Player Discussion The Slaf Thread - Parabolic Growth Edition

[Ozmodiar]

Slaf lost an edge and fell when trying to change angle to block the pass that went to Miller.

He didn’t lose an edge. lol

He was pivoting one way, realized he was moving the wrong way, tried to stop mid pivot and go the other way … and fell down. It happens.

If he “lost an edge”, just call every fall “lost an edge”. Make them synonymous.

 

[JustAHabFan]

Where is the Slaf from last year?

 

[morhilane]

Where is the Slaf from last year?

Going by MSL saying last game was one of Slaf's best game, looks like he's not as far away as you believe he is.

 

[Thomas Sowell]

Demidov = Kane
Suzuki = Toews
Slafkovsy = Hossa
Caufield = Sharp
Hutson = Keith
Reinbacher = Seabrook
Guhle = Hjalmarsson

Laine = Panarin ?

 

[Canadienna]

Love the attitude. No defensiveness, no evading the question, just being honest about his struggles, despite being decently productive on a team on a run of wins.

People think it's just a switch to turn on, but "skating better" and driving the net also involves executing on a number of other things to be successful. He's figuring it out.

Youngest player on the team still...

 

[ReHabs]

Love the attitude. No defensiveness, no evading the question, just being honest about his struggles, despite being decently productive on a team on a run of wins.

People think it's just a switch to turn on, but "skating better" and driving the net also involves executing on a number of other things to be successful. He's figuring it out.

Youngest player on the team still...

How interesting, the player himself points to precisely what has changed in his game for the worse. I love his candour and self-awareness and it seems he knows precisely what he has to work on.

Meanwhile the commentator chorus have been consistently insisting that 1) nothing was wrong, 2) nothing changed, 3) if anything changed, his decline was normal and expected, 4) it was impatience and bad fandom to blame for his decline, and 5) he's actually in fact having a good season and bad fans just don't appreciate it.

Thank goodness Slafkovsky has more integrity and disagrees with the chorus.

 

[sampollock]

KH said as well. more is expected in the presser

 

[Canadienna]

How interesting, the player himself points to precisely what has changed in his game for the worse. I love his candour and self-awareness and it seems he knows precisely what he has to work on.

Meanwhile the commentator chorus have been consistently insisting that 1) nothing was wrong, 2) nothing changed, 3) if anything changed, his decline was normal and expected, 4) it was impatience and bad fandom to blame for his decline, and 5) he's actually in fact having a good season and bad fans just don't appreciate it.

Thank goodness Slafkovsky has more integrity and disagrees with the chorus.

If you're at all interested in some advice, advice that I've been given and needed on HFBoards:

Worry less about convincing people of perfectly rational things. If it seems like someone is trolling, they probably are. If someone is claiming something completely illogical, then be confident in knowing most rational people will see it as such.

Also, not to say those opinions haven't been expressed, but I don't feel like it's been "the chorus", and I doubt their proponents would describe them as such.

Slaf is one of the most important parts of the rebuild imo, and he knows, Kent Hughes knows, and I think most Habs fans know that he can play better.

 

[ReHabs]

If you're at all interested in some advice, advice that I've been given and needed on HFBoards:

Worry less about convincing people of perfectly rational things. If it seems like someone is trolling, they probably are. If someone is claiming something completely illogical, then be confident in knowing most rational people will see it as such.

Also, not to say those opinions haven't been expressed, but I don't feel like it's been "the chorus", and I doubt their proponents would describe them as such.

Of course they'd deny they're a chorus -- they're probably trolling, after all.

Thanks for your words of advice, I appreciate it actually.

Slaf is one of the most important parts of the rebuild imo, and he knows, Kent Hughes knows, and I think most Habs fans know that he can play better.

Well said

 

[Sorinth]

How interesting, the player himself points to precisely what has changed in his game for the worse. I love his candour and self-awareness and it seems he knows precisely what he has to work on.

Meanwhile the commentator chorus have been consistently insisting that 1) nothing was wrong, 2) nothing changed, 3) if anything changed, his decline was normal and expected, 4) it was impatience and bad fandom to blame for his decline, and 5) he's actually in fact having a good season and bad fans just don't appreciate it.

Thank goodness Slafkovsky has more integrity and disagrees with the chorus.

A lot of the nothing's wrong, be patient commentary is precisely because Slaf is a guy who will work on and fix the issues as they arise.

 

[River Meadow]

Love the attitude. No defensiveness, no evading the question, just being honest about his struggles, despite being decently productive on a team on a run of wins.

People think it's just a switch to turn on, but "skating better" and driving the net also involves executing on a number of other things to be successful. He's figuring it out.

Youngest player on the team still...

There you have it folks,

Slaf himself says he's playing badly.

 

[waitin425]

There you have it folks,

Slaf himself says he's playing badly.

And I love the awareness he has about it. Shows maturity beyond his years.