Team Slovakia pulls off a major upset as Juraj Slafkovsky brings the teams to a MASSIVE win with 2 goals and 1 assist. Josh Gosse and Jesse Poirier chat about all of it on this episode of Habs Digest.
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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7028020/2026/02/10/nhl-awards-watch-mackinnon-makar/
0:00 Montreal Canadiens News
1:15 Suzuki update
6:40 SLAFZILLA
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Arber Xhekaj,Zach Bolduc,Alex Newhook,Jake Evans,Brendan Gallagher,Mike Matheson,David Reinbacher,Juraj Slafkovsky,Josh Anderson,Cole Caufield,Nick Suzuki,Kirby Dach,Alex CarrierKent Hughes,Martin St Louis,Sam Montembeault,Kaiden Guhle,Owen Beck,Filip Mesar,Jayden Struble,Adam Engstrom,Sean Farrell,Lane Hutson,Ivan Demidov,Patrik Laine,Jakub Dobes
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Sorry we can't show any footage of the game. The IOC is very strict with copyright. Hope you guys understand and enjoy anyway!
9 goals in 8 matches on the olympics, teemu salmonele has 17 so maybe bustowski is gonna break that one
Ahojte, from Slovakia,
As soon as I saw Slafs goal, I knew, there will be video about it by Habs Digest. Then another one and assist (unfortunately bcs of no stick). Habs were on fire for sure
My heart rate was at 160/90 during the last third, I will name my first kid Juraj after this game for sure. 🇸🇰
Ahoj from Slovakia, thank you for cheering for Slovakia and Juraj, we here always cheer for Habs🎉❤ slaf maybe another olympic games mvp?
Olympic slaf is scary
I yelled at my TV for Tartar to hand Slaff his stick so he could get the hattrick.
Slafzilla was an absolute beast! I got to watch it and it was a great game! Now for tomorrows game! LET'S GOOOO!!!!
Y ! Slaf is already better than Hossa was!
I think the Habs have a chance at being finalists for 4 awards: Suzuki (Selkie) Demidov (Calder) Hutson (Norris) and St Louis (Jack Adams).
That play at the end with no stick absolutely broke my brain. I stood there, mouth gaping wide, hands on each side of my head for like 20 seconds, then had the same reaction again when i rewinded and rewatched it 😂
What a beast. He protected the puck from 3 NHL players including Mikko Rantanen… WITH NO STICK. Let that sink in
Let's goooo Slovakia🇸🇰🇸🇰🇸🇰
Team Canada line will change game by game because Cooper is a M Terrien on steroids regarding line mix/change 😂
Another cringy title…
The way its going, 4 habs players will be in nomination for a individual award . Suzuki for the Selke, Caufield for the Rocket, hutson for the Norris and Demidov (maybe also Kapanen) for the Calder. Demidov should win the calder but Suzuki have good chance to win, Hutson also is not far from the top. Even if i hope and wish Caufield the trophy, he's 8 goal behind MacKinnon… scoring 9 goals more than him in the remaining part of the season seems unlikely. And there is other good goal scorer that can end the season strong.
Nonetheless, the future looks bright for the team and they will put a hell of a show!
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Suzuki will be a true team guy and contribute to the best of his abilities to help Canada bring home gold . These guys are first-class guys who know this tournament is bigger than them as individuals.
Merci beaucoup, les amis. Thank you, thank you for the review guys. It really means a lot to us – habs fans from Slovakia.
You would be surprised how many hatters Slaf has in here just because he was talented and media wrote about him a lot since numbers of our guys declined in the NHL. And the excessive amount of news annoyed a lot of people. And also the no. 1 pick drama that was the same in MTL. So It feels extra sweet rn, Im very happy for him. Hlavaj did a great job, but for me Slaf was the first star of the match, because when other players dumped the puck he held it and showed dominance and no fear. Whole team played good, but he was the leader. I wish strong health for him and a long and successful career in MTL for him.
They've scratched Kapanen? Bad call from the coach.
Big thanks for your support guys, it means a lot to hear you cheer for not just Juraj but for the whole team Slovakia. At least for me it goes vice versa, I love the Canadiens team and I am sure that Montreal will see more than 1 SC in the next few years. Regarding your question, I'm not sure whether Juraj will be better than Hossa, but can he – absolutely yes, he has potential to be so much better in terms of both individual skill and team leadership qualities. Cheers from Košice!
is kapanen hurt or just a scratch? not a great look for finland if hes healthy and they let his linemate win the game for slovakia
Remember Slaf 4 years ago, we would be like shoot the puck… Reminds me of Demidov now, justr shoot the puck. The guy has a shot and can score, and he is now. Takes times.
ahoooj, were here, big W for slovakia, love all the habs fans, looking forward to more olympics hockey
edit.. just wanna say you two are absolute nutters when it comes to habs.. i love the passion, hopefully suzuki does well. and yes, i think slaf when everything is done and said can join hossa in hof
Ahoj ALL,
Obviously happy for us, but this game.. It just show how well Slaf developed under MTL supervision.
Each of his points was totaly different representation of every skillset he has.
Anybody noticed how crazy instant chemistry he has with Nemec back together?
Hlavaj's exhibition was just cherry on top.
As I love Craig Ramsay and what he did for Slovakian hockey, I like free air that Vladimir Orszagh brought.
He almost got the hat trick on that empty netter too 😮💨
I told you >Halaj, Slafkovský, Dvorský and whole team what a team what a match !!! greetings from Slovakia.
Cooper was talking today about how he sees Suzuki feeding MacKinnon passes, like he does Caufield. Cooper will play around with lines, including in practice and even in the three group games. You don't know what you got until you try it. And, some of it all, including the talk, will be to keep opposing coaches thinking.
Not you showing the clip where Slaf is yelling at refs and calling them fagots 🤣
Doing some justice to your slovak again Josh! Hlavaj must be pretty tough to pronounce, but it`s spot on! Hossa was Slaf`s idol, during his Chicago era. Getting to that level would be insane… HoF, 3 cups, jersey retirement… We all hope that Slaf can get close to that and be a part of a new Cup dynasty in Montreal, and win a couple more medals 🙂
Ok, but any team could win Finland. Players hate the coach and he has no ability to create any tactics or give "mental boost". "Our game" is far from surfing for 60 minutes but ok Slaf had 2.