Juraj Slafkovsky - Year Two

Where would you prefer Slaf spend his 23-24 season?


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bcv

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Mike Bossy offered the Habs his services a while back for a similar role, but they turned him down.
There's no doubt Bossy is one of the greatest shooter of all time but I'm not convinced of he had the skills to be a teacher.
 

OldCraig71

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He started to play way better when he started to use a longer stick in November...
His shot release didn't improve and he seems more comfortable passing instead of taking the shot in most situations. The best shooters (forwards) use a shorter stick to keep the puck closer to the body enabling a quicker release.
 

Rapala

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He started to play way better when he started to use a longer stick in November...
He started playing way better when he got bumped to the first line. He was doing a lot of good things leading up to that but getting that audition and then nailing the role was the game changer. Think about how many players we've gone through on that right side since Suzuki took over as our lead center.
Not one of them landed the job.
 

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Try using a shorter stick Slaf, most of the big shooters do.
The best stick handlers and play makers generally use relatively short sticks. It all boils down to how the length affects the top hand.
A longer stick forces you to hold the top hand up forcing the elbow out and away from the body. (Good for Goons) :sarcasm:
A shorter stick allows the elbow to remain closer to the body it also reduces the space between the hands.
This for me is very close to the default for puck handling and when shooting it's far easier/quicker to release a puck from that position..
Try dragging a puck to change the angle with a long stick and see where that elbow ends up before your release it's feels completely unnatural.
Using a shorter stick two things immediately happen one the release is far quicker two more wrist flexibility/maneuverability generates more power.

My ole man forced me to use a stick cut just below my nose which put it about chin level on skates.
As I got older I thought I was wiser and deviated from this and it affected my play without me realizing it.
I broke my lumber during a game and borrowed a smaller stick my game suddenly took flight to the levels it should have been at.
That is when I realized what was going on. That broken stick put some hardware in my trophy case.

Try it at home kids you'll see what I mean. :laugh:
 
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OldCraig71

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The best stick handlers and play makers generally use relatively short sticks. It all boils down to how the length affects the top hand.
A longer stick forces you to hold the top hand up forcing the elbow out and away from the body. (Good for Goons) :sarcasm:
A shorter stick allows the elbow to remain closer to the body it also reduces the space between the hands.
This for me is very close to the default for puck handling and when shooting it's far easier/quicker to release a puck from that position..
Try dragging a puck to change the angle with a long stick and see where that elbow ends up before your release it's feels completely unnatural.
Using a shorter stick two things immediately happen one the release is far quicker two more wrist flexibility/maneuverability generates more power.

My ole man forced me to use a stick cut just below my nose which put it about chin level on skates.
As I got older I thought I was wiser and deviated from this and it affected my play without me realizing it.
I broke my lumber during a game and borrowed a smaller stick my game suddenly took flight to the levels it should have been at.
That is when I realized what was going on. That broken stick put some hardware in my trophy case.

Try it at home kids you'll see what I mean. :laugh:
I agree with all of this. One other thing, most of the best goal scorers use a toe drag pulling the puck closer to the heel of the skate which in turn gets the elbow in a more forward position maximizing stick flex which would be difficult to do with a longer stick. For defencemen, I can understand having a longer stick, especially for taking slappers where the goal is to generate power as opposed to a forward in tight quarters trying to get a shot off as quickly as possible. Someone get me Marty's number so I can teach him a new "concept".:laugh:
 
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One of the most common qualities of elite athletes in any sport is a never ending drive to get better. Slaf seems to have that in spades.

One of the many reasons why the Yakupov comparisons that were going around at the start of the year are ridiculous.
One of the reasons teams completely misevaluated Tom Brady.
 

Rapala

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I agree with all of this. One other thing, most of the best goal scorers use a toe drag pulling the puck closer to the heel of the skate which in turn gets the elbow in a more forward position maximizing stick flex which would be difficult to do with a longer stick. For defencemen, I can understand having a longer stick, especially for taking slappers where the goal is to generate power as opposed to a forward in tight quarters trying to get a shot off as quickly as possible. Someone get me Marty's number so I can teach him a new "concept".:laugh:
Find me in the Pouliot thread and the Stick Thing always came up.
When stuff like what I shared happens to you a high level of conviction is always going to be there.
 
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The best stick handlers and play makers generally use relatively short sticks. It all boils down to how the length affects the top hand.
A longer stick forces you to hold the top hand up forcing the elbow out and away from the body. (Good for Goons) :sarcasm:
A shorter stick allows the elbow to remain closer to the body it also reduces the space between the hands.
This for me is very close to the default for puck handling and when shooting it's far easier/quicker to release a puck from that position..
Try dragging a puck to change the angle with a long stick and see where that elbow ends up before your release it's feels completely unnatural.
Using a shorter stick two things immediately happen one the release is far quicker two more wrist flexibility/maneuverability generates more power.

My ole man forced me to use a stick cut just below my nose which put it about chin level on skates.
As I got older I thought I was wiser and deviated from this and it affected my play without me realizing it.
I broke my lumber during a game and borrowed a smaller stick my game suddenly took flight to the levels it should have been at.
That is when I realized what was going on. That broken stick put some hardware in my trophy case.

Try it at home kids you'll see what I mean. :laugh:

a rare and actually interesting post on HF. I'm tired of seeing the words "village", "tank" and "generational" everywhere lol.

Thanks
 
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