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With Shane Wright getting sent down to the OHL, and Juraj Slafkovsky getting sidelined for most likely the remainder of the season, for the final time in 2022-2023, let’s go over them both.
This video is taking place after the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2022 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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23 Comments
Good day lego
"Gifted Lafrianere" 🤣imagine winning the lottery and blowing it, taking Alexis or Blythfield, and letting us have Raymond anyway
LGR yet another Gorton reach off the board pick. Looks JS is yet another in a long line of guys who could be Naah but instead turn into JP of the Oilers couldn’t happen to a better organization Huges is just a guy that deals with the cap and to try recruiting FA to MTL basically a glorified highly paid cheerleader
I’m tired of all this Wright /Slaf talk Real question should be why they took Slaf over Nemec
Matthew Savoie will be the best of this class
Top ten picks rarely make immediate impacts. When they do its amazing, but fans need to ease their presumptions. Piling expectations on these kids is a good way to ruin them. A top ten pick is going to be a useful NHL player if developed right but not a guaranteed star that's just not statistically factual. And sometimes they do become stars it just takes way longer than fans want.
It's rare at 18 year old player had impact. For slaf I think he could benefit this summer to be a bit lightweight to improve is speed, 239 pound was massive
I think it’s generous to paint Slafs opportunities as that much better than wrights. he’s often benched, plays 10 a night and plays with Evans and Pezzetta/Armia most nights.
All that really matters is where they end up in 3 years. I think MTL being the market it is, and the pressure put upon them really screwed the pooch. Give him some time in the AHL or lower levels and make them develop at levels where they are not overmatched by MEN.. Some guys can step in and make immediate impact (See Sidney Crosby or Ovi).. but most won't. Even Connor McDavid took a few seasons to become the player he is today. The fact that there was questions about who should be taken #1.. meant both needed more time. Only when you have a no-doubter should you consider putting them straight into the NHL.
Burning the ELC year will matter in 3 years. If Hakstol screw’s around with Wright next year as well then nothing matters
He's a big kid, no actually he's a HUGE KID. These big guys take a little while to get coordinated in their bodies. Just ask Tage Thompson
My second choice after Wright was Cooley, they will regret not taking Cooley.
Nobody was ready for NHL.
Listen, all I’ll say is Wright’s development was handled way better than Slaf’s development. Since camp, you could clearly see Slaf wasn’t ready to handle the rigours of the NHL. Beck and Mesar had better camps and the right decision was taken in their cases. I just feel this year was a waste development wise. Having him play half a season in the AHL would have been excellent for his development. He would have gotten acclimatized to the NA game without having to deal with the pace and physicality of the NHL. This year was the year to send him down. Next year, if he falters, sending him to the A would be seen as a major step back and could ultimately mess with his confidence/mentality.
Just another datapoint in the why-you- don't-play-18-year-olds-in-the-NHL column
Also Slaf will be available for world championship for Slovakia in May this year 🏆
Beakout threshold for big men is 400 games. I really feel like the fishbowl market in mtl will do some damage to slaf in that time. Just trade for lafreniwre and everybody wins…
Hughes basically said that he doesn't trust the Laval Rocket to develop Slaf properly so he kept him in the NHL
Horvat for Shane Wright sounds good to me
5 years down the road we will see who developped to NHL standards
Both players are from a weak draft…the weakest in at least several seasons. Even so neither players are expected to be stars, in fact neither player is expected to be semi-stars. What they both bring to their teams is “hope” that they develop into something useful. Pretty sad draft season for two players battling for the top two spots. In fact…barely worth mentioning. Comparing to Lafrenierre…who plays and hopefully develops on the Rangers kid line…pretty tough situation for Lafrennierre.
Just stop. Habs werent even picking Wright if they didnt pick Slaf
You hate to talk about two player's career's like this but… Well, it's got you the views… And also my comment, so people in glass houses… I suppose.