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Slafkovsky has the better shooting arsenal and is stronger along the boards.QB is more skilled, faster and a C. Him
Not for nothing but he also played 5 fewer minutes per game and it was his first true pro season. If you look at both of their first pro seasons, it's pretty much the same thing. 12mpg and 10 points in 40 games.Slafkovsky has the better shooting arsenal and is stronger along the boards.
Slafkovsky at 19 has 41 points and 15 goals in 72 games and is only 12 points behind Byfield playing on a worse team.
Byfield at the same age as Slafkovsky had 10 points in 40 games, and at 20 had 23 points in 55 games.
Frankly I'm surprised Byfield is running away with this. Especially since the question isn't who is better right now.
Why?Unfortunately, as an Oilers fan, this is Byfield AINEC
Weird. I don't think this is the narrative. I love Byfield. Got him in my hockey pool. He's a really good young player. It is not a slight against him to prefer Slaf. I think they can be quite comparable at the end of the day. We have seen worse polls.haha gotta love the turnabout sheesh
kings fans spent time defending slaf because of his similar 'big guy' development path only for habs fans to turn around with 'haha suck it byfield, your development was too slow'
guess we should have known
Thank you. I am not sure why this post is creating this much debate as to who is better. They’re both super young and a significant age difference.Last half season (41 games):
Slaf: 13 goals, 20 assists, 33 points
Byfield: 11 goals, 19 assists, 30 points
Slaf is 2.5 years younger
Byfield is absolute filthy but slaf also has gamebreaking potential as well or more of an ice tilter his play style will result in creating constant chances around the net where as Byfield is capable of making the pretty rush plays both seem like they would work great together though. Byfield is has really come along and broke out while slaf already looks to be breaking out. Him and caufield will do damageid gamble on byfield's athleticism. if he puts it all together he can be a game breaking forward. if not slaf probably ends up better but i dont think it will be by a big margin.
Did make this poll more than a year ago btw before their breakouts. Was much closer.
Juraj Slafkovsky vs Quinton Byfield
Both highly skilled players for players of their size taken 1st and 2nd in their drafts. Have a couple questions. Who was seen as the more impressive prospect during their drafts? I know Slafkovsky was ranked higher in his but its my understanding that his draft was perceived as weaker. So if...forums.hfboards.com
Lol, im a big fan of both players. I'm simply stating the facts of Slafkovsky being more productive than Byfield at 19 and 20 years old.I think you should just continue there. You will feel much better.