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Player Discussion Juraj Slafkovsky discussion

River Meadow said:
Zegras is miles ahead of Slaf in terms of offensive IQ, talent and skill,

However, Slaf is 3inches taller...
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Talent and skill are a wash except for shooting which Slaf isn’t really into. I’ll give Zegras the IQ advantage on paper. The size and strength Slaf will have at Zegras’ age (23) will open up a bunch of doors that will never be available to Zegras and far outweigh his IQ advantage.
 
Kennerback said:
Talent and skill are a wash except for shooting which Slaf isn’t really into. I’ll give Zegras the IQ advantage on paper. The size and strength Slaf will have at Zegras’ age (23) will open up a bunch of doors that will never be available to Zegras and far outweigh his IQ advantage.
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Talent and skill is not a wash for Zegras/Slaf, I would say.

Watch Zegras, he has much more offensive upside and skill than Slaf,

With that said, you're right that if Slaf uses his body correctly, he can ultimately be more effective than Zegras as a player, especially in the playoffs.
 
OldCraig71 said:
I would keep him off the first line after the break until he earns his way back.
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Despite my obvious Slaf bias, I'd argue that no player deserves being forced to carry the Suzuki Caufield duo. Each their own a superb player but after multiple years it is painfully obvious that they have ~0% chemistry. I felt embarrassed having to watch Evans, properly our 4th line center, try his best to make what he could of lazy passes and the lack of corner/board play. Meanwhile the demoted guy and his line killed it.
 
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Heffyhoof said:
Despite my obvious Slaf bias, I'd argue that no player deserves being forced to carry the Suzuki Caufield duo. Each their own a superb player but after multiple years it is painfully obvious that they have ~0% chemistry. I felt embarrassed having to watch Evans, properly our 4th line center, try his best to make what he could of lazy passes and the lack of corner/board play. Meanwhile the demoted guy and his line killed it.
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Nah. Suzuki looks hurt right now though. He’s completely lost out there. Can’t even bring the puck into the offfensive zone now.
 
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Slapped-Silly is just not a very mean person -- And it shows in his play on the ice. The physicality you will get from him, IMO is puck possession, maybe, à la Armia, but not aggression and checking will be more as part of that puck possession than as an intimidation force.

Opponents will never fear Slafkovsky barrelling down on them. In his first season, when he placed an overly aggressive hit on a player and got suspended for it, he came back to play and was a complete lamb out on the ice.

Slafkovsky seems --as mentioned by another -- to be more in the mold of a Latendresse than a Lindros (pick your 'L').

I think he should perhaps be tried out at C with this season now having been charred to death wit the last two losses before the 4-Nations break.

Caufield - Tzatziki - Dach
Armia - Slapped-Silly - Laine
Newhook - Beck - Dvorak
Anderson - Evans - Gallagher

Armia and Slapped-Silly should give two forwards that can protect and keep the puck long enough to get it to an open Laine for a shot.
 
River Meadow said:
Yeah but did you see him at the 2022 Olympics?

7 goals in 7 games, baby!

:naughty:
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Juramir Jagkovsky

Kennerback said:
The size and strength Slaf will have at Zegras’ age (23) will open up a bunch of doors that will never be available to Zegras and far outweigh his IQ advantage.
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That theory seems less likely with every passing game. Size means nothing when you don't have the IQ to use it.
 
Scriptor said:
Slapped-Silly is just not a very mean person -- And it shows in his play on the ice. The physicality you will get from him, IMO is puck possession, maybe, à la Armia, but not aggression and checking will be more as part of that puck possession than as an intimidation force.

Opponents will never fear Slafkovsky barrelling down on them. In his first season, when he placed an overly aggressive hit on a player and got suspended for it, he came back to play and was a complete lamb out on the ice.

Slafkovsky seems --as mentioned by another -- to be more in the mold of a Latendresse than a Lindros (pick your 'L').

I think he should perhaps be tried out at C with this season now having been charred to death wit the last two losses before the 4-Nations break.

Caufield - Tzatziki - Dach
Armia - Slapped-Silly - Laine
Newhook - Beck - Dvorak
Anderson - Evans - Gallagher

Armia and Slapped-Silly should give two forwards that can protect and keep the puck long enough to get it to an open Laine for a shot.
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Honestly I was hoping for John Leclair. You are right he is to soft, he needs to build either a mean streak (can't see it) orrr a real hatred of loosing, which for me seems possible. Maybe if we start winning some of that will come. For right now he seems fully content with where he is at, I wish some of his teammates would take him to task about his attitude, but he seems to be to darn likeable.
 
It seems like he thrives when player less talented than him because they make it seem like they work harder than skillful players.

Plenty of times playing with Suzuki and Caufield, he's just looking for them anywhere on the ice, like he has it in his brain to give them the puck at all cost. Yesterday with Gally and Dvorak, he was going for pucks and making plays, more decisive with his decisions. I'd keep him on that line if he's that more effective.
 
Scriptor said:
Slapped-Silly is just not a very mean person -- And it shows in his play on the ice. The physicality you will get from him, IMO is puck possession, maybe, à la Armia, but not aggression and checking will be more as part of that puck possession than as an intimidation force.

Opponents will never fear Slafkovsky barrelling down on them. In his first season, when he placed an overly aggressive hit on a player and got suspended for it, he came back to play and was a complete lamb out on the ice.

Slafkovsky seems --as mentioned by another -- to be more in the mold of a Latendresse than a Lindros (pick your 'L').

I think he should perhaps be tried out at C with this season now having been charred to death wit the last two losses before the 4-Nations break.

Caufield - Tzatziki - Dach
Armia - Slapped-Silly - Laine
Newhook - Beck - Dvorak
Anderson - Evans - Gallagher

Armia and Slapped-Silly should give two forwards that can protect and keep the puck long enough to get it to an open Laine for a shot.
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His preseason fight was concerning when he started pulling the other guys hair and got dropped right after. At the time I said it was a bitch move but we had people saying anything goes in a hockey fight
 
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