Slavin kind of came out of nowhere
he didnt have much hype
spent his d+1 in the USHL which can be rough for development, then was playing for an absolutely dog shit team that was the punching bag of NCHC for a couple seasons.
gets a lower tier entry level with zero bonuses, and just seemed to "get it".
Both him and Brett Pesce were rookies and called up the same year, and just got theNHL speed