Jaynki
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I agree, Slaf has made an impact, but not at the level those charts suggest. I'm not knocking the kid, I just haven't yet seen the dominance, confidence, and control we're hoping for. It's great you and others see signs of it – I'm hoping it becomes more obvious to the rest of us.
His 2nd game he was our best player and had a very strong game tho. I saw sign of "it" all training camp but i also saw the hesitation and the whiff. As long as we see more and more of the former and less and less of the latter he will become a player. (Inchworm improvement)
For the rest, yeah, we will see. I think it will be fair to reevaluate after 20 games, then 40 games and then after the season. We might end up surprised (or very disappointed) with the growth.
Well, indeed.I think he is currently one of the better forwards in the roster but that's just shows how weak this team is up front.
But on the other hands, i think we could argue he would be a top 9 on teams like Vegas, the Leafs and the Oilers too, fwiw.
Anyway, we need him to be a top line player, not a top 9.