Confirmed with Link: Juraj Slafkovsky re-signs with the Canadiens 8 x $7.6M

[Team_Spirit]

60M for our boy

David Desharnais is waiting for his kickback for enrolling the kid when he was 9.

 

[Redux91]

And it's an extension lmao
So next year @900k
AND THEN the contract kicks in
So he's locked in til 29 boys and girls

 

[Nicko999]

High risk, high reward contract.

He is is way too unproven to be given that contract but Hughes is banking on him continuing to develop.

 

[Leto]

Suzuki, Caufield and Slafkovsky for ~23.33 % of the cap is great value in a 100M cap world. Good cap management will go a long way for building a competitive window and keeping our talent.​

 

[The Great Weal]

Slaf was absurdly snakebitten when he first got placed on the 1st line and Suzuki/CC weren't helping him out enough. That's obviously changed since January, but he could be close to 65 points otherwise. 65 point physical monster as a 19 year old, you don't understand hockey if you think this is a bad contract.

 

[Wats]

Suzuki Caufield and Slafkovky all bought into the program. No one gets paid more than the captain looks like.

 

[CrazyBob]

Well he better be very good now and not do a Galchenuyk cause thats a lot of money for a long time

 

[dauv]

Slaf signing a 60M contract while Shane Wright is still an AHLer

 

[Scintillating10]

Man if there were ever two players so different when it comes to character....

Go back and read thread when Galchenyuk signed. Do yourself a favour. This board was in love with him. Once he became filthy rich he quit working hard

 

[Kairi Zaide]

Risky???????????

For who?

Slaf?

LOL

For the Habs. There's still a lot of room for improvement in his case, and, consequently, there's no guarantee he fills that room. That's a gamble similar to what the Canes tried with KK or the Devils with Hughes. If it works out, we have a steal. If it doesn't... Welp.

 

[red devil]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807867378807529647

 

[Riddick412]

Love this. He's part of the (cup winning) core now. Very glad to be wrong about him.

 

[waffledave]

My first instinct was that this is high and then I remembered the deals handed out today.

 

[FLHabs]

Lmaooo main board is coping haaaard hahaha

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Did Slaf break HFB?

This second rate board has been broken for like a week now.

You'd think with the amount of f***ing ads they could afford a decent server, but guess now.

 

[yianik]

Wasn't expecting this until we were well within the season at least.

So I love Slaf and get that I need to try to look at it objectively. Given his trajectory last year , hitting towards 30 goals and plus 60 points is reasonable, add in physicality and then signing for below Suzuki is tough.

Whatever. I'm really happy. We have him for 9 years. First line is locked up. These are the guys you pay.

 

[MON4NHLTOR4MLB]

Risky without seeing a full season at the clip his last 30 games were. Any type of revert to 10 game pointless streaks, that’s tough

 

[McGees]

love the self imposed cap max for our stars.
Leafs F'd themselves for letting them all get max amounts on short terms
(yes they are better players but still)
This is how you build a contender.

 

[Andrei79]

It's crazy to think less than 24M will locked up in Slaf/Suzuki/Caufield while Demidov is still on his ELC.

The cap structure Hughes is putting in place will allow the team to really stack itself up for an eventual run.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

I like it. He comes in under both Suzuki and Caufield, but I believe he's actually going to be the best of the 3. He's a f***ing beast, and I love his competitiveness.

Solid signing.

 

[Frenchy]

Great deal max years , fair AVV . I love it

 

[River Meadow]

For the Habs. There's still a lot of room for improvement in his case, and, consequently, there's no guarantee he fills that room. That's a gamble similar to what the Canes tried with KK or the Devils with Hughes. If it works out, we have a steal. If it doesn't... Welp.

This is the best thing Hughes could have done.

If we waited 1-2 years he will be costing SIGNIFICANTLY more money.

I had my doubts before but it's very clear now that Slaf is a beast, and he's only begun to scratch the surface, IMO.

 

[Captain Mountain]

FWIW, deals for players with this profile tend to age incredibly well. These are the kinds of deals you want rebuilding teams to be in a position to make and make.

 

[Jaynki]

Wow. Big offseason for the next decade man.

 

[calder candidate]

This is amazing when you see what these UFA are getting, sure it is a gamble but I rather gamble on my 6’4’’ 20yo 1st OA pick than give 9M$/7years to a 5’11’’ 29yo like Guentzel…