When Will We Begin The Slafkovsky Discussion? - UPDATE: Hatrick Against Philadelphia April 9, 2024

[Adrianopolous]

Juraj Slafkovsky has 19 points in his last 21 games.

He is also now just 2 points shy of the record for most points by a 19 year Habs player.

I hate the Habs but this kid is special. Where are the haters?

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[TheMoreYouKnow]

I guess you decided the answer is "now"?

 

[Voight]

Maybe lets see him do this over a full season / multiple seasons before you hang the mission accomplished banner.

 

[Jigger77]

Consistent 1st line icetime definitely helped him. Playing with Suzuki who has elevated his game to another level this year has helped him a lot. But he deserves full credit. Something clicked and he figured something out. Personally I was wrong about him. I did not realize the hockey IQ was so high and I think another thing that stands out is that he seems to have a strong will to learn and absorb what people (coaching staff) are telling him. You can see the confidence grow almost each game. He's learning to use his size, anticipates plays more by being in the right places, reduced the turnovers and always battling. He looks like he's a lot to contain and he's only 19. It'll be interesting to see where the ceiling is with him for sure.

 

[Scrantonicity 2]

Yeah but when he's no longer a teenager in 10 days his development is going to come to a screeching halt. Players can't develop further once they hit 20, especially former top draft picks.

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

Juraj Slafkovsky has 19 points in his last 21 games.

He is also now just 2 points shy of the record for most points by a 19 year Habs player.

I hate the Habs but this kid is special. Where are the haters?

Maybe lets see him do this over a full season / multiple seasons before you hang the mission accomplished banner.

i don't see any Mission Accomplished banners, do you? OP is literally starting a discussion.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

12 goals and 30 pts in his last 39 games

 

[HabzSauce]

Maybe lets see him do this over a full season / multiple seasons before you hang the mission accomplished banner.

So 19 points in 21 games after all the bust talk doesn't even warrant a discussion?

Kid has been damn good this year. The eye test makes you appreciate him even more when you watch him play

 

[Bouboumaster]

This dude is a machine

 

[Mrfenn92]

Kid was always going to be good. It was always silly when folks were claiming he was gonna bust. He shouldn’t have been in the NHL last year.

 

[Russian_fanatic]

12 goals and 30 pts in his last 39 games

All 12 goals are even strength, he also has 72 hits in the last 39 games. He's still only 19 and he's still learning how to use his body. Kid is going to be the next premier power forward similiar to prime Bertuzzi/Iginla.

 

[I am Canadian]

Was there not already a thread on this?

 

[vlady]

All 12 goals are even strength, he also has 72 hits in the last 39 games. He's still only 19 and he's still learning how to use his body. Kid is going to be the next premier power forward similiar to prime Bertuzzi/Iginla.

actually only 7 of the 12 goals are even strength, but that doesn't diminish the fact that he has been really good in those 39 games. And there is more to come, I am sure. I am a big believer in this kid.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Yeah, he's prob going to be a star. He looks awesome on the ice.

 

[Rude Dog]

When he and the Habs become relevant. For now who cares.

Too bad for him that he will have to wear the first over-all banner and the pressures which come with it. I see him as a Patches type of player. He will make an impact, but I highly doubt he will ever be even close to elite.

 

[waitin425]

Juraj Slafkovsky has 19 points in his last 21 games.

He is also now just 2 points shy of the record for most points by a 19 year Habs player.

I hate the Habs but this kid is special. Where are the haters?

 

[Chainshot]

Juraj Slafkovsky has 19 points in his last 21 games.

He is also now just 2 points shy of the record for most points by a 19 year Habs player.

I hate the Habs but this kid is special. Where are the haters?

I'm sure they all went back to look at the history of high-level picks who took more than a year to grow physically, mentally, emotionally into good or even great players and adjusting their hot takes, right?

 

[danpantz]

Yeah but when he's no longer a teenager in 10 days his development is going to come to a screeching halt. Players can't develop further once they hit 20, especially former top draft picks.

Omg he’s that old already?
Take him out back and put that old geezer down.
Habs better think long and hard before extending him.

 

[Bouboumaster]

Where's the dude who made a thread about Slaf being litteraly the single worst #1 round Pick of all time at right now?

 

[waitin425]

 

[BLONG7]

Consistent 1st line icetime definitely helped him. Playing with Suzuki who has elevated his game to another level this year has helped him a lot. But he deserves full credit. Something clicked and he figured something out. Personally I was wrong about him. I did not realize the hockey IQ was so high and I think another thing that stands out is that he seems to have a strong will to learn and absorb what people (coaching staff) are telling him. You can see the confidence grow almost each game. He's learning to use his size, anticipates plays more by being in the right places, reduced the turnovers and always battling. He looks like he's a lot to contain and he's only 19. It'll be interesting to see where the ceiling is with him for sure.

Someone, has been watching the Habs and Slafkosky.
Nice post.

As for the original question where are the haters, they were the one's who did not watch the kid, and let themselves out a couple of months ago when the kid proved them wrong.
These threads usually don't get to pages 2-3 and then shutdown.....

The kid has played well, and should continue to be a good NHL player. No one ever said, the Habs drafted a Crosby or Ovie type, player................but many of us said, give it time, he could be a good one. We are only just passing a number of games that has him around 100 so let the chips fall.

The talk of a bust, were so immature, hence they always got shitdown.

Where's the dude who made a thread about Slaf being litteraly the single worst #1 round Pick of all time at right now?

Asking his dad for some allowance?? LOlL.

 

[JoelWarlord]

 

[banks]

Slaf's solid season has taught me two things.

1- He shouldn't have been in the NHL last season.
2- Suzuki is way better than most people think. My favourite Hab.

 

[Jee]

Maybe lets see him do this over a full season / multiple seasons before you hang the mission accomplished banner.

Yet 40 matchs last year was enough to declare him the worst 1st pick overall ever. HF is funny sometimes.

 

[BaseballCoach]

Shane Wright in AHL this season,
38 points in 50 games = 0.76 ppg

Joshua Roy in AHL this season,
32 points in 40 games = 0.80 ppg

Shane Wright NHL to date,
2 points in 11 games

Joshua Roy NHL to date,
9 points in 23 games

Roy is only 5 months older than Wright. If he were 6 weeks younger, he would have been in the same 2022 draft class as Wright and Slaf.

Slaf's solid season has taught me two things.

1- He shouldn't have been in the NHL last season.
2- Suzuki is way better than most people think. My favourite Hab.

The opposite for me. The reps benefited Slaf a LOT. Too bad if it worried stat-watching fans or poolers.