Fight, winning goal and celebration: Juraj Slafkovsky is full of confidence – Canada Boosts

The Montreal Canadiens have had a slightly irritating season thus far, regardless of the workforce’s respectable 12-12-3 file.

Why is that?

Effectively, for one factor, as a result of the CH remains to be in No Man’s Land, and could be very prone to finish the season there.

The CH gained’t make the playoffs, however neither will they find yourself within the backside half of the NHL with a purpose to get a prime draft choose. That’s No Man’s Land.

Two, as a result of lots of the gamers we’d like to see progress in one other rebuilding season are both injured (Kirby Dach, Alex Newhook, Jordan Harris and Rafaël Harvey-Pinard) or not performing as much as expectations (Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield, Arber Xhekaj and Justin Barron).

And if we return a number of weeks, I might have added Juraj Slafkovsky’s title to this second record of gamers not performing as much as expectations.

Nonetheless, I didn’t title him, and that’s as a result of the 19-year-old Slovakian has been enjoying wonderful hockey for a number of video games now, particularly since he was positioned on the primary line with Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield.

Slafkovsky’s current superb performances lastly give us one thing constructive to recollect on this slightly respectable season.

1. Slaf is enjoying impressed hockey, and his confidence appears excessive, as he proved final night time in Buffalo with a wonderful recreation in the CH’s 3-2 shootout win.

Juraj Slafkovsky’s shootout winner.

Goodnight you soiled Buffalo bastards pic.twitter.com/V2TyzojbLb

– HFTV (@HFTVSports) December 10, 2023

The Slovakian was most likely the Tricolore’s finest ahead on this recreation, which isn’t a primary once you have a look at the Tricolore’s current video games.

In actual fact, for a number of video games now, the CH’s quantity 20 has stood out just about each time he seems, with wonderful performs and flashes of brilliance.

Slaf was at it once more yesterday, not solely producing good scoring possibilities time and time once more, but in addition throwing down the gloves, scoring the successful shootout objective and celebrating in what I’d describe as a “cold” second.

The teen’s confidence is hovering, and final night time’s shootout winner will solely add to the arrogance he’s constructing.

It’s nice to see that the sport has lastly slowed down for the 2022 first total choose.

Slafkovsky isn’t eliminating the puck anymore, and he’s taking the time to make the suitable performs, and delightful ones too.

It all the time appeared to expire of time, however now that appears to be a factor of the previous.
Slaf has understood many issues about his recreation, not least the bodily facet.
He makes use of his nice physique and attain to his benefit, which jogs my memory considerably of a sure Kirby Dach.
Dach has continued to help Slafkovsky despite his injury.

In brief, Slafkovsky is lastly exhibiting us the total extent of his potential, and that actually offers us confidence for what’s to come back with the Montreal Canadiens.

Sure, he’s not amassing that many factors (seven in 27 video games), however don’t fear, the factors will finally observe his present good performances.

It’s solely a matter of time earlier than Slafkovsky places extra factors on the rating sheet.

Keep in mind that he’s solely 19 years outdated, and that Kent Hughes mentioned he’d chosen the participant he thought can be the perfect in the long run, not proper now.

En Rafale

– Fully ridiculous.

– What an incredible objective.

– Good for them.

– Developing.