Juraj Slafkovsky - Year Two

[Jaynki]

I truly believe he couldnt handle the pressure here and its a key reason why management didnt take him. Even if you believe Wright is the better player, if he can't handle the pressure than he'd never reach that potential.

Look at the slump Slaf had back in the fall, remember all the posts on here about him and pressure building on him. Slaf made it through it, I doubt Wright could have. Just look at his reaction to slipping in the draft and that appearent stare down at the Habs table.

Imagine still believing Wright is the better player.

 

[Kennerback]

Slafkovsky on the ice for 21 shots for and 1 shot against tonight against the Ducks

Bryan Hayward (yes that one) said before the game Ducks only had one line to worry about and shut down. Fail.

 

[BaseballCoach]

I'd like for him to attack the middle more often on his carries.

Yeah, you probably didn't like his rush tonight that ended in Suzuki's first goal. Slaf drove to the perimeter and was lucky we scored.

Then on Suzi's second goal, Slaf should have shot to the goalie's middle instead of deferring to the captain..

Im the first to admit I wanted Wright then Nemec.. though I was never anti-slaf, the last time i was in this position (totally wrong) was when the habs picked Carey #5 ahead of my guy: the infamous Mr. Gilbert Brulé... yeah I even liked Anze Kopitar at #7, but not #5... lol

Despite all the hyperbole over Slaf's acceptable play, Wright still has a considerably better ppg ratio.

 

[red devil]

Bryan Hayward (yes that one) said before the game Ducks only had one line to worry about and shut down. Fail.

Bryan Hayward there's a name that brings me back to my younger days

 

[HabsCowboysOwn]

He's starting to make me feel real stupid for doubting the pick and their way of handling his development and it makes me happy, all I ever wanted was to be wrong about this kid.

 

[Frank Drebin]

He's starting to make me feel real stupid for doubting the pick and their way of handling his development and it makes me happy, all I ever wanted was to be wrong about this kid.

I don't think you should feel stupid. I don't. It's not as if he was really great last year and we thought he sucked.

He looked really, really, really bad last season.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

The rate of improvement is what’s really exciting about this player. I mean he’s just so much better than the start of the year. And he’s accelerating in his development seemingly game by game.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

This thread’s at almost 10k posts. I think he deserves a new one.

Player Discussion - The Slaf Thread - Parabolic Growth Edition

Dude is so good he gets a new thread.

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