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F Juraj Slafkovsky - TPS, Finland U20 (2022 Draft)

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Fantastic game.
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ponder said:
I’d bet my life savings that Slafkovsky never hits 100 points in a season.

He’s a good prospect, but I don’t even think he’s the best prospect on that last Slovak WJC team. I’d put both Dvorsky and Nemec slightly ahead of him, but it’s highly arguable, could put them in any order really. Great time for Slovak prospects though, these 3 are arguably the top 3 Slovak prospects since Gaborik.
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He is far more noticeable in the games I have watched, and has a skillset that projects to be elite at the next level. Players that skate that well, control the puck this well at this size are few and far between. Every time a young player plays well in these scenarios in recent memory it has translated immediately to the NHL. Seider, Quinn Hughes, Matthews, Power all played in world championships against pros and excelled. To me he is a top 3 pick, best raw tools in the draft in my opinion. If the Sens have a chance to get him I hope they do.
 
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bert said:
He is far more noticeable in the games I have watched, and has a skillset that projects to be elite at the next level. Players that skate that well, control the puck this well at this size are few and far between. Every time a young player plays well in these scenarios in recent memory it has translated immediately to the NHL. Seider, Quinn Hughes, Matthews, Power all played in world championships against pros and excelled. To me he is a top 3 pick, best raw tools in the draft in my opinion. If the Sens have a chance to get him I hope they do.
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Stuetzle, Tkachuk and Slafkovsky. Just imagine.:eek:
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Fantastic game. View attachment 506087
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He´s Tesla of this year (even with that volatility). :D
 
Shame that TPS haven't been able to get more out from him this season. Looked really great in the 1st game of the olympics.
 
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BusQuets said:
Shame that TPS haven't been able to get more out from him this season. Looked really great in the 1st game of the olympics.
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Maybe next season he could play for Olli Jokinen on Jokerit? Looking at their roster it's mainly young guys and he has gotten them #2 in the standings. Impressive stuff.
 
RZAty said:
after one game? are you sure?
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I don’t think so, in the “booming” sense at least. Bob McKenzie already said 2 or 3 scouts, already rate him as the second best player in the draft. So I mean how much more can his stock really boom? I think it did show scouts something though, that he can drive a line with average euro players against the best euro players and one of the tourney favorites.

He really seems to be developing that signature move, where he uses his huge reach and long stride to quickly wheel out from the corner into the middle of the ice on his forehand side and whip it at the net. His quick bursts and fast release are really on display there.
 
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Antiillafire said:
I don’t think so, in the “booming” sense at least. Bob McKenzie already said 2 or 3 scouts, already rate him as the second best player in the draft. So I mean how much more can his stock really boom? I think it did show scouts something though, that he can drive a line with average euro players against the best euro players and one of the tourney favorites.

He really seems to be developing that signature move, where he uses his huge reach and long stride to quickly wheel out from the corner into the middle of the ice on his forehand side and whip it at the net. His quick bursts and fast release are really on display there.
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i think he'll still be a top 5 pick anyways, but the points need to display that act he can do on ice. that's how i feel. The Olympics really can help, but these olympics are awful in terms of quality players just because of no NHL
 
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RZAty said:
i think he'll still be a top 5 pick anyways, but the points need to display that act he can do on ice. that's how i feel. The Olympics really can help, but these olympics are awful in terms of quality players just because of no NHL
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Yes, agreed. But current olympic teams from Finland or Russia would make some troubles also against teams built from NHLers.
 
RZAty said:
i think he'll still be a top 5 pick anyways, but the points need to display that act he can do on ice. that's how i feel. The Olympics really can help, but these olympics are awful in terms of quality players just because of no NHL
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Yes, the Olympics are without NHLers, but surely playing against Finland Euro team is a better match up than playing against a Liiga team...
 
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slovakiasnextone said:
Yes, the Olympics are without NHLers, but surely playing against Finland Euro team is a better match up than playing against a Liiga team...
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good point. I desire to just see if Juraj is someone who is worthy of a top 5 pick. The Olympics are certainly a good point to prove your worth, even without NHL players.
 
When I watched him in Finnish u-20s I thought he played very disrespectfully like he was way above the competition, and of course play style like that might not work so well at the higher level. In Liiga he's not been able to do the same and hence he's struggled. But against Finland he then was able to do quite well for himself. I think that that should increase his draft stock because it addresses some concerns, even with just a 1 game sample - but it still is just a 1 game sample.

Overall though, I'd say that if scouts actually have him at #2 they're pretty optimistic for his projection since that's IMO tough to objectively justify.
 
RZAty said:
i think he'll still be a top 5 pick anyways, but the points need to display that act he can do on ice. that's how i feel. The Olympics really can help, but these olympics are awful in terms of quality players just because of no NHL
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To say that the quality of players is awful is kinda ignorant. KHL is a pretty darn good league and heaps and bounds better than the AHL.
 
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