Player Discussion The Slaf Thread - Parabolic Growth Edition

[WeThreeKings]

Does anyone actually hate Gallagher? He gave it all for this team, not good fault he was given a massive contact at the very moment his game declined.

Yes, I hate him and plenty of my friends hate him too.

Whiney little bitch, jealous of Subban, all his dirty antics on the ice towards goaltenders, crying to referees on every play.. he's just annoying and not likeable at all.

He's a shit sniffer too, searching his name out on Twitter and blocking people who would say anything against him as a player.

He just sucks. Those comments about PK when he came back were so salty, you could cure a million fish.

 

[Andy]

Man, I love how he's picking up points in so many different ways: sniping goals, tipping goals, cleaning up loose rebounds, breakout passes, cross-seam passes, one-touch passes, cycling the puck.

He's slowly getting there. It's amazing how much poise he has.

I thought a 10-15g, 30pt-35pt season would have been a great step forward. He's about to hit 40pts and already has 15g. If not for that bad stretch where Anderson literally couldn't score a goal in an empty soccer net, I think Slaf would be pushing 50pts at this time of the year.

Wild wild stuff.

 

[Adam Michaels]

31 pts (13G, 18A) in his last 40 GP, which is a pace of 64 pts (27G, 37A).

And I think that's a large enough sample size because that is 58% of the games they've played so far this year.

 

[Hannibal]

He wasn’t having a good game yesterday, wasn’t moving his feet as much as normal but he found a way to score a goal. That’s amazing!

 

[HabzSauce]

There's a ton who hate him on here, it's befuddling to me, the hate is misplaced, it belongs to Bergevin. (for the contract)

I'll always appreciate Gallagher's effort's as a hab, he still battles hard to this day despite his failing body.

He deserves more respect imo.

Same bro he's a shithead with no quit. Will always appreciate those guys.

He's fine on the 4th line for now

 

[Rapala]

He wasn’t having a good game yesterday, wasn’t moving his feet as much as normal but he found a way to score a goal. That’s amazing!

He had a horrible game for two periods.
But as Andy said you have to be pleased with the garbage goal for where he was positioned if not for any thing else.
I'd love to see him do more of that on the PP.
Suzuki does it when he's working with Slaf on that side.
Slaf the bigger body would be far more effective.
A sign of a good player is how they can come out of nowhere to produce even when they are clearly not on.
We saw much of that with Suzuki early on in his career which was why I was always convinced we had a PPG player in our midst.
We just needed to surround him properly. I went even further than that and said it's a fail if we don't.

 

[MarioLeMoose]

Yes, I hate him and plenty of my friends hate him too.

Whiney little bitch, jealous of Subban, all his dirty antics on the ice towards goaltenders, crying to referees on every play.. he's just annoying and not likeable at all.

He's a shit sniffer too, searching his name out on Twitter and blocking people who would say anything against him as a player.

He just sucks. Those comments about PK when he came back were so salty, you could cure a million fish.

Honestly, couldn't agree more. He is flat out embarrassing himself more and more each game. All he does is is cry and whine out there, and people confuse that with "heart"

The fact his contract is one of the worse in the league is added salt in the wounds, but far from the only reason people hate on the guy. I cannot wait until he is gone from this team.

 

[waitin425]

31 pts (13G, 18A) in his last 40 GP, which is a pace of 64 pts (27G, 37A).

And I think that's a large enough sample size because that is 58% of the games they've played so far this year.

Another way to calculate it......



I'm not the only one calling him a unicorn!!!!

 

[Rapala]

Many folks compare Slaf to Rantanen as their size and style appear similar.
Rantanen drafted in 2015 played 9 games in the NHL and 52 games in the AHL during his first Pro season in NA.
The following season he played 4 AHL games then made the jump with a 75 game season with Colorado where he scored 20 G and 18 A while being a -25.
Slaf scored his 38th point last night as a teenager in his 68th game.
Slaf is the only reason I still watch games this late in the season. He has I believe a 6 game point streak and has an outside shot at 50 points.
Now we see why he was picked 1st overall.

Didn't you turn it off before he scored?

Kidding aside I totally agree. I'm fascinated with the chemistry he's building up with Nick Suzuki.
The timing is still off on some plays but he's learning to dish when his line-mates are in space.
He's also learning it's far more likely he'll get a puck back from Suzuki.

 

[Tyson]

Didn't you turn it off before he scored?

Kidding aside I totally agree. I'm fascinated with the chemistry he's building up with Nick Suzuki.
The timing is still off on some plays but he's learning to dish when his line-mates are in space.
He's also learning it's far more likely he'll get a puck back from Suzuki.

