Player Discussion Juraj Slafkovsky discussion

[Andrei79]

agree, but i don't think he needs to be that super-brainy player to be effective. just forecheck like crazy, park your ass in front of the net on the PP, throw a few goods hits per game, bam.

He'll become a much better player when he accepts he's not a high skill or cerebral player. He's dominant when he keeps his game simple and uses his monster size to his advantage, like you described. He just needs to accept who he is.

 

[Nedved]

That last sentence is just… not true at all.

he does do it when he drives the play. I just don't see him opening the ice for players without driving the play and using his body. He should play the game like a power forward and not a play maker. He's at his best when he's physical, drives the net, and wants to bang pucks in. He is a below average 1st line winger when he's playing along the perimeter. I feel like we see two versions of slafovsky and one has elite potential, a game breaker. The other slafovsky is an average winger.

 

[Tyson]

Slaf need to be on a line where he drives the play. I swear I would put him with Beck and Heineman and let them play.

 

[NotProkofievian]

Slaf need to be on a line where he drives the play. I swear I would put him with Beck and Heineman and let them play.

Might not be a bad line actually

 

[Victoire HuGo]

Slaf need to be on a line where he drives the play. I swear I would put him with Beck and Heineman and let them play.

Question then becomes who do you put on top line? Some people keep complaining about Slaf being gifted this spot but it's not like we have a lot of options. Armia and Anderson have not proven anything. Only true candidates are Laine Newhook and Heineman and they all have negatives tied to them (hole at C, liability at ES or still finding rhythm after injury)

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

I can't handle how he's positioned on the boards when we have puck possession. they need to change this problem. he needs to shift the front of the net and someone slide into his board position. it makes zero sense. he's the worst play maker on his line and needs to cause traffic and be a menace. he did for a couple games and went perimeter mode again for most the night.

I think his playmaking is actually pretty impressive. But I agree with your overall point. He needs to go to the net. We don’t have enough guys who do that.

 

[Whitesnake]

Why the hurry to give him such a contract?

 

[BargainBinSpecial]

Why the hurry to give him such a contract?

This contract will break HuGo, I swear. Anyways, a 95.5 mil. caphit makes it manageable, but this player has Alexandre Daigle written all over him. The contract will come with high expectations and the player will be quite the expensive third liner.

 

[Victoire HuGo]

This contract will break HuGo, I swear. Anyways, a 95.5 mil. caphit makes it manageable, but this player has Alexandre Daigle written all over him. The contract will come with high expectations and the player will be quite the expensive third liner.

So much wrong with this post, holy.

 

[PavelBrendl]

This contract will break HuGo, I swear. Anyways, a 95.5 mil. caphit makes it manageable, but this player has Alexandre Daigle written all over him. The contract will come with high expectations and the player will be quite the expensive third liner.

Holy hyperbole. I don’t think another forward selected 1OA has ever been less comparable to Daigle and he’s 4th in points on the team as a 20-year-old sophomore. If you want to call that 3rd line upside I don’t know what to tell you.

The sky is always falling with some of you, it’s f***ing absurd.

 

[BargainBinSpecial]

So much wrong with this post, holy.

We will see. Time will tell. Like I said with the high caphit, contract becomes manageable. Gally and Anderson have 2 yrs left and I expect Price to be traded to a team trying to reach capfloor, Gally goes on LTIR and the Habs will have another bad contract for 8 yrs, mind you not as bad as Anderson's 7 yrs, Price's 8 yrs at 80 mil., Petry's and Gallagher's.

 

[DAChampion]

Most players break out around 23.

That's almost certainly not true of most star forwards.

 

[Victoire HuGo]

That's almost certainly not true of most star forwards.

Breakout Threshold (BT) – Using Career Games Played to Determine Breakout Potential

Co-written by Mat Porter *Usually posted in the Fantasy Guide, but moving forward the Fantasy Guide will link here for reference. Order the Fantasy Guide here. Back in 1997, in a fourth-year university Mathematics class project, I analyzed 15 years of data to

dobberhockey.com

 

[DAChampion]

Breakout Threshold (BT) – Using Career Games Played to Determine Breakout Potential

Co-written by Mat Porter *Usually posted in the Fantasy Guide, but moving forward the Fantasy Guide will link here for reference. Order the Fantasy Guide here. Back in 1997, in a fourth-year university Mathematics class project, I analyzed 15 years of data to

dobberhockey.com

Where does this article say "star forwards"?

 

[Miller Time]

That's almost certainly not true of most star forwards.

Depends on what one considers "breaking out"... And what constitutes "star player".

Top 20 scoring forwards right now:

MacKinnon (jump @22yr old season)
Drai (from 77/70pts prior to 105 @ 23)
Kuch*
McD
Connor*
Patrnak
Marner
Eichel*
Scheifele*/Rantanen/Keller*
Necas*
Hegel*
Bratt*
Hughes
Crosby
Reinhart*
Panarin*
6 fwds tied at 65pts (Nylander*, Point*, Suzuki*, Stutzle, Robertson, Raymond*)

I'm working from assumption that top 20 in scoring = "star" (very fair to argue it's a smaller, or larger #, and to argue there are "star" forwards that might score a bit less but contribute in other ways.. have to draw a line somewhere & Im sure if one changes the cut-off it will have some impact on the ratio...)

Before looking at #'s, I'll randomly assign "breakout" to mean 70pts+ (or equivalent of .85ppg in 65+ game season). Same applies re. Setting a different cutoff...

* = players whose first 70pt+ season (or .85ppg in 65+ game played season) came at 23 or older

So about 14 of 24 players making up the top 20 forward scoring this year saw their first high scoring season come at or after 23...

** Did this quick and dirty, may have miscounted a year here or there, but frankly if it's 22 vs 23 vs 24 I think the point remains relevant...

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

That's almost certainly not true of most star forwards.

It's true of a lot of them.

 

[HabsMD97]

This contract will break HuGo, I swear. Anyways, a 95.5 mil. caphit makes it manageable, but this player has Alexandre Daigle written all over him. The contract will come with high expectations and the player will be quite the expensive third liner.

and the award for the most insane take in this thread goes to....

 

[BargainBinSpecial]

and the award for the most insane take in this thread goes to....

Right and you're sane?

 

[BargainBinSpecial]

Holy hyperbole. I don’t think another forward selected 1OA has ever been less comparable to Daigle and he’s 4th in points on the team as a 20-year-old sophomore. If you want to call that 3rd line upside I don’t know what to tell you.

The sky is always falling with some of you, it’s f***ing absurd.

I beg to differ, we talk in 2 yrs.

 

[HabzSauce]

I beg to differ, we talk in 2 yrs.

Pressure is on next year. Buddy will have some serious adversity to work through if he doesn't wake up. Actually that might be what he needs in order for him to take that next step

 

[TomKosto]

Lots of people get hated on here cause they dont believe in his potential. I’m still a believer but concerns are legit. Next year gonna be super important for him.