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

[mirec04]

He has been playing for a one year older boys last year in slovak national team. I saw him in Jihlava U15 tournament in april 2018 against 2 czech teams and a one regional swedish team, was in a very good performance.

Yes I heard about his performance on that tournament but still all guys are one year older now, so we will see..

 

[lostinwarsaw]

I’ve seen Juraj in 5 games this term.
He’s very good at:
- One of the best shots at his age I’ve ever seen, he shoots better than alot of kids in Slovak u20 league. Hard and accurate.
-Uses body well to protect the puck
-Good IQ, knows where to be at right time

Needs to improve:
-Skating (who doesn’t really)
-Play with his head up more, too often puts head down and just drives ahead.
-Follow offenseive threat through neutral zone more effectively. Can get caught watching.

 

[mirec04]

I’ve seen Juraj in 5 games this term.
He’s very good at:
- One of the best shots at his age I’ve ever seen, he shoots better than alot of kids in Slovak u20 league. Hard and accurate.
-Uses body well to protect the puck
-Good IQ, knows where to be at right time

Needs to improve:
-Skating (who doesn’t really)
-Play with his head up more, too often puts head down and just drives ahead.
-Follow offenseive threat through neutral zone more effectively. Can get caught watching.

Skating is must. He needs to improve it although I think he is not falling behind in comparison to his peers.
As far as I know he is already trying to improve his skating through special power skating trainings. I think the guy seems to have good work ethic and that is together with his talent very important thing.
I wish him good luck and health in his future career.

 

[DannyShock]

I’ve seen Juraj in 5 games this term.
He’s very good at:
- One of the best shots at his age I’ve ever seen, he shoots better than alot of kids in Slovak u20 league. Hard and accurate.
-Uses body well to protect the puck
-Good IQ, knows where to be at right time

Needs to improve:
-Skating (who doesn’t really)
-Play with his head up more, too often puts head down and just drives ahead.
-Follow offenseive threat through neutral zone more effectively. Can get caught watching.

I saw him few week ago at an international level. Very good twoway play, I don´t think, he´s on the ice "without head up", in reverse head up better than 90% boys in his age. With others, I agree with you.

 

[lostinwarsaw]

Today’s game against Kladno I saw. This was the best game I’ve seen from juraj in all. He had 2 goals and 3 assists, and was a constant threat whenever on the ice. Man can this kid shoot the puck

 

[lostinwarsaw]

Mládežnické hvězdy února: Tomáš Perička a Juraj Slafkovský
Info about juraj

 

[alko]

Today’s game against Kladno I saw.

 

[mirec04]

He collected 6 points for 2 goals and 4 assists in the first 2 playoff games.
Normally that would be nothing special but his team scored totally only 8 goals so Juraj's impact was huge in both games.

 

[lostinwarsaw]

He says he hopes to go to Finland or Sweden next season

 

[alko]

He says he hopes to go to Finland or Sweden next season

Make sense. Take the "Cehlarik route" will be good. And hopefully with better results.

 

[mirec04]

He says he hopes to go to Finland or Sweden next season

Source?

 

[DannyShock]

He says he hopes to go to Finland or Sweden next season

I think it's just conspiracy and gossip.

 

[lostinwarsaw]

Source?

I just assumed based on his interview with the team website, he says the NHL is a hope but so is Sweden or Finland. I would assume he’d want to get there as soon as possible?

 

[Rusty7550]

His 2 goals against Kometa Brno

 

[lostinwarsaw]

His 2 goals against Kometa Brno

He always seems to be find the right place to be at the best times. Really good hockey IQ

 

[Wooren]

The two upcoming international friendly games against the Czech U16 will be streamed on Youtube. Slovakia seems to be taking their top squad including Slafkovsky, I am interested to see that team.

 

[mirec04]

His 2 goals against Kometa Brno

Nice goals, very good wrist shot

 

[Rusty7550]

Nice goals, very good wrist shot

Yes. That combination of shot + size is very promising

 

[Jabs102501]

His 2 goals against Kometa Brno

His shot is amazing

 

[lostinwarsaw]

1+2 in today’s game against Czechs u16. Slovaks won 6-4

 

[Rusty7550]

1+2 in today’s game against Czechs u16. Slovaks won 6-4

And played as a centreman and did really good job.

 

[lostinwarsaw]

And played as a centreman and did really good job.

Hmmm I wonder if he will play there further.

 

[mirec04]

He scored 1 goal and added 2 assists against Czech U16 yesterday by 6:4 win. Just for reminder, he played against 1 year older players.
On the other side the Czechs did not have their best team, they were missing ca. 10 players.

Time 20:40

 

[wings5]

He scored 1 goal and added 2 assists against Czech U16 yesterday by 6:4 win. Just for reminder, he played against 1 year older players.
On the other side the Czechs did not have their best team, they were missing ca. 10 players.

Time 20:40

Who is the Slovak goalie? Think he will become quite good.

 

[hellwar9]

Who is the Slovak goalie? Think he will become quite good.

Daniel Duris