HF Habs: What Kind Of Impact Does Slafkovsky need to have for rebuild to be successful?
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It depends on how many more high picks (top 5) the Habs are going to get. If they are going to try to be a bubble team starting next season and try to get back to the playoffs, i.e., the “rebuild” is essentially over, then he’s going to have to be good…really good. In the above scenario, he’d need to be a ~40g, 40-50a player who also brings physicality and is not a liability defensively. In other words, he’d need to become a borderline franchise level player for the rebuild to be successful.
If the Habs tank another year or two and get lucky and end up with Celebrini or Eiserman, and some other high end prospect, he could bust and it wouldn’t matter much.
If the Habs tank another year or two and get lucky and end up with Celebrini or Eiserman, and some other high end prospect, he could bust and it wouldn’t matter much.
Sabres drafted 8th and 13th in recent years and ended up with cozens and Benson respectively. We're going to miss the playoffs for a few more years, y'all need to chill out
Darz
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Slavkovsky is gonna be just fine. In 2 years time, we will be all talking about how much we need to pay him for an 8 year term.
Gotta believe!!!!
Gotta believe!!!!
HabsForHire
"Expect the unexpected"
50pts for a 1st overall is not good and I would not be happy. you need more than that imo
Depends. If it comes with 25-30 goals every year, it is helpful. But 19-31 -- not so much.
WeThreeKings
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What if the best anyone else from the draft class does is ~60 pts?
Darz
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I’m always lurking and very positive about the team right now
I meant how many points FOR our team and how many embarassing goals AGAINST our team?
Nathan Horton had a substantial impact, he was the second-highest scorer on his team three times., and the fourth-highest another three times.
HabsForHire
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JianYang
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I touched on this in a previous thread but we really need to lose the mindset that a 1OA ought to achieve a certain target.
It would be fine if all draft classes were created equal, but thats obviously not the case.
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I would set the floor at not taking out Caufield’s knee at practice. Even Mario needed a few players on the Pens to take them out of the crap hole so I’d say Mario ++ as a theoretical ceiling to the question.
WeThreeKings
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I'm just mainly saying that how the draft class shakes out should always play into the evaluation of a selection.
You can say that it would be a bad pick if Slaf topped out with 50 pts, but if no one else in the draft is doing much more than that, he'd be contextually a really good selection.
Teravainen is a really good selection for the 2012 draft, but he'd not be looked as favorably in the 2015 class.
The Gr8 Dane
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I really do believe in him. The only problem I have is I hope the kid does not get concussion issues. If he keeps his head up the sky is the limit for the guy.
Concussions are not funny and even when things seem like they are alright sometimes they aren't and leave lingering issues. The kid cannot continue to get rocked like that. When it comes to skating shooting and passing im not worried about him its really the speed of proccessing the game with his head up that I see as the only thing holding him back right now
Spring in Fialta
A malign star kept him
Then you trade Suzuki I guess. Could probably get a nice package for him.
Spring in Fialta
A malign star kept him
I mean, if you're missing the playoffs for 5+ years in a row, you've made massive mistakes in your rebuild. It should not take that long to be able to compete for a playoff spot. And that's without considering that the Canadiens were not very good for years before Hughes arrived and got Suzuki, Caufield and Guhle out of it.
No, expecting this team to miss for several more years would be a failure. I don't think that's what HuGo or St.Louis envision. Suzuki has already talked about not wanting to lose for much longer. After this year I expect the Canadiens to be very aggressive.
