Prospect Info: [2022 - 1st OA] Juraj Slafkovsky (LW) (Player Discussion ONLY)
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Skip Bayless
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You people are gonna rush him like you did with all the others
dinodebino
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Yeah, enough of Bo! Let’s talk about Vontae! He’s our man now!
MarkovsKnee
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He should be in Laval next year.
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Paul Dipietro
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If anyone has the physical tools to start in the NHL, it's him. But yeah, if he can't cut it after 9 or fewer games, it's to the land of silver chains and modified Civics for him
MarkovsKnee
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There's stuff he needs to work on. There's no current playing space in Montreal, and we don't need him killing our cap by making rookie bonuses.
One year in Laval is the best thing for everyone.
MarkovsKnee
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He’ll legit make the team this season. It’s a question of do you send down anyway.
Paul Dipietro
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I've said this before but now I actually looked it up -> do we really want to make him the first forward 1OA pick since Sundin in '89 to not play in the NHL (in the season immediately following his draft)?
Unless he's completely overwhelmed you simply have to keep him in MTL. I think the fanbase would lose it if he was sent down just for financial reasons
hardcorehabs
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Send him down, trade Allen, trade Petry.
Tell Price to call in sick.
Draft Top 3 again next year.
Please and thanks.
Tell Price to call in sick.
Draft Top 3 again next year.
Please and thanks.
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MarkovsKnee
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Fan base is already losing it. It's the same fan base that wanted to keep KK in Montreal when he should have never been in NHL at 18.
The amount of games that Europeans play versus what NHL plays and the level it plays at is the tripping point.
AHL is a good introduction to professional NA hockey. Gets him settled in & gives him time to develop.
All these kids were affected by the pandemic, so none of them should be rushed into NHL. It's a different situation.
All we have to do is look at 2021 draft where none of the top 10 played in NHL, including 1st OA Owen Power, so it's already been done.
That’s so Laval lol
In Ottawa, we have the same thing, we called them (at least in tge 90’s) JoJo Gatineau….dudes with suped up Fiero’s with the false gold chain outside the black turtleneck
Start Slafkovsky in Laval. Find him a good veteran AHL 1C and let him develop before calling him up.
Adam Michaels
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Hughes said they want him here, whether it be in Montreal or Laval.
That’s a given. I see no upside in having him play in Europe. People forget how good the AHL is. Let him play there and if he dominates the AHL at 18, you’ll know we have a good one
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Unseen footage of Slaf being drafted last night:
Paul Dipietro
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I made it a point to specify *forward* 1OA. Yes, it typically takes longer for defensemen to make it so it seems to be more widely accepted, but it just doesn't happen with forwards (at least it hasn't in decades)
But yeah, I guess we can blame it on the pandemic (just like those extra pounds)
Adam Michaels
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Also, Hughes was talking to Slaf's agent in the stands during the late rounds, who is also Price's and Gallagher's agent (Gerry Johannson). Hughes did say they want to sign Slaf to his ELC ASAP. I'm expecting them to announce the contract by the end of development camp.
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