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Slafkovsky vs Lafreniere

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Who will be better?

  • Slafkovsky

  • Lafreniere

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What a scrub...

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Kevin8se7en said:
I absolutely recognise this is still way too small of sample size and way too early in Slaf's career to be judging him this harshly. It's simply borderline incredible how bad of a point producer Slaf has been thus far in his (short) career. His points-per-game is literally lower than career defensive-defenceman Mike Rathje.
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He also remains the player with most goals and points in his draft class, even if likely not for long.
 
Samsquanch said:
Neutral fan going Laffreniere all day.

I like to give him a hard time because I was a Byfield guy and my team drafted Stutzle. But he's just got too much talent to not be at least "very good" someday when he peaks.

I just don't see it at all with Slaf though personally. He's got a lot of compete in his game, which I love. But the IQ is just not there for me.

He honestly reminds a lot of Milan Michalek to be honest. Maybe a bit bigger and more aggressive, but very much an "all tools" kind of tunnel vision player. He's going to have his career peak early, and not have a very good back nine to his career. Imo.
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I probably agree with most of this but really was looking for a 3rd option as both guys are almost certainly going to become disappointments as #1 overall picks.

Laf is off to a good start but won't shoot 29% either.

Albatros said:
He also remains the player with most goals and points in his draft class, even if likely not for long.
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12 points overall a full year and 13ish games isn't anything to get excited about is it?
 
wetcoast said:
I probably agree with most of this but really was looking for a 3rd option as both guys are almost certainly going to become disappointments as #1 overall picks.

Laf is off to a good start but won't shoot 29% either.


12 points overall a full year and 13ish games isn't anything to get excited about is it?
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Laf won't shoot 29% but he also played most games with a center shooting 0% and who blew a number of chances Laf set him up to score. It evens out.
 
SnowblindNYR said:
Laf won't shoot 29% but he also played most games with a center shooting 0% and who blew a number of chances Laf set him up to score. It evens out.
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Maybe it does maybe it doesn't but my bet for this season is closer to 60 points than 82.
 
Classic HF. Lafreniere was labelled a bust a year ago and looks to have taken a huge step this year. It’s far too early to label Slafkovsky a bust.
That said, you always take the player who has already broken out in these type of polls over the question mark. So Laf is the obvious choice.
 
wetcoast said:
Maybe it does maybe it doesn't but my bet for this season is closer to 60 points than 82.
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I don't think anyone expected 82 points for a guy that doesn't get PP1 time. PP1 is unreal good but PP2 leaves a lot to be desired. Though I think it'll get better when Gustaffson goes back to QBing PP2.
 
Slafkovsky was never a good pick at first overall. He was over-drafted for being abnormally large, and doing well in some SSS international tournaments for Slovakia.

He had incredibly high bust potential. I said it at the time. Now I think they are dealing with him poorly. This is not a player you want to be grinding it out at the NHL level. He needed slow progression. He shouldn't have hit the NHL until 21 or 22. He needed to be beating up on bad leagues. Because he went 1OA and the need to immediately place him in the NHL he'll probably bust.
 
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WetcoastOrca said:
Classic HF. Lafreniere was labelled a bust a year ago and looks to have taken a huge step this year. It’s far too early to label Slafkovsky a bust.
That said, you always take the player who has already broken out in these type of polls over the question mark. So Laf is the obvious choice.
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Not as obvious today.
 
895 said:
They both are huge disappointments
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In what world is Slafkovksy a disappointment?

He scored 50 points as a 19-20 year old, he's now in his 20-21 age season, playing on the first line and pacing for just under 55 points while adding a consistent physical component to his game.

I'm the sure the Canadiens are delighted with his progression and his play.
 
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JaegerDice said:
Slafkovsky is a worse 1st overal pick than Yakupov.

It's not entirely Montreal's fault, that whole draft class had their development screwed up by covid.
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Yeah. the poor Canadiens really got screwed in that draft. All they have to show for it is their 50 point 20-year old first line power forward and their 55 point 21-year old top pairing defenseman.

You really know your stuff!
 
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They’ve both had bad seasons.

I don’t know why either fanbase is happy with their seasons.

Rangers fans certainly are very upset with Lafreniere’s season.

I guess Habs fans are generally more upbeat right now, but has Slafkovsky actually had the season you would’ve hoped for? I don’t think so.

Too early to say who’ll have the better career. I assume it may be close throughout their careers. Lafreniere definitely isn’t on course to reach the potential people thought he had. Slafkovsky had less hype, so he’s starting from a lower place, but I think he’s also on pace to fall short of what you’d like from a first overall. Not that either player is a total bust.
 
Pavel Buchnevich said:
They’ve both had bad seasons.

I don’t know why either fanbase is happy with their seasons.

Rangers fans certainly are very upset with Lafreniere’s season.

I guess Habs fans are generally more upbeat right now, but has Slafkovsky actually had the season you would’ve hoped for? I don’t think so.

Too early to say who’ll have the better career. I assume it may be close throughout their careers. Lafreniere definitely isn’t on course to reach the potential people thought he had. Slafkovsky had less hype, so he’s starting from a lower place, but I think he’s also on pace to fall short of what you’d like from a first overall. Not that either player is a total bust.
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I think slafkovsky was always gonna fall short from what you’d like from a number 1 but there really wasn’t that option that year. All things considered I’m pretty content if he can harness the back half of the last two seasons and make it a full one here on out.
 
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