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We’re talking about the discourse that has surrounded Montreal Canadiens fans the past little while, asking who’s the better prospect between Juraj Slafkovsky and 2023 NHL Draft-eligible Leo Carlsson.
The 2023 NHL Entry Draft is filled with a lot of top NHL prospects. Some are elite, and others could be even seen as franchise NHL prospects. Names to look out for include Connor Bedard, Matvei Michkov, Adam Fantilli, Brayden Yager, Leo Carlsson, Calum Ritchie, Zach Benson, Cameron Allen, Dalibor Dvorsky, Charlie Stramel, Nate Danielson, Ethan Gauthier, Eduarde Sale, Otto Stenberg, Colby Barlow, Kasper Halttunen, Will Smith, Ryan Leonard, Quentin Musty, Oliver Moore, Riley Heidt, Andrew Cristall, Zeb Forsfjall, Theo Lindstein, Mikhail Gulyayev, Hunter Brzustewicz, Maxim Strbak, Gavin Brindley, William Whitelaw, Gabe Perreault, Lukas Dragicevic, Alex Ciernik, Caden Price, and Koehn Ziemmer.
This video is taking place after the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2022 NHL Draft 1st Round 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
30th) Winnipeg Jets (from New York Rangers), Brad Lambert
31st) Tampa Bay Lightning, Isaac Howard
32nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Colorado Avalanche via Arizona Coyotes), Reid Schaefer
This video is also taking place after 2022 NHL Season, and after the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Finals.
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20 Comments
Grant McCagg says about 50 ridiculous takes during every draft and then when 1 or 2 are correct he’s like, “I told you so”.
I mean between Carlson and Slafkovsky its 50-50 edge to carlson bcs he is C but hard to choose
Ya you shouldn't have said anything about Wright😂
Grant McCagg just say random stuff and hopes he is right once in a while.
Carlsson >
Grant McCagg is underrated
carlsson is way better
way too early to call this
If there were 2 players same stats height weight everything the centre will always be ranked higher if slaf was a centre I could see him being pick 3-6 in this draft
On paper maybe Carlsson, but dont forget Wright. He was first before meeting the habs, who knows if Slakovsky wil have outshine Carlsson.
as a habs fan i think wright is a better prospect but slav is the better player to have in a lockerroom by far and wright was not the right pick thats why he went 4 and you forget hutson hes a better prospect than slav and carlsson imo he would probably go 4 after fantilli than carlsson slav cooley smith benson wright cause of his attitude then nemec or jiricek
Carlsson has far better hands, IQ, edges, passing, net driving, transitions. Slaf is bigger, equal shooting, equal acceleration and speed. Leo is much better than slaf draft year. If we’re talking what slaf is rn, than Leo is even better
Easily Carlsson. What kinda of question is this?
The SHL is a better league than Liiga, but Leo honestly didn’t impress this season
For reference, now ask Mccagg about Dvorsky vs Carlsson and tell me the guy isnt out of his gd mind
compare their world championships. slaf ainec.
LEO CARLSSON no question, if Slaf draft this year he will probably go between 10th and 20th.
Carlsson is better and its not close, Slafkovsky would be 15th in this draft.
Slafkosvsky's carrer high will be around 60-70 pts. and avarage about 50-60.
Certain draft pundits put too much emphasis on international tournaments. They get lots of coverage compared to the league games but the reality is it’s a much smaller sample size. Leo Carlson has much better counting numbers over the complete body of work than Slafkovsky, and history tells us that’s more indicative of NHL projection than small, albeit catchy, snapshots.