Highlights!

 

[waitin425]

Another Slaf stat comparison.....I like this Habitant person!

 

[Skip Bayless]

Youre starting to see teams cheating on him on the pp, both him and Caufield now. An adjustment needs to be made, but I’m not holding my breath.

 

[rik schau]

Does anyone actually hate Gallagher? He gave it all for this team, not good fault he was given a massive contact at the very moment his game declined.

My hate for him is limited to his guts. lol

He wasn’t having a good game yesterday, wasn’t moving his feet as much as normal but he found a way to score a goal. That’s amazing!

Good things happen when you go to the net.

 

[JianYang]

Youre starting to see teams cheating on him on the pp, both him and Caufield now. An adjustment needs to be made, but I’m not holding my breath.

Need an upgrade at QB. Matheson will do for now, but that's not more of a patch work while they build up. Hutson could become the game changer for the PP.

 

[TRG]

So exciting to see Slaf improving. We're far from the kid that was getting crushed because he wasn't keeping his head up.

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

Props to @Goldenhands who told us that Slaf would reach 40 points this season, even when he was mightily struggling, months later, here we are...

 

[WeThreeKings]

Props to @Goldenhands who told us that Slaf would reach 40 points this season, even when he was mightly struggling, months later, here we are...

He's always been on Slaf - I'm always a proponent of giving credit when it's due.

 

[Apfel Struble]

Slaf is like a zero-stress young player as a fan. His development has an air of ineluctability whereas it feels other prospects needed or need some form of star alignment to become star players

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Me and my homies do understand that Bergevin is responsible for that albatross of a contract. We have plenty of hate towards Bergevin. But that doesn’t absolve Gallagher from being an annoying player and person in general throughout the years.

From the moment he, as a young player, and human ragdoll Josh Gorges publicly yapped about Subban holding off on his bridge deal, I lost a vast amount of respect towards him.

He also wilfully signed a cheap contract years ago and then made the negotiations public when Bergevin seemed not to want to hand out a compensatory type of contract. When Bergevin caved in, that was his mistake. But Gallagher came off as entitled. Just like his play on the ice, he martyrs himself and then complains when nobody cares.

We are now subjected to his painful and laborious performance on the ice. I respect his work ethic, but I don't feel bad for him.

He also can't make a pass for the life of him , never liked the guy because of that . He encompasses perfectly the identity of the habs in the 21st century , try hard middle 6 players with minimum puck skills

 

[Rapala]

He also can't make a pass for the life of him , never liked the guy because of that . He encompasses perfectly the identity of the habs in the 21st century , try hard middle 6 players with minimum puck skills

I'm still shocked at how bad our execution is team wide. Particularly when we are under the gun which we usually are.

 

[morhilane]

He also can't make a pass for the life of him , never liked the guy because of that . He encompasses perfectly the identity of the habs in the 21st century , try hard middle 6 players with minimum puck skills

and minimum hockey IQ/vision.

 

[BLONG7]

Me and my homies do understand that Bergevin is responsible for that albatross of a contract. We have plenty of hate towards Bergevin. But that doesn’t absolve Gallagher from being an annoying player and person in general throughout the years.

From the moment he, as a young player, and human ragdoll Josh Gorges publicly yapped about Subban holding off on his bridge deal, I lost a vast amount of respect towards him.

He also wilfully signed a cheap contract years ago and then made the negotiations public when Bergevin seemed not to want to hand out a compensatory type of contract. When Bergevin caved in, that was his mistake. But Gallagher came off as entitled. Just like his play on the ice, he martyrs himself and then complains when nobody cares.

We are now subjected to his painful and laborious performance on the ice. I respect his work ethic, but I don't feel bad for him.

Very well said Skip.

He also can't make a pass for the life of him , never liked the guy because of that . He encompasses perfectly the identity of the habs in the 21st century , try hard middle 6 players with minimum puck skills

Therrien made him a grinder...................for life!!
Now he struggles to not fall on his butt.
The contract is disgusting, but that is more Bergevin and the Gong Show.

 

[Andy]

Can we take the Gallagher talk to another thread please.

 

[Skip Bayless]

He also can't make a pass for the life of him , never liked the guy because of that . He encompasses perfectly the identity of the habs in the 21st century , try hard middle 6 players with minimum puck skills

The Trevor Timmins special

 

[Wateredgarden]

When people were saying he would be scoring garbage goals and be a a guy that would score 25g-30a in a good season, I was asking myself if they watched his games. He did things that other players couldn't do, he was clearly going to be a skilled player. Yes he was struggling, but he had pretty good skills flashes.