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Let’s talk about Montreal Canadiens forward Juraj Slafkovsky, and whether or not he’s the next Nail Yakupov.
This video is taking place after the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2023 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) Chicago Blackhawks, Connor Bedard
2nd) Anaheim Ducks, Leo Carlsson
3rd) Columbus Blue Jackets, Adam Fantilli
4th) San Jose Sharks, Will Smith
5th) Montreal Canadiens, David Reinbacher
6th) Arizona Coyotes, Dmitri Simashev
7th) Philadelphia Flyers, Matvei Michkov
8th) Washington Capitals, Ryan Leonard
9th) Detroit Red Wings, Nate Danielson
10th) St. Louis Blues, Dalibor Dvorsky
11th) Vancouver Canucks, Tom Willander
12th) Arizona Coyotes (from Ottawa Senators), Daniil But
13th) Buffalo Sabres, Zach Benson
14th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Brayden Yager
15th) Nashville Predators, Matthew Wood
16th) Calgary Flames, Samuel Honzek
17th) Detroit Red Wings (from New York Islanders via Vancouver Canucks), Axel Sandin Pellikka
18th) Winnipeg Jets, Colby Barlow
19th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Tampa Bay Lightning), Oliver Moore
20th) Seattle Kraken, Eduard Sale
21st) Minnesota Wild, Charlie Stramel
22nd) Philadelphia Flyers (from Los Angeles Kings via Columbus Blue Jackets), Oliver Bonk
23rd) New York Rangers, Gabe Perreault
24th) Nashville Predators (from Edmonton Oilers), Tanner Molendyk
25th) St. Louis Blues (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Otto Stenberg
26th) San Jose Sharks (from New Jersey Devils), Quentin Musty
27th) Colorado Avalanche, Calum Ritchie
28th) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Boston Bruins via Washington Capitals), Easton Cowan
29th) St. Louis Blues (from Dallas Stars via New York Rangers), Theo Lindstein
30th) Carolina Hurricanes, Bradley Nadeau
31st) Colorado Avalanche (from Florida Panthers via Montreal Canadiens), Mikhail Gulyayev
32nd) Vegas Golden Knights, David Edstrom
This video is also taking place after 2023 NHL Season, and after the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Florida Panthers in the Finals.
Juraj Slafkovksy was the top NHL prospect at the 2022 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2022 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The first round of the draft went as follows:
1st) Montreal Canadiens, Juraj Slafkovsky
2nd) New Jersey Devils, Simon Nemec
3rd) Arizona Coyotes, Logan Cooley
4th) Seattle Kraken, Shane Wright
5th) Philadelphia Flyers, Cutter Gauthier
6th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Chicago Blackhawks), David Jiricek
7th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Ottawa Senators), Kevin Korchinski
8th) Detroit Red Wings, Marco Kasper
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Matthew Savoie
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Pavel Mintyukov
11th) Arizona Coyotes (from San Jose Sharks), Conor Geekie
12th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Denton Mateychuk
13th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Frank Nazar
14th) Winnipeg Jets, Rutger McGroarty
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Jonathan Lekkerimaki
16th) Buffalo Sabres (Vegas Golden Knights), Noah Ostlund
17th) Nashville Predators, Joakim Kemell
18th) Dallas Stars, Lian Bichsel
19th) Minnesota Wild (from LA Kings), Liam Ohgren
20th) Washington Capitals, Ivan Miroshnichenko
21st) Pittsburgh Penguins, Owen Pickering
22nd) Anaheim Ducks (from Boston Bruins), Nathan Gaucher
23rd) St. Louis Blues, Jimmy Snuggerud
24th) Minnesota Wild, Danila Yurov
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Maple Leafs), Sam Rinzel
26th) Montreal Canadiens (from Flames), Filip Mesar
27th) San Jose Sharks (from Hurricanes via Coyotes and Canadiens), Filip Bystedt
28th) Buffalo Sabres (from Panthers), Jiri Kulich
29th) Arizona Coyotes (from Oilers), Maveric Lamoureux
30th) Winnipeg Jets (from Rangers), Brad Lambert
31st) Tampa Bay Lightning, Isaac Howard
32nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Avalanche via Coyotes), Reid Schaefer
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20 Comments
Slaf hasnt had the best start to his nhl career he wont be a bust but he will struggle for a few seasons to get established they definitely rushed him in the nhl a full year back home would have been a great thing to do 1 for his development and 2 for a year of contract sliding then a start in laval 20 game span see what he does is he needs work keep him in laval for the rest of the season then reassess in development camp in year 3
Cough cough. 19 years old, growing in a monster size body. Only 10 games in this year. Enough said
The habs are in crisis management mode with Slaf. They realize that they f$&_ked up picking him instead of Cooley and even Wright. They wont admit it and they will not send Slaf in the AHL by fear of looking incompetent. And by fear that in the AHL Slaf gets outplayed by lower ranking players.. as was their fear when they refused that Slaf participate in the world juniors. The habs have been the worst first round pickers of the whole circuit for the last 15 years. This is why we were never able to have a stable core of players and never had truely talented forwards.
