Player Discussion The Slaf Thread - Parabolic Growth Edition

[Twisted Sinister]

Ah. Slaf sucks again now?

It all goes back to having a lack of awareness out there. He's not surveying his surroundings and making good decisions. He's fallen back into bad habits and his hockey sense has always been suspect.

That said, not to be full doomer, but he's young and big and those guys sometimes take longer to develop and become consistent.

Y'all better hope it's less of a parabola and more of a rising sine curve.

 

[ReHabs]

20 year old don't always develop the way we want. Give it 2 more years. After 4 years he will be ready.

Kotkaniemi’s at-times stagnant development comes to mind. People were so impatient.

Look at him now!

 

[Heffyhoof]

Kotkaniemi’s at-times stagnant development comes to mind. People were so impatient.

Look at him now!

Look at you now, tickled pink that Slaf is playing poorly lately! Oh wait, what's that? Slafkovsky in his 2nd season had more goal/assists/points than Kotkaniemi ever has? Slafkovsky currently has more points this season as well, despite the talent gap between teams?

Wow, Slaf really does bring to mind KK only if you squint really hard and have a bias.

 

[OneSharpMarble]

If Slaf doesn't figure it out the rebuild is dead, his cap hit will hurt real bad if he keeps up this play.

 

[Jack Spider]

The guy Slaf has to basically fit in this perfect mold of complimenting Demidov and Suzuki on the first line. That spot is heavily susceptible to a grinder taking it.

We have to try Demidov as sheltered offensive 2/3c.

 

[ReHabs]

Look at you now, tickled pink that Slaf is playing poorly lately! Oh wait, what's that? Slafkovsky in his 2nd season had more goal/assists/points than Kotkaniemi ever has? Slafkovsky currently has more points this season as well, despite the talent gap between teams?

Wow, Slaf really does bring to mind KK only if you squint really hard and have a bias.

Not tickled pink at all. He was really engaged last year and is now not so engaged, so I don’t feel like this is a good development. I hope it’s not controversial to think so.

Pleas toward patience basically are meaningless — because a majority of the “negative” comments are basically saying the same thing: it’s concerning to see how he’s been playing (low effort, disengaged, confused). It seems like that’s causing a lot of frustration among a portion of fans who insist that our lying eyes are not to be trusted, that patience is the only thing we should talk about.

Patience patience patience. Don’t discuss and evaluate hockey on a hockey forum, just be quiet and be patient