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Post by Willie Dog on Feb 20, 2024 8:46:14 GMT -5
Saw this video and it shows how he has matured, is playing the way MSL wants. His hard work and effort are showing...
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Post by seventeen on Feb 20, 2024 14:39:48 GMT -5
Thanks Willie. There are some good explanations of what Slaf is doing that helps make him successful. He has such a great combination of skills. He thinks the game at a high level, looking for the next move before being in a position to make that next move. He is showing us one hell of a shot and it's going to get better as he uses it more. His physical presence is frightening. Some of those clips show him basically ignoring a guy who is draped all over him, because he can still do whatever he wants and the defender can't stop him. You can see him plant his feet wide and game's over as far as stopping him from making his next play. I could go into his passing, his acceleration, his panic threshold, etc. but I'd be here all day.
I love how he's allowing us to turn the tables on the haters.
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Post by Cranky on Feb 20, 2024 16:18:23 GMT -5
We're desperate to see him succeed as a 1st OA.
I was scarred that we have Laffy V2 on our hands but he seems to be comming into his own.
Right now, let him do whatever he wants out there to get poknts. But of course as the team gets more serious, isee him excelling at the 200 ft game.
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Post by seventeen on Feb 21, 2024 14:37:19 GMT -5
Don't know about you guys, but right now, I see Slaf and Caufield as the play drivers on that top line, more so than Suzuki. Suze is using that space created by the other two (who dispossess the puck from opponents or steal passes) to create high danger shots. It's a really good combination, and different from the past when we needed Suze to create goals on the rush. He still does that part, but doesn't need to do heavy lifting on the forecheck any more.
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Post by Boston_Habs on Feb 21, 2024 22:52:27 GMT -5
I still think Dach and Slafkovsky can anchor the 2nd line with Suzuki and Caufield on the 1st line. Then find the best guy to complement them on the wing.
Agree Slafkovsky looks great now but I’d love him to spread the wealth and have 2 high quality scoring lines next year and that could be hard if we load up the top line too much.
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Post by seventeen on Feb 21, 2024 23:21:30 GMT -5
I still think Dach and Slafkovsky can anchor the 2nd line with Suzuki and Caufield on the 1st line. Then find the best guy to complement them on the wing. Agree Slafkovsky looks great now but I’d love him to spread the wealth and have 2 high quality scoring lines next year and that could be hard if we load up the top line too much. Definitely. For example, Joshua Roy is a complement to any line that he is on. Put him with Suzuki and Caufield and he'll likely elevate both their games as he tends to do. Then we just have to look for that left winger on the Dach/Slaf line. That's a large line, that second one. 6'4" and 6'3" and 225 lbs each. Yikes. Third line of Beck and Newhook...the Cheetahs. We'll come up with a better name. |
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Post by Willie Dog on Feb 22, 2024 9:21:50 GMT -5
I still think Dach and Slafkovsky can anchor the 2nd line with Suzuki and Caufield on the 1st line. Then find the best guy to complement them on the wing. Agree Slafkovsky looks great now but I’d love him to spread the wealth and have 2 high quality scoring lines next year and that could be hard if we load up the top line too much. Definitely. For example, Joshua Roy is a complement to any line that he is on. Put him with Suzuki and Caufield and he'll likely elevate both their games as he tends to do. Then we just have to look for that left winger on the Dach/Slaf line. That's a large line, that second one. 6'4" and 6'3" and 225 lbs each. Yikes. Third line of Beck and Newhook...the Cheetahs. We'll come up with a better name. I like Roy on the second line and get a decent sized guy for the first (which will be hard to find... cough cough... celebrini/Lindstrom) but if we can do it, we would be golden. |
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Post by seventeen on Feb 22, 2024 13:31:22 GMT -5
Definitely. For example, Joshua Roy is a complement to any line that he is on. Put him with Suzuki and Caufield and he'll likely elevate both their games as he tends to do. Then we just have to look for that left winger on the Dach/Slaf line. That's a large line, that second one. 6'4" and 6'3" and 225 lbs each. Yikes. Third line of Beck and Newhook...the Cheetahs. We'll come up with a better name. I like Roy on the second line and get a decent sized guy for the first (which will be hard to find... cough cough... celebrini/Lindstrom) but if we can do it, we would be golden. Nice thing about Dach is that if we draft a centre this year who can compete for the top spot or be at least an excellent 2C, Dach can move to the wing and still be very effective. |
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Post by habsorbed on Feb 22, 2024 13:50:57 GMT -5
I think the plan is to let the kids continue to mature and fill out most of the roster in the next year or so and we'd be competitive - particularly when Suze, Cole, Dach and Juri are a few more years mature. That's looking quite good now. And then once we identify where we're lacking, a top six or top 4, HuGo hits the FA market or makes a trade to get hopefully an elite player by offering prospects and draft picks. We certianly have a number of dmen who will be expendable once Mailloux, Hutson and Riechy appear on the scene.
