When I saw him during today's game I couldn't help but lament that he didn't pan out as an NHLer. Especially with the new Tampa owner once declaring a freshly drafted Vinny Lecavalier as the "Michael Jordan of hockey" to drum up headlines. It would have been fun to have the real Michal Jordan of hockey.
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When I saw him during today's game I couldn't help but lament that he didn't pan out as an NHLer. Especially with the new Tampa owner once declaring a freshly drafted Vinny Lecavalier as the "Michael Jordan of hockey" to drum up headlines. It would have been fun to have the real Michal Jordan of hockey.
I feel the same way as most of you. I don't think Jiricek has looked terrible but he also hasn't really elevated his placement at all, which is not necessarily a bad thing, just not really sure he'd be a good pick at #2 anymore. Could change though maybe...but Slaf is only making it more and more no brainer to go #2.
Don't rule out Columbus taking Geekie at #6. They like big players and, as Yegor Chinahkov proved, they can give a f**k what the consensus thinks.
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That was who I had targeted as my wild card for them if they missed out on both d-men.
I already had him at 2 and he's not done anything to make me drop him while Slaf hasn't been special enough for me to bump him up into the group of guys I'd be ok with.
As you know, I agree with you on Jiricek. Again, it's important for the people who are not as high on him as the two of us to realize that Jiricek merely "holding his own" in the WC is a huge bump for him in the rankings -- he's an 18 year old defenseman coming off knee surgery playing in a very competitive tournament filled with professional hockey playing adults.
The Slafkovsky thing I'm disagreeing with, however. I don't see how anyone would not be impressed with how he's started this tournament. If he keeps playing like this it's going to be a lot closer in the scouting community between Wright at #1 and Slafkovsky at #2 than it will be between Slafkovsky and whomever is #3 out of Nemec or Cooley.
He’s been pretty good but it’s 2 games with nothing special enough for me to bump him into that top group. I said earlier that I could see him working him way in there. It’s not there yet.
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Ya Slafkovsky has been very good. Slovakia’s most dangerous forward and could easily have had 4-5 points over the first two games. I want to see him bury a goal or two.
Big test against Canada tomorrow morning.
I think you just hate Slaf and nothing will change that. Idk how he hasn't been special enough. What? Like Steve said, it's one thing to be high on Jiricek but to think Slaf hasn't been impressive is a whole different thing that I'm not sure how anyone can say. He's been more than "pretty good".
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Jiricek has been good on PP, but otherwise he has been just okay-ish. Some good and some mediocre moments. What I like least about him is his skating.
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I sick at trying to explain what I’m trying to ask . Does Slafkovsky have the potential to be as good if a winger as Jiricek / Nemec a RHD ?
Nope, he has close to 0 chance of becoming a RH shot. lol
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Well it's a good thing we have plenty of games left to watch and see a bigger sample size then.
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I want to see him crush someone , or at least try to . I know he’s probably trying to play a safe game and does not want to risk stepping up and take himself out of the play , but I want to see him play angry ( if he can )and toss some hits
I would not like that. One of the bigger issues with him is that he can be too aggressive and take himself out of plays
link to the next game against kasachstan. i assume it's available and you will have a good excuses you couldn't follow the pbp or analysis.
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I don't see big gap between Slaf and Jiricek. I think both play good enough against adult players.
I would be happy if Devils will pick one of them. I just hope that Fitz will decide to pick Slaf by second pick, and if they think they should pick Jiricek, I hope Fitz will trade the pick to Arizona, because I can't belive they will draft Jiricek over Wright/Cooley/Slaf. But I would prefer to not make a trade with Keakens, because Arizona could make a trade with Philly with some agreement - 1st Mtl taking Wright, we make a trade with Seattle, 2nd Seattle taking Slaf, Arizona understand that we make a trade for picking Nemec or Jiricek, and make a trade down with agreement that Phily taking Jiricek by 3rd. And Fitz will pick Nemec over Cooley. And Arizona picking Colley by their 5th pick.
I don't wanna picking Nemec or Cooley. Its a Jiriek or Slaf draft for me.
I would be happy if Devils will pick one of them. I just hope that Fitz will decide to pick Slaf by second pick, and if they think they should pick Jiricek, I hope Fitz will trade the pick to Arizona, because I can't belive they will draft Jiricek over Wright/Cooley/Slaf. But I would prefer to not make a trade with Keakens, because Arizona could make a trade with Philly with some agreement - 1st Mtl taking Wright, we make a trade with Seattle, 2nd Seattle taking Slaf, Arizona understand that we make a trade for picking Nemec or Jiricek, and make a trade down with agreement that Phily taking Jiricek by 3rd. And Fitz will pick Nemec over Cooley. And Arizona picking Colley by their 5th pick.
I don't wanna picking Nemec or Cooley. Its a Jiriek or Slaf draft for me.
i can't see arizona moving anything of worth, if cooley is their target. the odds the devils opt for cooley are probably small. the rumours around the devils interested in cooley are most likely just smoke screens to evaluate the trade back options.
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Does anyone have a high quality stream for this? Pm me plz if so. The one I'm watching is terrible quality.
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Have you seen that Slafkovsky sequence against Canada? He is unbelieveble.
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Slafkovsky carried the puck through the neutral zone cut through the and set his teammate up for a nice chance.
Then when the puck went the other he came back in the back check stole the puck came back again and created another really good chance for a teammate.
Then when the puck went the other he came back in the back check stole the puck came back again and created another really good chance for a teammate.
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