There will always be haters, but Slafkovsky's biggest problem is his own fans. This reminds me of why Toronto is so bad. Shitty fans.
Oh ya, media too. They feed off one another in a toxic dance. Gross
Dobber has two basic templates for player development. For average-sized players, it will take around 200 pro games for them to hit their stride. For power forwards, they say it takes around 300 pro games.
This is why I was surprised when Montreal took Slav. They went long-game on him, and shouldn’t be expecting him to really hit his stride until some point in his draft+4 season.
In the meantime, Josh is as good a mentor figure for Slav as Montreal has in their system at the moment. Let him get his feet under him think the game better than he does now, and he should be fine.
I think we'd be lucky for Slaf to become half as good a Nail
Worst skating number 1 overall ever. Poor attitude, a good game goes imediately to his head, a bad one wrecks his confidence for the next 5
😂😂m5m
The Canadiens made a huge mistake rushing Slafkovsky into the NHL. In his draft year he had 10 points in 31 games in the Finnish Elite League. Not bad for a teenager, but there's no way he was NHL ready. He should have spent at least one or even two more years in Finland.
Please let him get older and wiser, he need’s to learn the ropes of the NHL before he can show his game, we can see he has the resources but he does’nt know how to use them yet! Give him a break!
I am so sick of attacking Slafkovsky, give him time
Slafkovsky could be a bust, but there's a part of me that also thinks he could develop into another Tage Thompson. In his first five seasons Thompson had 35 points in 145 games. Then he exploded for a 38 goal 68 point season as a 23 year old. I feel Slafkovsky could do the same because both players are huge and play similar styles. Some big players need time to grow into their bodies. However that's the high end. On the low end he could turn out to be just a bigger version of Jesse Puljujarvi or Kaapo Kakko
At least Nail had a good rookie season
hasn't scored a goal in over 30 games, he sucks lol
hughes took this bum and reinbacher back to back 😂
OMG shut up
I 100% agree its on the habs development team.. hes looking horrible because hes not an nhl player yet. And the habs refuse to acknowledge he needs time in the ahl because that would throw doubt in the fan base that the habs might be thinking they made the wrong choice. So far nemec looks to be finding his way in the ahl. Wright is finding his game in the ahl (6gm 6pts) cooley looks like a very exciting player and even jiricek is playing better the slaf. The habs management are in an ego battle with themselves and its hurting slafkovsky. So long as hes in the nhl he will fail. 2) his linemate is anderson who by the way is off to a horrific start as well.. the dude is just bad and the habs made a horrible miscalculation to his trade value as right now they wont get a 7th rounder for him. 3) its the curse of the big body players.. slaf is 6'3-6'4 230ish lbs like a large majority of top prospects over 6'3 they take a considerable amount of time to develop compared to smaller guys. Big guys have to learn they cant plow thru players in the nhl so they have to learn new ways to adapt small guys already adapted to avoid contact do they mastered edgework and head on s swivel and shiftyness. Unless ur generational talent such as ovie matthews lemieux nash lindros to name a couple. Your more likely to adapt slower as a big player like tage thompson, kreider. In todays hockey who was the last 6'4 19 yr to score 30 or even 20
Can you really make a call like that in a guys second year as a 19 year old?? Of course not- so dont feed the trolls. I love lego but if we keep clicking on these vids about lafreniere and wroght hell keep posting them. Its boycott time…
I not saying he is a bust I think he should be sent down and play more a h l .
Maybe where not trying to make the play offs just trying to get a good draft pick.