I think it's a mindset thing for him. He is still relatively young at 21. I expect by 24 he will be a huge handful for other teams and crash and bang a little more.
It's like people don't understand that we're in the very early stages of this guy's career and he's going to be a much different player a few years from now.
Do you think it's possible that 50-60 points becomes Slaf's upside? It may come but he hasn't shown enough 3 full years in.
I agree but one thing is for sure...the Habs picked the wrong year to draft 1OA.
Maybe he doesn't become a mean player. Maybe he becomes a pest a la the worm Corey Perry. Perry is 6'3 200+ lbs.
I dont think you become a pest overnite either, Perry was playing that style in the OHL.
Whats unhealthy and annoying is criticizing everyone who has a different view. Every fan sees things the way they see it but evidently if their views differ from yours it's unacceptable.
If you're expecting him to be Brady Tkachuk you'll be disappointed. But he's already added a lot more sandpaper to his game and I expect it to continue. He's a work in progress and of all our players he's the one I can least predict. He's got so many tools but needs to put them together. He's also becoming a pretty good agitator. I didn't expect that to happen but again... work in progress.
its annoying because there is a small portion of this fan base that defines physicality so narrowly that it's unworkable in terms of expectations. And this is causing endless annoying debates.
There are alot of folks who say stuff that I don't agree with but I try to find common ground. You and I disagree on the handling of Arber Xhekaj but I see your points as valid.
Larry Robinson was a guy who'd throw the occassional hit and when he had to could throw down with the best of them. But he wasn't what I'd call a nasty player. Didn't matter, he was hugely effective and one of the best players in the league.
I think many are riffing on the fact the habs supposedly have no chance against the cap’s physicality without Xjekaj when in fact habs have a big players on every line.
You know I am not convinced at all that this is correct and I'll tell you why, 4 years before the SLAF, BEDARD, CELIBRINI draft. IF someone would have asked which draft do you want 1OV. I am convinced 99.9% of everyone would have chosen the BEDARD draft.
LOL yeah?
is this guy f***ing kidding me right now? Lol
Slaf's stick is under/behind Roy's stick, he still interrupted Roy by playing the body but he didn't swat/slash the stick. You can love the player and not lie about something he didn't do.
Was this necessary?Thanks.
I’m not expecting him to be, it’s not in his DNA. Slaf told us himself he wants to model his game around Tkachuks game, which is a bad idea. Like I said, he needs to find his identity. I dont really care if he dont fight/agitate but I want to see him crash the net more, he’s so huge. Fransen and Holmstrom back in the days where big « soft » player, but they contribute so much to the succes of the Wings back in the day. Like I said, just need to find his identity, it will come with time.
He's already 200 games into his career. How much more development runway could be left? (sarcasm)
Heard the 250 game mark thrown around as the xp at which you’re pretty much seeing what you’re going to get. Makes sense to me as completely arbitrary as it sounds.
