He is literally looking at Savard what are you talking about?
I think he was trying to shoot but saying that he doesnt know where Savard is is really bad take.
Here is example where he intentionally let the puck slip.
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I think he was trying to shoot but saying that he doesnt know where Savard is is really bad take.
Here is example where he intentionally let the puck slip.
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Thought he had a couple good sequences but that line wasn't a big fit for him either.
Honestly they should go back to Slaf-Newhook-Caufield.
Honestly they should go back to Slaf-Newhook-Caufield.
He did that intentionally, the pass went right through him because he properly identified that Savard was passing it to someone other than him given how much windup Savard had, how hard the pass was and the fact the pass was between his legs and not on his blade which he had offered as a target.
This is actually an example of processing what's going on at a very high level.
Someone might be slow in the head here,,,but it certainly ain't him.
Are we actually arguing whether Slaf meant to let that pass on the PP go through his legs? OMG people, it is 100% clear that is what he intended. Like you said 417....this is processing at a very high level and also very creative. The only thing I remember thinking on that play was if he had of put his stick on the ice as if he was receiving the pass, or even fake a wind up, it would have made MAF hesitate that much longer and perhaps we could have scored. Otherwise I liked the play.
I thought it was his worst game this season/pre-season. But everyone stunk up the joint. Slaf still looks like an NHLer.
Folks, when we are debating whether Slaf meant to let a pass through, you are over-analyzing.
No player is perfect every game. None. Every player will have bad shifts and look lost.
What I found yesterday is that other than the second half of the 3rd period, it was the first time since camp Slaf was invisible and struggled at 5 on 5. He had some great plays on the PP and at the end of the game. But overall, he had a tough game at 5 on 5.
On the aggregate since camp, this was his first bad game...which happened to coincide with everyone else having an awful game.
No player is perfect every game. None. Every player will have bad shifts and look lost.
What I found yesterday is that other than the second half of the 3rd period, it was the first time since camp Slaf was invisible and struggled at 5 on 5. He had some great plays on the PP and at the end of the game. But overall, he had a tough game at 5 on 5.
On the aggregate since camp, this was his first bad game...which happened to coincide with everyone else having an awful game.
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There's no way that pass was for Slaf. If it was then it was a pretty awful pass. A pass to Slaf should have been made a good sec before. When Savard passed it was already too late to pass to Slaf.
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Jack Hughes (not remotely a comparison of the two).
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But people really need to exercise something approximating patience.
The impact in the first 40-50 games is meaningless. Lafreniere and Jack Hughes had hard starts in the NHL. One showed zero progression, the other one is star player now.
What you want to look at is progression, especially with a player as raw as Slaf was when he joined.
Slaf have shown progression. He just need line stability and TOI to get proper reps to solidify the good habits, which has been seriously lacking with all the punitions the team gets and the injuries causing line shufflings.
I hope you are right but I am not optimistic with this player panning out. I am trying to stay positive, looking for glimpses of what's to come, I don't see much. Maybe it's the team in general around him. Maybe he needs to play in a lower league. He imo does not belong in the NHL and this could backfire badly.
Agreed,,,and I commented on that specific play against my better judgement because like you said, this is classic over-analyzing.
But if we're going to over-analyze, let's do it properly at least.
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Slaf main issue his with the speed (of execution) in the NHL, there is a large gap between the NHL and the AHL there (and between NHL teams as shown by the Wild vs Habs last game). If he gets sent down, he's not going to adapt to the NHL speed of execution at all.
MSL said it took him a year to get used to it, Slaf is at half a season played so far.
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Slaf believes he's getting the pass, he's got his stick on the ice the whole time, adjusts his speed with one skate. He reacts last second. You can say its good IQ but in reality that was 100% reaction time.
Oooo dolce... don't we all love a good dose of passive aggressiveness in our daily lifes?
Meh...no passive aggression there, if the shoe fits, wear it.
I was just pointing out the irony of people using that example as an example of him being "slow in the head", when what he showed was the opposite.
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i missed most the game so that's sad to hear because he looked quite solid in his first game and even perhaps the last game.
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Yakupov had way more impact early. Lafreniere was also on pace for 30 points his first season as well. It’s comfortably Slafkovsky.
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Slaf does some things well. But there are shortcomings to his game.
For one, he has no problem to go to the front of the net without the puck, he‘ll even take abuse. But give him the puck and he skates in periphery along the boards in the OZ. If there’s a gap to step towards the net he doesn’t take it, he prefers risking to lose possession by passing or taking low percentage shots from high in the zone.
For one, he has no problem to go to the front of the net without the puck, he‘ll even take abuse. But give him the puck and he skates in periphery along the boards in the OZ. If there’s a gap to step towards the net he doesn’t take it, he prefers risking to lose possession by passing or taking low percentage shots from high in the zone.
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