A reminder that Habs management were ready to send Juraj Slafkovsky down to the AHL back in November but Coach Marty stepped in & insisted that Juraj stay in the NHL to be coached further. Slaf has 26 points in 44 games (11G & 15A) since Nov. 1st
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Source: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/sports/2034205/hockey-bilan-tiers-saison-juraj-slafkovsky
Slaf has turned out to be highly adaptable but they could easily have hurt his development by bringing him up so early. They’ve been much more patient with young players after Slaf too.
I don’t think Slaf success means people were wrong to think the AHL could have helped him. Glad he was able to figure things out tho.
Marty’s good with the young guns. Ducharme was killing Caufield’s entire game. Marty undid that damage.
19 points in last 22 games is a much sexier stat
He was moved around different lines too much early on. MSL understood it and I’m glad he believed in him and kept him in the NHL. Also, for allowing him to spend more time playing with Suzuki and Caufield to develop decent chemistry.
Slaf is great but Marty is legendary
There is no perfect development path that works for all players, and just because one situation works for someone, that doesn’t mean an alternative would have failed. Or vice versa — sometimes development will run into roadblocks no matter what path management and coaching choose.
I’m glad to see Slafkovsky’s development, of course, but I’m even happier to see that the coach and management were able to come to an agreement and move forward. Unanimity is an impossible (and frankly foolish) goal for any organization. But how everyone collaborates to make decisions, even if they aren’t all equally excited about each option, is vital to the long-term success of the team.
It’s great to see the team seemingly avoiding some of the worst drama, even while not winning all that many games. The culture and vibe are positive, and it seems like everyone is moving in the same direction even if they don’t always agree on everything.
Reminder that at the beginning of season slaf was playing 3-4 line minutes, limited pp role.
I understand you don’t want to gift him line 1 minutes and teach him the defensive game, but it’s much better to let him learn that side of the game in the ahl than give him a limited role with the big club.
My take:
MSL – I didn’t leave my wife and kids behind to coach this team for it to fall apart because of a shitty rebuild. Slaf can do it and I’ll be damned if some other coach even thinks of fucking up his development. I’ll do it myself and it’ll be done right. LFG
Slaf would develop anywhere. Some players you need to carefully develop to not hamper their confidence. But Slaf is one of the best maily because of his mentality, he would flourish sooner or later. He is hard working and understands that it is not always easy in life. He is not overconfident, when something isn’t working for him, he just works on it.
No.
Kent Hughes and Gorton have always been adamant about the NHL.
The AHL narratice were always fan and media driven.
This same journalist also tweeted two months ago that the goalie situation were about to be resolved.
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In my opinion – Slaf should join Slovakia on World Juniors 2022. That could help him when we was struggling last december…