I think our biggest problem are the Gally and Anderson contracts. If they retire or leave, that's $12 million freed up, which makes for a nice FA. Now how to convince them to move on - sadly no GM is taking either of those guys without some considerable retention.
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Post by Tankdriver on Feb 22, 2024 16:09:16 GMT -5
I think the plan is to let the kids continue to mature and fill out most of the roster in the next year or so and we'd be competitive - particularly when Suze, Cole, Dach and Juri are a few more years mature. That's looking quite good now. And then once we identify where we're lacking, a top six or top 4, HuGo hits the FA market or makes a trade to get hopefully an elite player by offering prospects and draft picks. We certianly have a number of dmen who will be expendable once Mailloux, Hutson and Riechy appear on the scene. I think our biggest problem are the Gally and Anderson contracts. If they retire or leave, that's $12 million freed up, which makes for a nice FA. Now how to convince them to move on - sadly no GM is taking either of those guys without some considerable retention. Yup and there is no real benefit to buying either out next year either. I would love to package one of them to a team that has a boatload of capspace. Kind of like Winnipegs first, Anderson, Harris, and a third round pick for Zegras kind of deal |
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Feb 23, 2024 17:27:13 GMT -5
I think the plan is to let the kids continue to mature and fill out most of the roster in the next year or so and we'd be competitive - particularly when Suze, Cole, Dach and Juri are a few more years mature. That's looking quite good now. And then once we identify where we're lacking, a top six or top 4, HuGo hits the FA market or makes a trade to get hopefully an elite player by offering prospects and draft picks. We certianly have a number of dmen who will be expendable once Mailloux, Hutson and Riechy appear on the scene. I think our biggest problem are the Gally and Anderson contracts. If they retire or leave, that's $12 million freed up, which makes for a nice FA. Now how to convince them to move on - sadly no GM is taking either of those guys without some considerable retention. Can Gallagher and Anderson simply retire and take front office jobs eating rubber chicken dinners in Church basements with pee wee teams? Molson can pay them to do it! |
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Post by habsask on Feb 23, 2024 20:01:42 GMT -5
I think the plan is to let the kids continue to mature and fill out most of the roster in the next year or so and we'd be competitive - particularly when Suze, Cole, Dach and Juri are a few more years mature. That's looking quite good now. And then once we identify where we're lacking, a top six or top 4, HuGo hits the FA market or makes a trade to get hopefully an elite player by offering prospects and draft picks. We certianly have a number of dmen who will be expendable once Mailloux, Hutson and Riechy appear on the scene. I think our biggest problem are the Gally and Anderson contracts. If they retire or leave, that's $12 million freed up, which makes for a nice FA. Now how to convince them to move on - sadly no GM is taking either of those guys without some considerable retention. Can Gallagher and Anderson simply retire and take front office jobs eating rubber chicken dinners in Church basements with pee wee teams? Molson can pay them to do it! Yea, anything to get them off the ice. Unfortunately they're on the books through the 2026-2027 season. My wish is that, if the Habs can't trade them before next season, when one of the young players is ready to make the Club then Molson buys them out. I don't know if any of the buyout remains a Cap hit- Skilly or someone else can clarify this. Cheers The Oldtimer PS Armia and Dvorak are on the books through 2024/2025 |
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Post by Willie Dog on Feb 23, 2024 20:56:08 GMT -5
Can Gallagher and Anderson simply retire and take front office jobs eating rubber chicken dinners in Church basements with pee wee teams? Molson can pay them to do it! Yea, anything to get them off the ice. Unfortunately they're on the books through the 2026-2027 season. My wish is that, if the Habs can't trade them before next season, when one of the young players is ready to make the Club then Molson buys them out. I don't know if any of the buyout remains a Cap hit- Skilly or someone else can clarify this. Cheers The Oldtimer PS Armia and Dvorak are on the books through 2024/2025 Once armia and dvo are gone buying out bgal and josh will be easier Bgal - 1.75, 4.75, 1.75 1.75 Josh- 1.9, 3.4, 1.4, 1.4 This is only possible if the cap goes up a reasonable amount |
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Post by habsorbed on Feb 24, 2024 1:17:28 GMT -5
