Juraj Slafkovsky - Year Two

[Pazucha]

On any other team with productive forwards, Slaf would have a lot more points. Many of his chances don't get converted.

At this point we can just laugh about it.. Yesterday 2 or 3 times they hit the post

Anyway another great game by Slaf if we don't count that stinky usless penalty.

 

[26Mats]

So since it looks so far like management has got it right with Slaf, have people given more trust to the habs brass decision making.

He'll still have to show he can put up offensive numbers consistently to have warranted being picked ahead of others in his class.

But it's looking good.

 

[morhilane]

On any other team with productive forwards, Slaf would have a lot more points. Many of his chances don't get converted.

Technically, this team is supposed to have productive forwards. They just all decided they couldn't score this season.

I must admit, it's a great way to make sure the team stays at the bottom.

 

[417]

Technically, this team is supposed to have productive forwards. They just all decided they couldn't score this season.

I must admit, it's a great way to make sure the team stays at the bottom.

*This century

Fixed it for you.

 

[morhilane]

*This century

Fixed it for you.

There is a difference between being a low chances/low scoring team vs career low shooting percentage...

 

[417]

There is a difference between being a low chances/low scoring team vs career low shooting percentage...

just messing around lol

 

[Kennerback]

On any other team with productive forwards, Slaf would have a lot more points. Many of his chances don't get converted.

I think he would get slightly more points. But his assists attempts, as good as they look technically, often lack the element of surprise.

 

[Kennerback]

He'll still have to show he can put up offensive numbers consistently to have warranted being picked ahead of others in his class.

But it's looking good.

Putting up points for him is a work in progress and it won’t happen tomorrow as his finish is coarse and crude. However, he excels at all the things Cooley struggles with.

 

[Naslundforever]

And oh look, maybe Slaf is actually improving and has good underlying numbers despite not producing.

Size hits skating forecheck and slot passing should theoretically be a great contribution to all those awesome scorers in the slot

 

[26Mats]

Putting up points for him is a work in progress and it won’t happen tomorrow as his finish is coarse and crude. However, he excels at all the things Cooley struggles with.

I agree. But he has to actually put up the points at some point for him to have been a good pick. I'm not saying he should already be doing so. I just saying I can't count the chickens until they've hatched.

 

[Pazucha]

 

[ReHabs]

And oh look, maybe Slaf is actually improving and has good underlying numbers despite not producing.

Are you comparing a rookie from the NCAA with a sophomore who played pro hockey in his D year?

 

[Kennerback]

I agree. But he has to actually put up the points at some point for him to have been a good pick. I'm not saying he should already be doing so. I just saying I can't count the chickens until they've hatched.

I agree he has to put points up. But that won’t happen tomorrow as it’s not just a question of confidence or bad luck.

 

[le_sean]

Are you comparing a rookie from the NCAA with a sophomore who played pro hockey in his D year?

A rookie who barely had to move and didn’t have to learn to play on a different ice surface?

And are you really a sophomore if you didn’t even play half a season your rookie year?

But keep going, your schtick is getting more and more hilarious.

 

[Kennerback]

I’m confident in saying that deeking goalies one-on-one is the one part of his offensive game that is already excellent.

 

[ReHabs]

A rookie who barely had to move and didn’t have the learn to play on a different ice surface?

And are you really a sophomore if you didn’t even play half a season your rookie year?

But keep going, your schtick is getting more and more hilarious.

It’s chintzy to compare rookies and sophomores, even more so when Slaf’s major selling point was him playing with men’s division teams and competitions.

Slafkovsky is on pace for 20pts. Don’t you think it’s irrational to look down on rookies outpacing him by double??

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

So since it looks so far like management has got it right with Slaf, have people given more trust to the habs brass decision making.

It should. But…

Have to say, they’ve done well developing so far. It’s not an afterthought as it seemed to be under MB. It used to be - bring up the player, play him bottom six and hope for the best. But MSL has mostly played one kid per line with vets. It’s worked well.

 

[overlords]

I don't want to seem anal-retentive, but ligers are a hybrid between tigers and lions. They happen to breed in captivity when members of both species are held in the same cages. Maybe your photo is some type of meme I'm not aware of.

Yeah I was just being an idiot.

 

[Andrei79]

The skating, agility and hands make no sense for a guy his size. You almost have to make an effort to bust with those tools.

 

[ReHabs]

So since it looks so far like management has got it right with Slaf, have people given more trust to the habs brass decision making.

He’s the statistically worst top drafted forward in modern memory.

If it’s too early to conclude he’s a bust how the hell is it not too early to proclaim they got it right?

The skating, agility and hands make no sense for a guy his size. You almost have to make an effort to bust with those tools.

No matter what happens, hockey historians will write about this. If you think he’s a sure bet, you can rest easy and enjoy the progress.

 

[417]

He’s the statistically worst top drafted forward in modern memory.

If it’s too early to conclude he’s a bust how the hell is it not too early to proclaim they got it right?


No matter what happens, hockey historians will write about this. If you think he’s a sure bet, you can rest easy and enjoy the progress.

So let me see if I got this right.

It's not fair to compare Slafkovsky to a player his same age, from the same draft class and with basically the same amount of NHL experience in Cooley, according to you.

But it's fine to compare him to every other top drafted forward in history?

 

[HabbyGuy]

He moves very well for being such a large young man.

 

[Jeune Poulet]

You almost have to make an effort to bust with those tools.

Well, he's certainly trying!

 

[ReimanSum1908]

IMO - this is a SC winning 2nd line... but.. big BUT, the first line has to be better (not interchangeable). considering their salaries are actually 2nd line talent, we should have enough money for a $10M+ player on the 1st to go with Slaf + ?W.
I think Hugo is managing the % of Cap our D are going to require when we are ready.

A winning second line paid at the level of a first line, though.

 

[Kennerback]

He’s the statistically worst top drafted forward in modern memory.

If it’s too early to conclude he’s a bust how the hell is it not too early to proclaim they got it right?


No matter what happens, hockey historians will write about this. If you think he’s a sure bet, you can rest easy and enjoy the progress.

I’m totally with you when you criticize his point production. And I’ve struggled to find comparables. Especially comparables that look so good besides production.

My closest comparable is Getzlaf. Because his first 3 years post draft were not great. Particularly his last WHL year where his numbers were frankly mediocre. He even looked like he regressed. But no one can argue he wasn’t a key component in the Duck’s Cup.