He had an awesome sequence in the Oilers game where he broke 2 plays in the defensive zone and it helped go up the ice and his forecheck behind the Oilers’ net resulted in a Gallagher goal. Didn’t get a point on it but would’ve been well deserved. Something he was constantly doing last season, hope he gets his confidence back soon enough.
He was actually playing well until the 5 days break and the Vegas game. I think too much free time is bad for him (probably watch the wrong tapes or something).
i hope so. I know they may have struggled as the only line getting keyed on, but they should've just been kept together. Dach is still not in game shape and Evans is playing above his head
Unfortunately, at the outset of the season, he looked just as atrocious as he does now.
It is crazy that his coach does not understand it. Demoting him to 4th line and keeping him with Dach who is struggling even more is just stupid. Slaf is ready & in shape, he just has a mental block. All he needs is few games back with Suzuki and CC and they will click back.
yes
ok I agree
If he plays with Dach and Armia, this would be 6th line combo in 18th game. Do we really expect 20y old kid to be consistent in these circumstances?
I don't think changing linemates every 3 games is really impacting him that much negatively, he stayed quite a bit with Dach over all that actually.
Quite sluggish. Not sure if he put on weight from last year but you are correct.
His peak speed on NHL edge is barely under last year (and it is still above league average). Even his average distance per 60 is barely under last year (14.58 vs 14.70 km, the difference is basically 1 shift per game).
