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Habs on the heels of an impressive 9-3 win over the supposedly playoff-vying Flyers, that led to several personal firsts/ bests. The most evident was Slaf's first career hat trick, which begat a statement celly:
As well as giving rise to a new wave of fan monikers.
Why, only last week, several posters bandied about "Slafsquatch" as their preference.
What about this week, following his hat trick? It's Manolo from Scarface, given how Slaf has shown a tendency to stick out his tongue following major game performances.
It all started with @overlords presenting the following lingual evidence:
And so, at the request of @waitin425, there goes Slaf making a cameo as Manolo in the same scene.
We had already broached the Manolo comparable last December when @Habs10Habs suggested that this still from Scarface, would be a perfect template to transpose Slaf and Suzuki into.
And with that, this was born and a pet was also inserted for good measure ...
I have a feeling this will just be the tip of the iceberg as Slaf continues his ascent. Not so long ago, some of us embraced "Chadkovsky" as a moniker.
All of which takes us back to Nick Bobrov, the man who was apparently responsible for extolling Slaf's virtues at the Habs' scouting meetings leading to the 2022 draft.
Bobrov once again, came into the spotlight recently as fans got to see Reinbacher make his debut with the Rocket and just this week, with the signing of Florian Xhekaj's ELC. I'm sure Bobrov's co-head of scouting, Martin Lapointe also had something to do with it, but it does look like Bobrov pulls more weight.
Speaking of Florian Xhekaj, the artist formerly known as Ebony Mackenzie, has decided to go for his yearly user name switch and Florian was his freshly-minted target of choice.
More power to ya, @FloJack!
So, what's Bobrov's secret?
We don't really know why Bobrov's fortunes are soaring but it may just be he has become a visionary in no small part thanks to how his glasses magically stay in place, on his forehead. Even Martin Lapointe could be seen at scout meetings sporting his eyewear in the same manner.
In that 9-3 drubbing of the Flyers, it was equally satisfying to see Cole Caufield achieve the 60-point plateau and Joel Armia reach a career high in goals with 17. Even the Power Donkey managed to snap out of his goal scoring funk.
Just when some of us were getting real blasé with the season and couldn't wait for it to be put out of its miserable existence ...
Hey, we'll take any piece of good news we can get.
Habs final road trip of the season tonight, as they take on Patrick Roy and the Isles. Note the special starting time.
LINEUPS
As well as giving rise to a new wave of fan monikers.
Why, only last week, several posters bandied about "Slafsquatch" as their preference.
What about this week, following his hat trick? It's Manolo from Scarface, given how Slaf has shown a tendency to stick out his tongue following major game performances.
It all started with @overlords presenting the following lingual evidence:
And so, at the request of @waitin425, there goes Slaf making a cameo as Manolo in the same scene.
We had already broached the Manolo comparable last December when @Habs10Habs suggested that this still from Scarface, would be a perfect template to transpose Slaf and Suzuki into.
And with that, this was born and a pet was also inserted for good measure ...
I have a feeling this will just be the tip of the iceberg as Slaf continues his ascent. Not so long ago, some of us embraced "Chadkovsky" as a moniker.
All of which takes us back to Nick Bobrov, the man who was apparently responsible for extolling Slaf's virtues at the Habs' scouting meetings leading to the 2022 draft.
Bobrov once again, came into the spotlight recently as fans got to see Reinbacher make his debut with the Rocket and just this week, with the signing of Florian Xhekaj's ELC. I'm sure Bobrov's co-head of scouting, Martin Lapointe also had something to do with it, but it does look like Bobrov pulls more weight.
Speaking of Florian Xhekaj, the artist formerly known as Ebony Mackenzie, has decided to go for his yearly user name switch and Florian was his freshly-minted target of choice.
More power to ya, @FloJack!
So, what's Bobrov's secret?
We don't really know why Bobrov's fortunes are soaring but it may just be he has become a visionary in no small part thanks to how his glasses magically stay in place, on his forehead. Even Martin Lapointe could be seen at scout meetings sporting his eyewear in the same manner.
In that 9-3 drubbing of the Flyers, it was equally satisfying to see Cole Caufield achieve the 60-point plateau and Joel Armia reach a career high in goals with 17. Even the Power Donkey managed to snap out of his goal scoring funk.
Just when some of us were getting real blasé with the season and couldn't wait for it to be put out of its miserable existence ...
Hey, we'll take any piece of good news we can get.
Habs final road trip of the season tonight, as they take on Patrick Roy and the Isles. Note the special starting time.
LINEUPS
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