Oh look a 20 year old playing in his 3rd year, who is a prototypical power forward needs time to develop.

Both will be great players , Cooley will out score slaf in Oct Nov Dec .Only 6pts behind superstar Cooley who's dead cold the last 7games
That draft's top 4 is looking pretty good.Both will be great players , Cooley will out score slaf in Oct Nov Dec .
Slaf will take over Feb March April .
I know which one I want on my team .
Yes for a draft that many thought is busting as a whole it is turning to be quite goodThat draft's top 4 is looking pretty good.
He'll be back at the inevitable slow down.His #1 fan is missing again. lol.
Calling folks who doubt him haters is not a mature remark.41 pts now with 16 games left. Last year he had 50 points. He is on pace to beat last years total. Could possibly get to 55 pts.
If he gets into the mid 50's especially after the back half of the season with all those hits and playing like we know he can. Will the haters still doubt him? What does he need to do to fully arrive in their minds?
Boring gaslighting. There are very clearly posters actively cheering his struggles.Calling folks who doubt him haters is not a mature remark.
There is a difference between doubters and haters. Not all doubters are haters. We all know who the haters are.Calling folks who doubt him haters is not a mature remark.
His big contract only starts next year.I love the way he went back to the lab during the break and stepped up his game. This has been the memo on Slaf for years: ambitious, hard-working, high character guy with intangibles, self-critical and humble, stepping up when challenged, a willing learner, not hiding or crumbling under the spotlight.
That's why I was so disappointed in the first half of the season when he seemed to be floating on the ice, not moving his feet and letting the game pass him by. I'm glad he proved me wrong. In retrospect, that had more to do with him still adjusting to the speed of the game, finding his playstyle and perhaps the weight of expectation after the end of last year than it did with him cashing his new check and mailing it in.
The kid wants to get better each and every game out...........wants being the key word here. Does it happen every game, not all season, he struggled the first 3 months.......the last two months he is once again playing much better.Give the kid time.
I am telling you. He's never had to learn to use his frame until he reached the nhl. Smaller players in juniors learn how to leverage their size because they have to at the age.
Slaf has never had to do this. He's learning consistency, it'll come because he's actually a smart and dedicated kid. His vision and passing are very high level.
Cashing his new cheque?? LOL The new deal hasn't started yet. The kid, has never mailed anything in, no matter his pay grade.I love the way he went back to the lab during the break and stepped up his game. This has been the memo on Slaf for years: ambitious, hard-working, high character guy with intangibles, self-critical and humble, stepping up when challenged, a willing learner, not hiding or crumbling under the spotlight.
That's why I was so disappointed in the first half of the season when he seemed to be floating on the ice, not moving his feet and letting the game pass him by. I'm glad he proved me wrong. In retrospect, that had more to do with him still adjusting to the speed of the game, finding his playstyle and perhaps the weight of expectation after the end of last year than it did with him cashing his new check and mailing it in.
It hasn't started yet but he did 'secure it', either way he knows he's got 60 million$ on the way no matter what is what the guy meant to say I thinkCashing his new cheque?? LOL The new deal hasn't started yet. The kid, has never mailed anything in, no matter his pay grade.
Give the kid time.
I am telling you. He's never had to learn to use his frame until he reached the nhl. Smaller players in juniors learn how to leverage their size because they have to at the age.
Slaf has never had to do this. He's learning consistency, it'll come because he's actually a smart and dedicated kid. His vision and passing are very high level.
I honestly don't even know who to compare him to. He's so unique.
He is so calm with the puck. He makes these passes that I never expect. Like they sometimes actually dont make sense.
He has this awesome ability of gaining the zone, quickly getting boxed out, but uses his size just long enough to make a pass to Suzuki or Cole entering the zone. It's such a nothing play visually, but it creates so many scoring chances.
It's hard to appreciate his game because while he makes spectacular passes, so many more chances come from really smart, simple passes in the neutral zone or just after gaining the blue line.