Yea, anything to get them off the ice. Unfortunately they're on the books through the 2026-2027 season. My wish is that, if the Habs can't trade them before next season, when one of the young players is ready to make the Club then Molson buys them out. I don't know if any of the buyout remains a Cap hit- Skilly or someone else can clarify this. Cheers The Oldtimer PS Armia and Dvorak are on the books through 2024/2025 Once armia and dvo are gone buying out bgal and josh will be easier Bgal - 1.75, 4.75, 1.75 1.75 Josh- 1.9, 3.4, 1.4, 1.4 This is only possible if the cap goes up a reasonable amount Why is the buy out so much more on their second year? |
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Post by Willie Dog on Feb 24, 2024 8:40:05 GMT -5
Once armia and dvo are gone buying out bgal and josh will be easier Bgal - 1.75, 4.75, 1.75 1.75 Josh- 1.9, 3.4, 1.4, 1.4 This is only possible if the cap goes up a reasonable amount Why is the buy out so much more on their second year? Don't know... last year of the original contract? |
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Post by Skilly on Feb 24, 2024 15:12:39 GMT -5
Yea, anything to get them off the ice. Unfortunately they're on the books through the 2026-2027 season. My wish is that, if the Habs can't trade them before next season, when one of the young players is ready to make the Club then Molson buys them out. I don't know if any of the buyout remains a Cap hit- Skilly or someone else can clarify this. Cheers The Oldtimer PS Armia and Dvorak are on the books through 2024/2025 Once armia and dvo are gone buying out bgal and josh will be easier Bgal - 1.75, 4.75, 1.75 1.75 Josh- 1.9, 3.4, 1.4, 1.4 This is only possible if the cap goes up a reasonable amount I think you have the buyout calculated incorrectly Josh Anderson will have 3 years remaining on his contract after this season. He will be owed $15.5M and the buyout will be at 2/3rd so $10.3M This can be spread out over twice the remaining years, so $1.722M over 6 years Our cap hit will then be based on Anderson's salary difference to his original cap hit The cap hit will be $222k in year 1, $2.222M in year 2, $3.722 in year 3, then $1.722 in years 4-6 To further explain let's look at year 1 and year 3 Year 1 - Salary is 7 million - original cap hit is $5.5 million - difference is MINUS $1.5 million - buyout is $1.722 million - year 1 cap hit = $1.722 - 1.5 = $222,222 Year 3 - Salary is 3.5 million - original cap hit is $5.5 million - difference is PLUS 2 million - buyout is $1.722 million - year 3 cap hit is 1.722 + 2.0 =. $3,722,222 |
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Post by Willie Dog on Feb 24, 2024 16:34:57 GMT -5
Once armia and dvo are gone buying out bgal and josh will be easier Bgal - 1.75, 4.75, 1.75 1.75 Josh- 1.9, 3.4, 1.4, 1.4 This is only possible if the cap goes up a reasonable amount I think you have the buyout calculated incorrectly Josh Anderson will have 3 years remaining on his contract after this season. He will be owed $15.5M and the buyout will be at 2/3rd so $10.3M This can be spread out over twice the remaining years, so $1.722M over 6 years Our cap hit will then be based on Anderson's salary difference to his original cap hit The cap hit will be $222k in year 1, $2.222M in year 2, $3.722 in year 3, then $1.722 in years 4-6 To further explain let's look at year 1 and year 3 Year 1 - Salary is 7 million - original cap hit is $5.5 million - difference is MINUS $1.5 million - buyout is $1.722 million - year 1 cap hit = $1.722 - 1.5 = $222,222 Year 3 - Salary is 3.5 million - original cap hit is $5.5 million - difference is PLUS 2 million - buyout is $1.722 million - year 3 cap hit is 1.722 + 2.0 =. $3,722,222 I guess I wasn't clear... after dvo and armia are gone... meaning end of next year, its why each have 2 years left so 4 years of cap hit |
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Post by Skilly on Feb 24, 2024 17:34:28 GMT -5
I think you have the buyout calculated incorrectly Josh Anderson will have 3 years remaining on his contract after this season. He will be owed $15.5M and the buyout will be at 2/3rd so $10.3M This can be spread out over twice the remaining years, so $1.722M over 6 years Our cap hit will then be based on Anderson's salary difference to his original cap hit The cap hit will be $222k in year 1, $2.222M in year 2, $3.722 in year 3, then $1.722 in years 4-6 To further explain let's look at year 1 and year 3 Year 1 - Salary is 7 million - original cap hit is $5.5 million - difference is MINUS $1.5 million - buyout is $1.722 million - year 1 cap hit = $1.722 - 1.5 = $222,222 Year 3 - Salary is 3.5 million - original cap hit is $5.5 million - difference is PLUS 2 million - buyout is $1.722 million - year 3 cap hit is 1.722 + 2.0 =. $3,722,222 I guess I wasn't clear... after dvo and armia are gone... meaning end of next year, its why each have 2 years left so 4 years of cap hit Ahhh. Thanks |
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Post by Willie Dog on Mar 15, 2024 10:56:47 GMT -5
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Post by Skilly on Mar 15, 2024 13:19:35 GMT -5
Seems like a good spot to drop this quote
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Post by Willie Dog on Mar 15, 2024 13:31:44 GMT -5
Seems like a good spot to drop this quote He is slowly becoming what we want him to be... |
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Post by seventeen on Mar 15, 2024 13:48:54 GMT -5
He has such a great attitude. Always realistic.
