Slaf is fine this year; he is involved in the play a much higher percentage of the time than last year. This has likely come from playing at the NHL level and using his NOT POOR (please note @ReHabs) hockey IQ to learn what he needs to.
You're comparing Cooley to players who have proven to be effective in defense of slaf.
According to the Bob Mackenzie poll, more scouts had Slaf as top pick (50%) than any other player. Yes, they could be wrong since kids are drafted so young, but a GM that drafted that way is hardly committing a fireable offence. Going off the board and the player then busting, that might be.
He hasn’t shown much processing skills. He has some tools. He’s a big boy.
No idea, I can make a dumbass fan guess… but your statement implies your an expert at predicting hockey IQ
At least average. Not a hindrance for him to have a chance to be a productive winger.
There’s no such thing as BPA, unless it’s a clear cut Lemieux, McDavid, Crosby, Ovy….
He has had several chances this year that he did not shoot fast enough. But getting the chances bodes well for processing.
Slafkovsky doesn't "mean" anything, he's just a hockey player. And yes, you can be happy, mad, and have the expectations that you want, and never change them no matter what, but you got to understand a lot of people just won't give a shit.
Slaf too
In a cap and draft league like the NHL, high picks are designed to be a partial consolation prize, to avoid the league having the same perrenial haves and have-nots. But the league at the same time cannot responsibly structure itself to reward losing so much that people prefer it to winning.
