KevSkillz4
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Thanks god I'm not the only one who see that. I see that in every game on PP. I can't wait to see Lane Hutson on PP.
Juraj Slafkovsky - Year Two
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Thanks god I'm not the only one who see that. I see that in every game on PP. I can't wait to see Lane Hutson on PP.
le_sean
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Until this point, Slaf had less total OT TOI than Dach this season despite Dach being out since Game 2 and the Habs playing like 20 OT games. It’s a surprising and disheartening stat.
LesCanadiens
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You state it as an undisputed fact that he was or looked "lost". Like it's the final word. I do not think he was lost at all. I saw a kid who was rarely out of position and very aware. IE, the opposite if lost. He wasn't getting many touches, which is not unusual. That doesn't mean he was lost.
It's gotten a little silly. I've been accused of having past negative takes about Slaf now because I mentioned Marty had demoted him to the second line.
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nhlfan9191
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There’s a few posters that keep making sarcastic posts accusing people of running away from this thread because Slafkovsky has turned things around. The truth is you can’t make a post mentioning anything semi critical for debate without getting 5+ posts responding to you in a 10 minute period from people losing their minds on you. Lol it is what it is. People aren’t avoiding because they’re scared of the people I mentioned, they’re avoiding it because there’s no entertaining conversations to be had unless you’re looking to treat it like a fan page.
To be fair, he has improved in many areas from the start of the season. His two biggest flaws from the start of the season remain, but they're less glaring now. The obvious one is shooting, but the other is still the speed of his decision making.
I noticed two or three times this game when he'd receive a pass to start the breakout and would be stuck still not skating for about a second or two looking about, make a nice tape to tape pass and then start skating. More experience should help eliminate that.
LesCanadiens
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If I could've connected with a punch through the screen. Matheson would've left the game on a stretcher after that moronic play. And I knew he was going to shoot. Because it's Matheson. Slaf WIDE OPEN. No screen, and he shoots it right into the goalies glove.
nhlfan9191
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He looks like a different player from beginning of the year/last year. It’s amazing what a little confidence does. My main argument in these threads had been if you aren’t going to give him reps in the NHL to build up his game and confidence, he shouldn’t be on the team at all. It does not surprise me when he started getting real top 6 opportunities that he started to get rolling.
LesCanadiens
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It's strange how different people can see things so polar opposite. I always thought his IQ was good and sometimes looked elite. Now it almost always looks elite.
To all of you saying this thread is too positive. WT ever loving F?
What's there to complain about? Does it suck to have a 19 year old uber-skilled 240lb winger?? 
LesCanadiens
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Oh good grief! The organization have had a plan all along for his development process and buidling confidence. They've stuck with it and we're seeing his game grow. You would think by reading your post that breaking a teenage prospect in slowly was some sort of novel anomaly.
He's showing terrific progress and he's still a teenager. The organization deserves full props for it. They knew what they were doing all along.
nhlfan9191
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With the way they did it, I would say Slafkovsky was an exception, not the rule.
Seriously...
Anderson is painful to watch there. His lack of vision & touch is amplified from seeing what Slaf could do with them...
But I get the move... Makes the "2nd" line far more threatening with Slaf there vs Anderson. Hard to roll with just 1 line.
His demotion looks more like a promotion with CC/Suzuki getting demoted now thought.
HabzSauce
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True, still props on them for recognizing this situation as an exception.
Bergevin would have definitely caved to the pressure and sent him down to the A
salwan
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What I like most about Slaf's last couple of games on the 2nd line is that he's showing that he can be the same driving force away from Suzuki and Cole. Great sign
I see this guy progressing. Dach did the same last year.
From 2005 and on, I told myself that size is not that important in hockey (skills over size). Omg is it nice to have both in Slaf and Dach
From 2005 and on, I told myself that size is not that important in hockey (skills over size). Omg is it nice to have both in Slaf and Dach
Bigger and fast and skilled is always better than smaller and fast and skilled.
BLONG7
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We are watching it unfold right in front of us................the OT chance almost won the game.
He has been very good since his promotion to the top line, and now is a driver of the second line and was feeding Money last night chance after chance.....
Great to see guys..................
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5 goals 8 assists in last 20 games.
Pace over 82 games: 20g 33p 53pts.
Pace over 82 games: 20g 33p 53pts.
ChesterNimitz
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And he’s doing it at the age of 19. Imagine what his impact will be when he’s 22/23 as he approaches his peak.
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It also helps to showcase Monahan.
Pompeius Magnus
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Slaf is lowkey having one of the best development curves we've seen in a long while for one of our young forwards. Guys like Chuck and Gally didn't improve that much from their first season on, Caufield and Suzuki were pretty much what they were from the get-go, the production just took some time to come ( and a new head coach in CC's case) . I don't know if it's all thanks to Adam Nicolas and Co., but it's an impressive result IMO. It's why you have a staff focus on developing tools.
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Could also be that Slaf is much better than those guy's, devlopment staffs can help but can not do miracles
Pompeius Magnus
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Oh sure, you need to have the tools to begin with. Still, he was so damn raw as a rookie, I really do think it's impressive.
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