This is unhinged conspiratorial thinking.
He is still going to go down to the AHL for the good of his and the Habs’ development. A goal against Arizona of all teams shouldn’t change the plan.
What kills me is that there’s now no way to discuss the game, or Slaf’s game tonight because the front-running celebrators literally say “they’re out for blood” and make actually passive aggressive comments about other fans rather than the player. Not very constructive or pleasant.
Listen, it’s fine if you want to hear only the same opinions all the time. Make sure you’re honest with yourselves about that though, you want a daycare.
I have no reason at this point to distrust the management. When they talk about their approach to development, it makes sense to me. And I see real development. Dach is better than last year, Guhle is doing well, Harris is playing better than I thought he would, Xhekaj is getting some ice time and a chance to learn, Caufield has improved under these guys, Evans too.
If management determines that Slafkovsky is not ready for a regular spot/role, they will send him down. They won't send him down because "the AHL is always better", and they won't keep him up because "all 1OAs avoid the AHL". They also won't get down on any of the kids for what Marty calls "one-off mistakes".
I like what I hear from the club. I don't think management is going to listen to haters, nor will they listen to worshippers, of any player. They will make well-thought out decisions, and hopefully their reasoning is good and those decisions will turn out right most of the time.