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Post by Willie Dog on Mar 15, 2024 13:59:41 GMT -5
I was looking up Slaf on Google and a phrase came up... 'juraj name meaning'
'Juraj is a Slavic name meaning handy, quick'
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Post by Willie Dog on Mar 15, 2024 14:03:11 GMT -5
He has such a great attitude. Always realistic. He left home at 14 and was basically on his own... he's learned to be realistic |
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Post by habsorbed on Mar 18, 2024 0:42:08 GMT -5
Juri was a brilliant pick by Hugo. Let's not forget that it was an odd draft year as it was very uncertain who would go first. Indeed, the odds on favourite was Wright and he ended up going 4th and looks to be a bust - HuGo dodged that bullet!.
But HuGo recognized Juri has all the tools: skating, size, hands, vision, IQ, temperament, and i think when the dust settles will be much better than Suze or Cole. He played 39 games last year which was a mistake as he should not have been in the NHL, way too young and not ready for the size, speed or ice size. But had he played 14 less games he would be considered a rookie this year. And then after Bedard, would be among the rookie scoring leaders, and he would still be the youngest of all the top 10 rookie scoring leaders other than Bedard. and most of these "rookies" are 2 or 3 years older than Juri.
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Post by Tankdriver on Mar 18, 2024 7:35:58 GMT -5
In hindsight it is looking like a good pick but it is still early. I hope he hasn't plateaued and keeps getting better and better. The whole draft year looks to be underwhelming so far so you can really see the effects Covid had on the development of those players leading up to the draft.
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Post by jkr on Mar 18, 2024 11:19:30 GMT -5
He's at 36 points now and his 20th birthday is March 30th. He's a point behind Richer & 3 points behind Tremblay. With 5 games before his birthday I'd say he's got a good shot at this record.
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Post by seventeen on Mar 18, 2024 14:40:09 GMT -5
In hindsight it is looking like a good pick but it is still early. I hope he hasn't plateaued and keeps getting better and better. The whole draft year looks to be underwhelming so far so you can really see the effects Covid had on the development of those players leading up to the draft. True. The flip side is that it's possible that those guys are simply a year or two behind in development and will eventually catch up. When I see some of those plays that Slaf makes, I have to rewind and check it again. On Caufield's goal, for example, he got the secondary, usually 'gimme' assist, but if not for his play (the spinning, catch Suzuki in flight with just the right touch while being harrassed), the Habs don't get the two on one. That was a really difficult play and it looked simple. |
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Post by Willie Dog on Mar 18, 2024 15:04:39 GMT -5
In hindsight it is looking like a good pick but it is still early. I hope he hasn't plateaued and keeps getting better and better. The whole draft year looks to be underwhelming so far so you can really see the effects Covid had on the development of those players leading up to the draft. True. The flip side is that it's possible that those guys are simply a year or two behind in development and will eventually catch up. When I see some of those plays that Slaf makes, I have to rewind and check it again. On Caufield's goal, for example, he got the secondary, usually 'gimme' assist, but if not for his play (the spinning, catch Suzuki in flight with just the right touch while being harrassed), the Habs don't get the two on one. That was a really difficult play and it looked simple. That was a very in-tight play with not a lot of room to make it, especially for a big man |
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Post by Willie Dog on Mar 20, 2024 15:24:16 GMT -5
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