top 6 forwards, it's him.

He had no future with the Habs but that changed last Thursday when we acquired two 6"4 top 6 players, potentially.

 

[26Mats]

Anyone know how Hutson and Beck did at camp today.

I would also like to hear how Xjekai looked as well?

Xman is injured

 

[Antiillafire]

Slaf at WJC, I’m not sure. Probably rather see training in Montreal with NHLers. Long term, I would like to see Hossa reach out and train with him. Hos said Slaf is a better player than he was at his age, but that he also still has lots of room to grow and stuff to work on. If there is one Slovak former player that could help Slaf reach his potential, it’s him.

As for Mesar, to me OHL is best option. Jake Neighbours was still in juniors this past season and he is way more pro ready physically than Mesar. Mesar and Pinelli as a duo in Kitchener would be good, and Mesar would get lots of ice time and be the first option on the PP.

 

[Jack Skellington]

Xman is injured

Potential to be an all time nickname if he makes the show

 

[Karma Police]

I need to see the numbers on Gigachad Powerhorse bike thing

 

[Antiillafire]

I wouldn't put too much stock in a push at development camp. I'm sure Slafs 40 plus pounds over Kapanen wins out 99% of the time. Plus, maybe Kapanen simply got under Slafs centre of gravity.

I agree with the original post, he shouldn’t be rushed and it is also true that it is just 1 clip. Here is Anderson kind of off balance trying to check Slaf after a turnover and it barely does anything to him. I think this shift overall was Slaf’s best of the tournament

 

[SlafySZN]

I agree with the original post, he shouldn’t be rushed and it is also true that it is just 1 clip. Here is Anderson kind of off balance trying to check Slaf after a turnover and it barely does anything to him. I think this shift overall was Slaf’s best of the tournament

And people were laughing at him not scoring against canada lol he was clearly the best player anyways!

 

[Natey]

How was Heineman if you saw enough?

He mentioned a few posts later he's NHL ready

 

[Whitesnake]

Well I mean assuming we don't trade Anderson.

Anderson - 6'3
Dach - 6'4
Slaf - 6'3
Armia 6-3
Dvorak 6'2
Poehling - 6'2
Pezetta - 6'1

And Hoffman, Drouin, Evans, Dauphin all 6'0
Dadonov and Suzuki 5'11

The NHL lineup is actually pretty decent size at forward.

Was only talking about that development group though.

 

[Maitz]

scrimmage at 12:00 tomorrow I will go and try to have a good place, Im glad to be 6’3 because all around the windows is def not the best place to see everything

 

[HabsFather]

So....for those that were there....how did Slafvsquatch do?

 

[Richard Bolton]

scrimmage at 12:00 tomorrow I will go and try to have a good place, Im glad to be 6’3 because all around the windows is def not the best place to see everything

Was the seats section opened to public?

 

[Kriss E]

And people were laughing at him not scoring against canada lol he was clearly the best player anyways!

On that shift you mean? Or in that one game?

People laughed at how some seem to put all their eggs in Slaf based on his international play. It's an odd decision as we always hear ''don't judge this kid based on his World Junior Championship, as it doesn't mean anything''.

Remember, if we based ourselves on that...Romanov and Poehling would be absolute studs on our team now, but as we know, that's far from being the case.
So, let's wait it out..

 

[SlafySZN]

On that shift you mean? Or in that one game?

People laughed at how some seem to put all their eggs in Slaf based on his international play. It's an odd decision as we always hear ''don't judge this kid based on his World Junior Championship, as it doesn't mean anything''.

Remember, if we based ourselves on that...Romanov and Poehling would be absolute studs on our team now, but as we know, that's far from being the case.
So, let's wait it out..

My point is that he was all over the ice every shift, just because he didn't score in that specific game it doesn't make him bad as people were trying to say ''oh he's invisible against teams like canada but put up points against bad teams!''

 

[Whitesnake]

On that shift you mean? Or in that one game?

People laughed at how some seem to put all their eggs in Slaf based on his international play. It's an odd decision as we always hear ''don't judge this kid based on his World Junior Championship, as it doesn't mean anything''.

Remember, if we based ourselves on that...Romanov and Poehling would be absolute studs on our team now, but as we know, that's far from being the case.
So, let's wait it out..

I hate judging players on international tournaments only. I really do. But....there is a difference between international tournaments against people way much older and U-18 and even U-20 at your age or really close to it.

Still...I didn't have him 1st because I STILL don't like judging players on tournaments...

 

[Schooner Guy]

I agree with the original post, he shouldn’t be rushed and it is also true that it is just 1 clip. Here is Anderson kind of off balance trying to check Slaf after a turnover and it barely does anything to him. I think this shift overall was Slaf’s best of the tournament

He was terrific in that game vs Canada. I remember he led both teams in shots on goal (I believe 5) and was a handful for Canada's NHL defense.

 

[Schooner Guy]

On that shift you mean? Or in that one game?

People laughed at how some seem to put all their eggs in Slaf based on his international play. It's an odd decision as we always hear ''don't judge this kid based on his World Junior Championship, as it doesn't mean anything''.

Remember, if we based ourselves on that...Romanov and Poehling would be absolute studs on our team now, but as we know, that's far from being the case.
So, let's wait it out..

You've got it wrong. It's "don't hold a WJC performance against a draft eligible" because it's a tournament normally ruled by 19 year olds. His play in the Worlds was very impressive.

 

[Jack Skellington]

I agree with the original post, he shouldn’t be rushed and it is also true that it is just 1 clip. Here is Anderson kind of off balance trying to check Slaf after a turnover and it barely does anything to him. I think this shift overall was Slaf’s best of the tournament

Not many guys can keep up with Anderson once he starts accelerating and Slaf actually chased him down and took the puck. Pains me to say it but Wright would have hung back and said to himself that the Dman has Anderson so he doesn't need to chase him.

 

[ahmedou]

 

[Mrb1p]

Good way to break and leg and ruin your franchise

 

[River Meadow]

Slaf and Mesar lost 1 inch each

HFHabs in disbelief

How much did they find Slaf weighs?

What's important is he is strong af, which he is, at his young age... and 6ft3 is plenty big.

 

[River Meadow]

Out of all our players, Armia would probably not be a bad choice to play with Slaf at first. Anyway, depends if they send him to the AHL or not.

Depends if we get playoff version Armia.

Armia when he wants, is a beast, with a good shot to boot. Our most enigmatic player by far.

Anyway, would be an interesting pairing tbh.

 

[red devil]

How much did they find Slaf weighs?

What's important is he is strong af, which he is, at his young age... and 6ft3 is plenty big.

227 pounds

 

[River Meadow]

I put all the clips I could find of Slaf from today into 1,

That goal at the end.....

Not bad

227 pounds

What's crazy is he doesn't look that big yet....

Yes he does, but he doesn't look bulky or too muscular at all.. he's just big all over naturally.

When he adds more muscle as he fills out and matures... gah damnnnnnnnnnnnnnn