For all the worry about Slaf busting , there is also possibility of him taking off and exceeding expectations .
Watching interviews of him after the Olympics, he said he was supposed to be used as a defensive player on the 4th line . He got limited minutes but started scoring. He said he surprised himself almost . The kid is just learning his game and seeing his own potential . I think there is only more to come . If he hits or exceeds his ceiling , he is going to be a beast.
Yes , like others he could end up underwhelming but he has shown he has the tools and skill to potentailly be a dominant player.
I think we are in a spot where we can take a little bit more risk with our pick than if we are just starting out in the rebuild. I’d say go big or go home.
We are essentially playing with house money with winning the lotto, I say we go for it and take Slaf. We normally would not habe had a chance at him and I just don’t see how we can pass on that now.
It would suck if he falls to the Flyers spot and they take him and he ends up Draisaitl 2.0
And not beig able to get out of our own zone because we are getting run out of the building. You say to add talent. When has anyone said that Slafkovsky is void of talent? Because he doesnt score pretty highlight reel goals? Are we going to just have our finesse “talented” guys politely ask the opposition if they could kindly be allowed to drive the net and get in scoring positions? Yes we need talent but I don’t see how people feel the need to have a roster constructed of all small finesse players .
Hughes Nico Mercer PLUS want to add another C to be used on the third line with the second overall pick……
So… we draft a kid that has been elite at every level his entire life and has been told constantly he is an elite stud wherever he has played. He finally gets drafted , and he gets the privilege of being a 3C with awesome wingers like Kuokkanen and Johnson lol. I’m sure he will be very very happy beig a third liner playif with plugs and will gladly sign a very team friendly contract when it’s due.
Expect him to dominate in the NHL with shit wingers playif on the third line ?
Get the F out of here with that shit.
…. Yes if the rest of the roster was constructed perfectly and had no other needs at all , then hell ya , stack the roster as much as possible but we aren’t there. We need a player like Slafkovsky can be . We don’t have anyone like that. We are soft as baby shit. But let’s totally neglect that even the need of another RHD to draft a C even though we have two franchise level ones already. Makes no sense at all . None.
So . Next year after we draft Cooley then. The best player in the next draft is a C where we are picking . “Yo. Do you know what would be sick? If we had 4 stud C ! Can you imagine ? Ya we finished 4 th last in the league because we can’t play any sort of interior game at all but can you imagine how sweet it would be to have 4 awesome C !
I heard a guy in TV say you build a team with strength at C up the middle . … so we will have 4 awesome ones so we are going to be unstoppable. Yes they don’t have anyone to play with on their wings and they get blown up all the time amd can’t get to the slot but hey , they scored more points in Jr than other kids his age.
