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We’re going over the semi-talked about idea of Mike Matheson not passing the puck to Juraj Slafkovsky on the Montreal Canadiens powerplay.
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 Slafkovsky 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 Top 29 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 Toronto Maple Leafs), Sam Rinzel
26th) Montreal Canadiens (from Calgary Flames), Filip Mesar
27th) San Jose Sharks (from Carolina Hurricanes via Arizona Coyotes and Montreal Canadiens), Filip Bystedt
28th) Buffalo Sabres (from Florida Panthers), Jiri Kulich
29th) Arizona Coyotes (from Edmonton Oilers), Maveric Lamoureux
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22 Comments
Habs fans have been saying this ALL YEAR matheson never looks for him
This could be a long term strategy for next year if teams think slaf wont get the pass it becomes a mind game
Geoff Molson should start donating 1k to charity every time Mattheson passes to Slaf
Hutson will eventually phase Mike out.
Best video on your chanel since a long time no click bait and no extra talks to extend the video good job.
I'm glad i'm not the only one that has noticed this nonsense. Matheson is a fine skater but he makes a lot of poor decisions which results in chances or goals for the opposition
Mike Matheson is a veteran. Slaf is a rookie. Know your place
Asombroso!! Dios finalmente había cambiado mi vida a través de la Sra. Elena J. Sadur. 1500 cada diez días. Dios es bueno
Mike Matheson is a limited liability that’s playing above his weight class. He’s a giveaway machine and the worst plus minus on the team
What I would do this off season is trade matheson and draft zayne parekh. I know people don't want a dman hut this kids insane. You then move guhle back to the left side. You can also now trade logan mailoux or Barron for a forward prospect and same with matheson you can get some nice assets for him.
When slaf was getting alot of pts he was getting more passes. Give the kid the puck
Half the time, Matheson sends the puck to Slaf when he has 2 guys on his back. It's easy to say he loses the puck half the time then.
I understand Slaf to be frustrated.
I say trade Matheson will you still get something good for him go HABS
I dont think matheson has ever been running pp1 in the nhl. He seems to want to dish it to suzuki and caufeild and let their creativity from down low open options for them. It seems like they want slaf on the cross ice feeds. Matheson might just not feel comfortable making those passes, he's thinking those guys will find a better play. Hes never been "the guy" at the nhl level.
I get a very limited time watching Habs play as I live in Europe, Im a father of 2 and NHL is being played during what usually is a pretty deep nighttime im Europe, so I mostly follow highlights and YouTube videos, but since I have noticed this multiple times, there definitely is something. He doesnt like to pass it to Juraj a lot, that's for sure. Whether it comes from "a fear of a turn-over" or rather his personal fight with Juraj's popularity, thats anyone's guess
I noticed it as well. Matheson passes the puck to the left even if the guys are covered and Slaf is open on the other side. It's not like Caufield and Suzuki don't turn the puck over as well.
Matheson displays lack of vision at 5 on 5 as well though. It could be just that.
I feel like fans are making drama when there is none.
I'm too distracted seeing an Avs goalie wearing #33 that was NOT named "Patrick Roy." WTF dude? 😛
Matheson is a much better player. Slav loses the puck too often. This is a whiny post and not worth listening to. Drama queen looking for clicks.
he should pass more to slaf as slaf doesn't turn it over nearly as much as mathason
Slaf probably has 4-5 more points than he does now if Matheson passed the puck to Slaf on the power play when Slaf is clearly open for a one tee or has a lane to feed it across to Suzuki or Caufield…. Matheson is running the power play on one side of the ice and it’s predictable, When Slaf was getting the puck more and they were moving the puck all around the zone the power play was pretty good for a little stretch but they stopped playing like that and Matheson has gone back to moving the puck threw Suzuki even when Suzuki is covered sometimes…. Also Matheson cannot hold the zone if his life and family depended on it 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️ puck is always jumping of his blade even simple passes… I know Mike Matheson likes being in Montreal and he’s a good leader very good offensively as well, But I’m really starting to hope he gets a lesser role or he gets moved… when Lane Hutson gets here and he earns a bigger role this power play will improve because Lane Hutson passes everywhere he’s very creative and finds open lanes even when it looks like a lane isn’t there he will create or find one…
You’re totally right! I e been saying the same thing g for awhile now! Slaf is wide open and the puck goes to the other side every time ! Doesn’t MSL see this??