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

[BLONG7]

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.

I had to laugh, no where do you give Slaf any credit.....
Nice.......

 

[banks]

Adversity builds character and helps players succeed. I never bought the theory that young players need to dominate in lesser leagues in order to succeed.

As proven by Slafs development curve this year, its certainly debatable.

Debatable is a good word. I respect your opinion. But I feel he's succeeding now despite Montreal's development plan, not because of it. Not every 1st overall needs to be in the NHL right away. And many players might have wilted in the heat in his place.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

I find it a little odd that you guys are essentially demanding crow be eaten because he's had what.... a 20 game stretch of almost point per game play? That's great. As with that Suzuki thread a while back, I guess the threshold for habs fans is just that low these days.

I hope the kid succeeds but the indignation in here seems unwarranted to say the least.

A habs fan didn't make this thread.

an almost ppg stretch for a 19 year old in Montreal is basically a miracle. We have had the least productive offence in the entire NHL for 25 years , we are down there with seattle and arizona for the least amount of ppg players in that timespan. Let us have ONE or two nice things jesus.

 

[BLONG7]

A habs fan didn't make this thread.

an almost ppg stretch for a 19 year old in Montreal is basically a miracle. We have had the least productive offence in the entire NHL for 25 years , we are down there with seattle and arizona for the least amount of ppg players in that timespan. Let us have ONE or two nice things jesus.

Well said....

Haters gonna hate...............there is no stopping them.

 

[Leaf Fans]

It had begun several times before. From bust to bounty.

 

[WarriorofTime]

As much as I hate lazy national based comparisons, the kid really does remind me a lot of a future Marian Hossa.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

A habs fan didn't make this thread.

an almost ppg stretch for a 19 year old in Montreal is basically a miracle. We have had the least productive offence in the entire NHL for 25 years , we are down there with seattle and arizona for the least amount of ppg players in that timespan. Let us have ONE or two nice things jesus.

I don't remember expecting to be coddled on the main boards when my team sucked for a decade

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

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.

Post like these are gold , your team got slapped around easily by little baby caufield suzuki + danault and here you are spewing that slafkovsky is gonna be patches haha.

Your posts always make me smile and feel good thanks. Leafs fans can't talk until they do something else than embarrass themselves every year

I don't remember expecting to be coddled on the main boards when my team sucked for a decade

Well our team hasn't sucked for a decade we've just had shitters at forward since forever

 

[a mangy Meowth]

Well our team hasn't sucked for a decade we've just had shitters at forward since forever

No doubt it's frustrating

 

[SEALBound]

Just checked to see if what you said made any sense. So I checked the last 10 1st overall picks before Slaf to see how they did the 2nd year after being drafted. Turns out only 2 of them are close to PPG in the NHL : McDavid and Matthews.

So maybe your expectations for 1st overall picks are a bit skewed.

That's over their entire careers or even a season. What I said was:

I should hope to f***ing god he's PPG for stretches in the season.

 

[Bozo Nicholson]

Weren’t people purporting him to be dog shit incarnate? The worst first overall of all time?

Silly, silly bastards.

 

[Bouboumaster]

Facts

 

[PaulD]

A habs fan didn't make this thread.

an almost ppg stretch for a 19 year old in Montreal is basically a miracle. We have had the least productive offence in the entire NHL for 25 years , we are down there with seattle and arizona for the least amount of ppg players in that timespan. Let us have ONE or two nice things jesus.

Amen to that.

Last 100 point player we had was Mats Nazlund in 1985.

 

[BLONG7]

Amen to that.

Last 100 point player we had was Mats Nazlund in 1985.

Absolutely nuts..................we had many GM's who wanted to lay it all on the goalie, and use the anything can happen mantra.
Serge Savard tried to get us some scoring back, but got fired before he could trade Roy....

 

[sxvnert]

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

And in a run for the post season.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

The main boards are so toxic. Every time a player is not on the same schedule as other players with similar profiles the main boards are vultures and quickly disparage the player. I won't lie the lack of pedigree and production probably made more bearish on him than I should have been this early in his career. So I'm not even excluding myself from this take.

 

[Junohockeyfan]

This was started by a Sens fan! Let that sink in!

The haters in the previous threads are no where to be seen. Shame.

Its fun to watch Slaf play hockey.

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

We had it just last month.

 

[ijuka]

You could say he has 19 points in his last 21 games. You could also say he has 7 points in his last 13 games. You could also say that he has 6 points in his last 5 games. Or 37 in his last 68 games.

In other words, well done cherry-picking a suitable stat line for your argument.

But where was this thread 2 weeks ago when he had 1 points in his last 8 games? Didn't fit the narrative, I guess.

Looking forward to the next thread after the next hot streak.

 

[Javaman]

If he can maintain or improve his PPG pace over the next couple of seasons, then he's clearly removed himself from consideration as the worst 1OA pick in recent memory.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Definitely better than Yakupov. Maybe erik johnson but he had 0.5 ppg and was a dominant dman.

 

[HabzSauce]

You could say he has 19 points in his last 21 games. You could also say he has 7 points in his last 13 games. You could also say that he has 6 points in his last 5 games. Or 37 in his last 68 games.

In other words, well done cherry-picking a suitable stat line for your argument.

But where was this thread 2 weeks ago when he had 1 points in his last 8 games? Didn't fit the narrative, I guess.

Looking forward to the next thread after the next hot streak.

Oh give me a break lmao. 19 in 21 what's not to love? That's 1/4th of the entire season. And the eye test backs it up too he's not just racking up lucky points lol he's often looked like the Habs best player outside of Suzuki even when he's not on the stat sheet. I see threads like these every week about other players, and we all chime in with our takes - why is this one any different?

At some point we're gonna start talking about the kid more regularly because he's looked amazing since November, sorry if that ruffles your feathers. And he's only getting better.....very exciting times.

Doesn't get enough love YET (understandably so because he's just starting to take off) but man it's funny lol after a whopping 39 games played last year there were 53 pages about how he was a bust! Now that he's starting to turn up and show people why he was selected 1st overall, we can't appreciate his play and the progress he's made??

His progression this year has been nothing but impressive. Truly a treat to watch, guy is an animal already at 19

 

[JimmyApples]

All of these ‘records’ I’ve seen Slafkovsky break are stupid. “Most points as a 19 year old Canadien”… okay?

With that being said, 19 points in 21 games is very encouraging for any 19 year old, especially one who kinda struggled out of the gate. People were quick to call him a bust, but he’s showing a lot of potential over the last couple of months.

 

[Givememoneyback]

This is the second or third time this thread was brought up this yea, so I'm guessing it began earlier this year.

 

[Frank Drebin]

A 2nd year kid is running <PPG and you start a thread calling him special?

He was the 1st overall pick two years ago. I should hope to f***ing god he's PPG for stretches in the season.

Hope this thread didn't upset you too much