Is Slafkovsky the worst #1 pick ever ?

[GordonGraham]

Too early to confirm but hes in the running for sure

 

[admiralcadillac]

No it's not. I had Cooley as 1st well before the draft.

Have my babies

 

[34]

Yakupov, not to mention the other trash the Oilers have drafted 1st lol.

 

[Hisch13r]

6 shots in 6 games. He needs to go down. He's not going to learn to be an offensive force if he's forced to just survive at the NHL level rather than learn to play offense and thrive at higher levels. It's not like the guy was an offensive presence in the Liiga.

 

[Pablo El Perro]

Yakupov, not to mention the other trash the Oilers have drafted 1st lol.

Nuge, Hall, and McDavid have had decent careers.

 

[ORRFForever]

LAF with another goal tonight!

Is there a Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy in his (near) future?

 

[jimmysheva]

Yakupov is a Gagarin Cup winner

 

[Nemesis Prime]

Alexis Lafreniere entered the chat

 

[5cotland]

Alexis Lafreniere entered the chat

Yeah, no.

 

[Nemesis Prime]

Yeah, no.

He has been worse than Daigle, Yakupov and Stefan. Impressive to be that shitty.

 

[Astyanax]

Seems to have no particular talent, no skill, no speed, big with no big man qualities, doesn’t produce points, his shot is bad, his passing is average… Is he the worst first pick ever ?

Not even close. Just off the top of my head Patrick Steffan comes to mind. At least slapsquatch is big, so that's something.

 

[CTHabsfan]

Juraj Slafkovsky is 19-years-old. There was a time when he wouldn't have been old enough to have been drafted by an NHL team, but we're discussing him possibly being the worst #1 ever? Maybe this thread should be shut down for a few years.

 

[AfroThunder396]

The Canadiens are ruining him with this usage and deployment. I have no idea what St. Louis is thinking. Slaf doesn't look like an NHL player right now and it's mostly not his fault. He should not get another NHL game in calendar year 2023. Send him to Laval and re-evaluate after New Year's.

 

[golgoXIII]

The Canadiens are ruining him with this usage and deployment. I have no idea what St. Louis is thinking. Slaf doesn't look like an NHL player right now and it's mostly not his fault. He should not get another NHL game in calendar year 2023. Send him to Laval and re-evaluate after New Year's.

yep don't look good ,he seems lost send him AHL and bring Roy in the big show

 

[Hisch13r]

The Canadiens are ruining him with this usage and deployment. I have no idea what St. Louis is thinking. Slaf doesn't look like an NHL player right now and it's mostly not his fault. He should not get another NHL game in calendar year 2023. Send him to Laval and re-evaluate after New Year's.

They shot themselves in the foot by starting him in the NHL because now it'll be seen as some big demotion even though he's never belonged in the NHL. What are you doing drafting a guy you say is a project and treating him as if he's an NHL ready player rather than a project?

 

[Cenzo_]

Watch the games people, Slaf is playing just fine using his big frame to win puck battles, making good passes with his line playing some good defense. Points will come but sure look at hockey DB and give us your your expert opinion...

 

[Hisch13r]

Watch the games people, Slaf is playing just fine using his big frame to win puck battles, making good passes with his line playing some good defense. Points will come but sure look at hockey DB and give us your your expert opinion...

I love developing my 1OA to be a plug

 

[Coaches Coroner]

Who cares if he can play hockey, has he learned French yet?

 

[FrozenJagrt]

Nuge, Hall, and McDavid have had decent careers.

Pfft bust. Call me when he wins a Vezina.

 

[ujju2]

If Slafkovsky is getting all these premature threads after a rookie season of 10 points 39 games, I can only imagine if HFBoards was active when 1st overall pick Joe Thornton had 7 points in 55 games in his first season.. We all know how his career played out.

Way too early to tell with Slaf.

Yeah. Or Draisaitl with 2 goals, 9 points in 37 games in his first season.

 

[Jeune Poulet]

Gakchenyuk 2013
KK 2018
Slav 2022

All rushed in at 18 years old onto weak rosters.

Oh look! The exremely bizarre "Galchenyuk was rushed" take lives on!

 

[Roomtemperature]

I find the stigma of you must play the 1st overall in the NHL kinda funny especially for the "lesser thought of" funny. Like no one would have batted an eye if they put Slafkovsky in the AHL considering the overall thought of who ever would go 1st

 

[LeProspector]

I find the stigma of you must play the 1st overall in the NHL kinda funny especially for the "lesser thought of" funny. Like no one would have batted an eye if they put Slafkovsky in the AHL considering the overall thought of who ever would go 1st

Some people around here were insistent he shouldn’t be in the NHL last year. Man we’re they right.

 

[Hisch13r]

Some people around here were insistent he shouldn’t be in the NHL last year. Man we’re they right.

It was incredibly clear

 

[Roomtemperature]

I meant for management. Who was the last 1st overall to not spend basically the whole year in the NHL?