I like the fact that he's doing good things at both ends of the rink. When our D shovels weak passes along those right boards I'm more confident he can move the puck out of the zone than I am say with Josh Anderson. He's still a project but he's showing purpose and he's paired with the player best suited to help his game.
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It's funny; I've seen a lot more of this sentiment on Twitter from fans of other teams rather than Habs fans. Obviously, on here, we have dedicated threads on players and scrutinize them closely but there was a lot of noise the past couple of weeks, especially when he was playing well but not getting any points. A lot of "biggest bust of all time" tweets and clowning on our reporters when they would post a play that didn't lead to a goal.
Agreed. It's been refreshing to see, honestly. Some guys you almost have to convince yourself that they're getting better and more adjusted, but not Slaf. The proof has been in the pudding. He's been miles better than he was at any point last year and the beginning of this year.
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I hope the Habs org really crack down on what the young guys are doing at night. There were no cameras when Lafleur was f***ing up. Nor for Corson, Kordic, Svoboda, Chelios, and so on and so forth…
For me it goes beyond good chemistry. Slaf is currently progressing in the role we drafted him for. I get the knee jerk reaction where people believe Dach is our best center and want to give him all the shiny new toys. The truth is he is not our number one center nor is he our best player at this time. I doubt very much Slaf gets moved off Suzuki's wing. His game took off when he was put on Suzuki's right wing.
When Dach can assume number one status sure he'll naturally get Slaf who was always slated to play on the top line.
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This is 100% fact.
This is how that meeting went :
"Slaf you don't play like Olympics, you play scared. Like a little girl. When we eat dinner in Slovakia, all the time we talk about you. Talk shit about you "Slaf is not the same, Slaf lost his power blah blah blah" The president sent me here to stop you. Stop shaming Slovakia Slaf, stop being Bambi.
Ok bye Slaf."
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Not paying attention to everyone from that class but it's still very early.
So we’ll see.
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Either that or they develop real slow because of having had their 1st year of Juniors @16 years old during COVID.
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Slaf finally playing his game within the game
He damn sure found his chair
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ThaDevilGirl
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He learned how to play both chess and checkers
In all seriousness I often cringe when he passes. Some of them are sketchy as f*** but he confidently snaps them anyway and they hit the mark more often than not!
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He's been very good lately and it's awesome to see the production starting to come. Can't wait to see him gain a bit more strength so he can impose himself more physically than he is now. He's showing shades of what he will be capable of with his frame.
Christmas came early to Habs fans this year...
Except for those that were naughty, hope they don't struggle too much with that big lump of crow
Except for those that were naughty, hope they don't struggle too much with that big lump of crow
Please don't get a season ending/longterm injury now that you're starting to put up some points.
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It's funny to see everyone excited now that he's put a few points on the board, even the naysayers are coming around. When in reality he's been playing this well for the past month. No points or not.
Anyone could see this coming. Points were not needed for this affirmation imo.
Anyone could see this coming. Points were not needed for this affirmation imo.
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He's had a handful of games recently where he's producing. A decent amount of games before where he looked good, but his linemates, or himself couldn't finish the play.
He's trending upwards, which is great. His main thing is he has his head up looking for people and being aware of his time and space.
Will have to see how he finishes out the year. If he can pick up the pace a bit and reach 20 that would be great.
He's going to take time, but he's definitely trending well. Can't take 20 games to erase the previous 50, or whatever it is that he looked not too good.
He's trending upwards, which is great. His main thing is he has his head up looking for people and being aware of his time and space.
Will have to see how he finishes out the year. If he can pick up the pace a bit and reach 20 that would be great.
He's going to take time, but he's definitely trending well. Can't take 20 games to erase the previous 50, or whatever it is that he looked not too good.
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When Dach fell, I went into a depression. I was sad. Was not interested in hockey too much at that point
Now I tune in to watch Slaf, very excited about him.
Now I tune in to watch Slaf, very excited about him.
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Agreed, I think having both Suzuki and Caufield on the same line at 5v5 is not ideal even with Slaf as a winger.
Slaf - Dach - Caufield as 1st line
Newhook - Suzuki - xxx
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Roy would work well with Nick
This with a guy like Roy or Heineman moving forward. Caufield would feast with two physical playmarkers
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