This will out me as a caveman, but there is no way on God's green Earth that I'm listening to a guy that looks like he still gets shoved into lockers when it comes to hockey. Doesn't hurt that he's a number lover too. Oddly enough a number of similarly describable writers at Eotp usually sit in their own comments section and get really butt-hurt too.
Player Discussion The Slaf Thread - Parabolic Growth Edition
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I will neither confirm nor deny that
Yeah those corny ass videos that were so cringe the super conservative Habs organization said that was enough.
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TBH when Dach got hurt for the whole season, I started to doubt about that prediction...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...
But the kid managed to keep working hard and when he got his chance on the top line, he grabbed it and the rest is history.
We are blessed to have a such player on the team, props to our management who had the balls to make that pick, in our building, in front of the fans when Wright was largely the favorite. It shows alot of confidence and courage in their convictions, we are in great hands, future is bright for the fans and the franchise, we can finally start to dream big again!!
What a perfect word! I am in awe of your vocabulary!
I too would like to see him develop that part of his game. That's the thing about Slaf. There are so many areas of improvement or facets of this game that are under-developed. Its scary how good he will be when it all comes together. The ceiling on Slaf is really high.
HuGort
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Has 20 points in his last 22 games. On same pace as Rantanen his second year.
Lafleurs Guy
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He was fantastic with CC and set him up repeatedly- right on the tape. Unfortunately CC was/is slumping and didn’t convert.
Definitely.
Got off to a great start this season too. But he just doesn’t have the endurance. There are a lot of miles on him. But I’ll always respect him for the effort he gave. The contract is too long and costly but that’s certainly not his fault.
I feel like they should move Caufield to the point. This would give him more time and space. I like Slaf where he is. He’s been really good at wiring shots from the circle.
@Goldenhands took much abuse pre-draft and since. Definitely deserves the props.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...
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JustAHabFan
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Another goal scored by Slaf. Again he scored the goal near the net. A power forward is emerging.
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Kojo
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It says batted in goal but Guhle get credit for it on NHL.com. Does it look like Guhle batted it in to you?
JustAHabFan
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Thought he did too. He wouldn’t have had that reaction if he didn’t touch it.
windycity
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If I am not mistaken, he has tied the habs record for the most points as a teenager. He has until Saturday to get one more point to break the record,
Indeed...1 more point before his birthday on Saturday.
Kind of an odd "record" but still cool nonetheless
Not really.
Not unless Suzuki also sets up on that right side.
It was so evident the other night when Caufield was given the entire left side to move around in.
Suzuki being there only brings more focus to that side and gives Caufield less space to work with.
I want the complete opposite for my sniper...
The only two one time attempts came when Suzuki and Slaf were working that right side.
The Habs are fixated on that left side because that had some success with it over a month ago.
The PP has been on a steady decline ever since.
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LaP
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Weimer was a fairly big guy, not as big as Slafkovsky...but yes, that's who he was telling him that he was trending towards in his player model.
Wonder what it's telling him today.
Andrei79
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I'm actually sort of impressed he posted this without shame or embarrassment.
This was a "wait, my model might f***ing Pejorative Slured or I might not have a clue what I'm interpreting" moment. Usually, you take a step back, think and ask yourself if more time is needed before showing the world youre a clown.
It's starting to look like Suzuki & Slafkovsky as the top duo for the team. No disrespect at all to CC, he's been eclipsed a bit because both Suzuki+Slaf can control the game and slow it down and Caufield has to keep the tempo up to be successful and is more of a "big moments out of nothing" kind of star. They all complement one another well, but the more I watch the more its clear that Slafkovsky is probably the only player in the org who has a chance of surpassing Suzuki in impact.
BLONG7
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My guess is, as Slaf develops he will get more attention, and it leaves CC to pad his goal totals.......at the end of the day, these guys don't care who gets what as long as the line produces....
We need a healthy Dach and Newhook next year, to take the next steps.
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Too bad he got ripped off of his 16th goal. The replay clearly shows he touched that puck before it went in. I am still holding out hope that he hits 20 goals.
