It could be any number of reasons, but he has shown incredible resiliency since his draft.. big guys take much longer to develop, like defenders. Unless they are franchise type(s) like matthews, mcdavid, etc...
Player Discussion The Slaf Thread - Parabolic Growth Edition
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If he’s not scoring he should be at least using his size to bully teams, unfortunately he plays like he’s Hutson’s size
Victoire HuGo
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Yesterday was a brutal game for him, hope he bounces back tonight.
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Victoire HuGo
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Interesting numbers, he doesn’t shoot enough so that explains the low numbers.
For speed I wonder if it's a matter of his skating getting worse, better coverage (if people are closing in, harder to reach full speed) or just general health or his training.
I don’t know, but it’s very evident that he isn’t moving his feet this year compared to last year. He needs to get back to that.
It does make you wonder if there is something ailing him.
holy
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He should be a bit better tonight, but usually binge partying takes like a week to recover from.
You can not convince me he wasn't hungover last night lol.
You can not convince me he wasn't hungover last night lol.
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I think there’s positives and negatives, and the net is some concern from me.
I’d like to see more intensity. A more proactive approach to contact. He relies on his size to absorb contact more often than he uses it to initiate.
He will never live up to his draft status or contract if he can’t do that.
I’d like to see more intensity. A more proactive approach to contact. He relies on his size to absorb contact more often than he uses it to initiate.
He will never live up to his draft status or contract if he can’t do that.
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Made me laugh. They say if you have haters you’re a real one. So this is fine.
I think we should be past this. What we wanted is irrelevant now. Let s focus on Slaf Performance.
However if we do, we are allowed to say that right now he plays poorly and is far from deserving the massive contract he just signed.
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throw SLAF in that big hole from that batman movie and make him escape from it.
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I was in the 10% Slaf hope-draft-hims; it’s getting easier to spot what he’ll be as an nhler… A big guy who’s engaged and has good skills. Also easy to see what he’s not, which is a tough guy or a high-iq player. I think he was the right choice and has the ceiling he has.
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Until the more recent games he started every action from an upright position instead of a good squat. Looked horrible to me and broke hockey 101. Looks better to me a bit in that regard recently.
Victoire HuGo
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Naslundforever
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Looked like 1st-year “dear-in the headlights” Slaf his bad shifts. Maybe a groin thing or something but he even admitted himself he needs to be in motion. Hockey school taught me if you’re not already low and heavy that’s the first thing you have to do before any motion (whether shooting, hitting, skating anything) and the nhl does not allow that half second. It probably caps max speed too, nothing to build up from. It’s partly why he’s on his ass after hits so often too I figure.
Preface this by saying I hope I'm wrong, and I know he's still very young...
I just don't see anything more than maybe a 20-25 goal, 60 point forward - who hopefully uses his size. That's a fine 2nd liner, but I don't see Rantanen or anyone like that.
In another draft year, he probably goes 8-10th.
Thankfully we drafted Demidov.
I just don't see anything more than maybe a 20-25 goal, 60 point forward - who hopefully uses his size. That's a fine 2nd liner, but I don't see Rantanen or anyone like that.
In another draft year, he probably goes 8-10th.
Thankfully we drafted Demidov.
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It's not that he doesn't have any skill but he still doesn't appear to really understand how to play hockey, which is a problem for a guy who has been a professional for years now.
You can ignore his stats in Liiga, but a lot of the red flags he had in Finland haven't improved at all, you at some point have to wonder if he just doesn't have any feel for hockey.
You can ignore his stats in Liiga, but a lot of the red flags he had in Finland haven't improved at all, you at some point have to wonder if he just doesn't have any feel for hockey.
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Toene
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I think he has a few ppg seasons ahead of him. He's mega-young in a big body.
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