River Meadow
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You know, you make a very good point.
Wonder if the Habs truly knew what they were getting....
Juraj Slafkovsky - Year Two
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You know, you make a very good point.
Wonder if the Habs truly knew what they were getting....
Then our drafting department needs to be fired because I don't think he ever played line one, even in the only place he ever produced offense...WC and Olympics.
Xhekaj may very well outproduce him in points and that's no slight to Arber.
Ezpz
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Problem is Slaf doesn't have half the skill of all the comps I am seeing in this thread. Rantanen at 12 years old was better than current Slaf
LesCanadiens
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Exactly. At least we can thank god we didn't draft that mutt, Shane Wright. 2 goals in 24 AHL playoff games. Slafkovsky will find his way.
salbutera
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Must’ve missed the part where none of the expected top picks from 2022 draft were projected to be elite players, let alone HOFers like the comparables…
BTW - How did Pacioretty look at age 19?
BehindTheTimes
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He might even get his 2nd point at some point in the season.
This isn’t new news.
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This talk about “he looks good” but without any production reminds me of what we went through with Kotkaniemi.
He’s going to have to start putting up points.
He’s going to have to start putting up points.
Kobe Armstrong
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Slaf was drafted to be a tall, handsome, charismatic man who made Hughes blush when he was in the same room as him
Hockey skill was an afterthought
You mean 23 yr old Kotkaniemi who is over ppg currently?
Let's hope Slaf taps into his potential similarly... And that this management group is smarter than the last one (& the impatient whinny segment of the fan base) & sticks with the player as he matures.
Did Kohtkaniemi ever have a stretch where he had 1 assist in 21 games with the fanbase praising every footstep he made? Slafkovsky stinks. What a waste of a pick.
le_sean
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Yes. In 2019-20 Kotkaniemi had a 28 game stretch to end the season where he only managed 1 assist. Add the 10 playoff games and it was 38 games straight with only 1 assist.
le_sean
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Your graph conveniently leaves out end of November and December where he scored 3 goals. It even says on your graph he had 4 goals and one assist in the time you’re displaying. You said he had one assist. That’s a lie.
le_sean
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You said a stretch with 1 assist. I gave you that. You should have specified points.
But go ahead and look at Kotkaniemi’s 2020-21 game log where he literally ends the season with 1 total point (an assist) in the last 19 games.
Maybe you should research things before making points that can easily be refuted
HabsWhiteKnightLOL
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Are we arguing about KK and Slaf production?
Both are overhyped
Both shouldnt have started in the nhl
Both were drafted at the wrong time during the draft.
We are on that level when he lands a pass or hit the goalie with a wrister , we say he played a good game or had a good period.
All I see at this point is a Wish version of Anderson
Ylonen has showed way better stuff offensively and plays on a 4th line with no PP time.
At one moment you gotta wonder why this is going all wrong. We are butchering his progress , we are talking about a player we picked 1st oa.
Both are overhyped
Both shouldnt have started in the nhl
Both were drafted at the wrong time during the draft.
We are on that level when he lands a pass or hit the goalie with a wrister , we say he played a good game or had a good period.
All I see at this point is a Wish version of Anderson
Ylonen has showed way better stuff offensively and plays on a 4th line with no PP time.
At one moment you gotta wonder why this is going all wrong. We are butchering his progress , we are talking about a player we picked 1st oa.
SOLR
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Newsflash he was NEVER a power forward. He's a skilled big body forward.
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Six games ago you were bleating and sneering. Now you don’t want to talk about Slafkovsky at all… what happened?
Fledgemyhedge
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thank god. Was worried we wouldn’t have a Joel armia replacement
Lafleurs Guy
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I don’t know if it would work to be honest. The top line is struggling to get offensive pressure. They’re chasing the puck a lot.
Dach was perfect. Now that he’s gone I am again inclined to send this guy to the AJL. Let him dominate with Roy. Then they both come up next year.
Axl with a message for Habs fans on Slaf
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Why is he in the NHL?
The problem is not young Slafkovsky, it’s what it’ll mean if HuGoBo and MSL got this catastrophically wrong — from drafting him to rushing him to keeping him up. If they got it wrong at so many points, what else have they got wrong? Maybe they’re the wrong people to run this team… failing with Slaf has devastatingly bad implications.
Most commentators who equivocate for Slafkovsky know this but are desperate for it to be not true. They’d rather lie about seeing progress than admit that Slaf is so far behind that any progress they claim to see is still not enough. Patience? How about being patient enough to let him cook in the AHL or Europe?
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Why is he in the NHL? learning .... Slaf got 45 games total .....After Jack Hughes first 45 tell me what he looked liked? How many pts did Jack Hughes have after his first 45 Nhl games? Look at the guy now .
A lot of people needs to back off..a 19 yr old kid with 45 NHL games........it will come(pts)...
The last 2 games he's been doin a lot of things right . and has had some good chances .
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