After all the work and resources our hockey ops put into this, I just want them to pick the player who is #1 on their list as the best player over the long haul. I don't want them to cave to PR. This pick is too important.
I would have to agree with this. After all that's their field of expertise.
Rumor is he is attending the draft. If he's there and agrees to go the CHL when healthy I'd roll the dice.
Actually, I’m surprised that @Adam Michaels didn’t chime in yet with a fawning message about Slaf’s matinee idol, Juulsen-like good looks.
Adam, you’re slipping, bud. Juulsen ain’t coming back, you now have a potential replacement.
Yep, I put it off forever and was taken aback by how solid it is compared to what’s been written about it and knowing the stories behind it. Still not in the upper echelon, but that’s a high standard they set with all the albums proceeding it.
He’d be a great fit if we could find a way to move up for him. Love Kulich. Somehow leaving with Wright, Kulich, and one of Mateychuk/Hutson would be the dream scenario for me.
The analyses on skating and D seem a bit odd comparing Slafkofsky to Wright. Wright is known for his defense and is one of the top skaters, not far behind Savoie and Cooley. Slafkofsky has lots of stuff going for him but I didn't think he was particularly know for either, more "good for a big guy" and "good for a mostly offensive forward." I don't get the latest head to head comparisons going around that give Slaf the edge in both.
I second these questions. If Slav is such a great player -- a legitimate 1st overall draft pick -- then why is it that he could not produce in LIIGA, which may be the 5th best league in the world at best behind the NHL, KHL, AHL, and SEL?
Down in windsor we have had 2 weeks in the 30s. Humidity through the roof and hard to work in a shop in those conditions. Especially in "hurry it up to ship it out before the american holiday" modehave you been living on Venus this spring? Because that was one of the worst springs I've ever experienced in Montreal. We're July 3rd and I still pause before going out as to whether I should bring a coat in the evening.
Was debating that with some leaf fans today. Package up something and get a legit quality player with a prospect and picks, or whatever. Maybe even find a miracle way of moving gally and our 1st for a quality early 20s forward, preferably center or a number 1 dman. Maybe we move gally and our 1st for Sergechev and TBs first
In my old age I reach for Sabotage the most, which I find interesting. Megalomania has almost become my favourite Sabbath song too. It’s a beautiful, paranoid prog dirge....soo true, amigo...when your first 4 albums are historic level, it's a hard peak to continuously conquer...
...anyway, how about that Shane Wright kid!?!...
In my old age I reach for Sabotage the most, which I find interesting. Megalomania has almost become my favourite Sabbath song too. It’s a beautiful, paranoid prog dirge.
And yeah, Bob’s list or whatever.
What can I say, that album rules, that song rules. Sandwiched between LOTW and Into The Void, with that nice little Orchid passage to start makes for one of the best side 2’s of vinyl you can hear imo. Not that side 1 doesn’t rule too....as much as I luv them all, I still gotta go with Master of Reality when I'm in my younger days Heavy mood...Solitude is probably my most listened to song ever...dark, depressing, and absolutely magnificent...
...as much as I luv them all, I still gotta go with Master of Reality when I'm in my younger days Heavy mood...Solitude is probably my most listened to song ever...dark, depressing, and absolutely magnificent...
Totally, I don’t know if Hugues is a risky guy, but clearly odds are against Slaf. And when you look how many players with 10 points in liiga became all stars in the NHL. How many did it? . You don’t find many guys, and hoping Slaf will become the next one is like saying : im gonna win 10millions at lotto 6/49 tommorrow. Stats isnt everything, but tournament either. Playing at olympics vs ahl level and producing against kazakstan at WC doesnt impress me at all. At least, he is not my first choice, cause I still consider slaf as a top 5 players
I've seen enough of him to know. He makes terrible mistakes frequently. Still love the prospect and have zero issue if we take him.
Hughes mentioned only Wright and Slaf months ago when talking about prospects.
