Dylan Guenther or Juraj Slafkovsky?

[abj]

Guenther have begun strong no one can doubt.

 

[dgibb10]

Idk about eye test part. I haven't really watched much of Guenther so i am not comparing, but in Slaf's case he looked good in his 2nd pro season. As others have mentioned his board play and ability to strip pucks is impressive. And his size definitely factors into the equation. Once he puts it all together in that frame he has serious potential to be a beast.

Important context though is Slaf is young. 20 years old still. Lots to work on obviously especially mentally (I want to see more confidence and assertiveness) but I like his trajectory a lot. He's shown me enough that he can become very good defensively one day. He has the tools for it.

100%.

He is very young. For his age, his defence is impressive. He certainly can become an effective defensive piece as he develops.

He's just not yet. Which is okay for him, it doesn't make him a bad player.

It's just when there is these claim that he is somehow a sure thing to become better defensively than Guenther, or that Guenther is not also capable of improving on his currently mediocre defense (and these claims/this line of thinking 100% comes from inherent bias about how people intertwine defense and physicality)

 

[lawrence]

Hard to tell. Slav can work in any situation.

Guenther however I feel is a future 45 goal scorer.

 

[Stive Morgan]

Habs van voting "Guenther but it will be close"

I really like Slaf, but I've always been really high on Guenther. That whole set of moves was highway robbery by Arizona/Utah.

It'd be like if we traded Karl Alzner for Mat Barzal or something.

 

[NyQuil]

That was the year there were 9 clearcut star prospects and Ottawa drafted 10th.

And the previous 9 teams drafted all nine of them, finishing with Guenther.

*sigh*

 

[Sasso09]

Guenther but it's close

 

[Llewzaher]

I think Gunther but would love to have either

 

[Jack Spider]

Slaf basically just told the montreal media to stfu. XD

 

[604]

That was the year there were 9 clearcut star prospects and Ottawa drafted 10th.

And the previous 9 teams drafted all nine of them, finishing with Guenther.

*sigh*

At least you didn’t trade Guentger for OEL.

 

[Jormungandr]

People actually think Guenther is poor defensively? You’re not very familiar with the player if you think that. Couch Tourigny constantly praises him for his defensive play. Even went so far as to say that he’s the best defensive player on the team a few weeks back.

 

[Llewzaher]

Gunther 16 16 32 and + 13
Cooley 7 22 29 and + 14

Slaf 3 14 17 -11

At this moment, I would take Cooley and Gunther ..

But UHC is playing well
If MTRY starts playing well then Slafs numbers will improve

Long term , it’s close I think

 

[TheNumber4]

Guenther has been really impressive.

Im surprised this thread isn’t about Cooley v Slaf though. Cooley is also better than Slaf and Wright. Thought so at the draft and continue to think so.