THE NHL NEEDS TO WATCH OUT… THE MONTREAL CANADIENS WILL SHOCK YOU (Slafkovsky, Caufield, Suzuki)
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Let's talk about the Montreal Canadiens line of Juraj Slafkovsky, Nick Suzuki, and Cole Caufield, and how good it's been as of late.
This video is taking place after the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2023 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) Chicago Blackhawks, Connor Bedard
2nd) Anaheim Ducks, Leo Carlsson
3rd) Columbus Blue Jackets, Adam Fantilli
4th) San Jose Sharks, Will Smith
5th) Montreal Canadiens, David Reinbacher
6th) Arizona Coyotes, Dmitri Simashev
7th) Philadelphia Flyers, Matvei Michkov
8th) Washington Capitals, Ryan Leonard
9th) Detroit Red Wings, Nate Danielson
10th) St. Louis Blues, Dalibor Dvorsky
11th) Vancouver Canucks, Tom Willander
12th) Arizona Coyotes (from Ottawa Senators), Daniil But
13th) Buffalo Sabres, Zach Benson
14th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Brayden Yager
15th) Nashville Predators, Matthew Wood
16th) Calgary Flames, Samuel Honzek
17th) Detroit Red Wings (from New York Islanders via Vancouver Canucks), Axel Sandin Pellikka
18th) Winnipeg Jets, Colby Barlow
19th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Tampa Bay Lightning), Oliver Moore
20th) Seattle Kraken, Eduard Sale
21st) Minnesota Wild, Charlie Stramel
22nd) Philadelphia Flyers (from Los Angeles Kings via Columbus Blue Jackets), Oliver Bonk
23rd) New York Rangers, Gabe Perreault
24th) Nashville Predators (from Edmonton Oilers), Tanner Molendyk
25th) St. Louis Blues (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Otto Stenberg
26th) San Jose Sharks (from New Jersey Devils), Quentin Musty
27th) Colorado Avalanche, Calum Ritchie
28th) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Boston Bruins via Washington Capitals), Easton Cowan
29th) St. Louis Blues (from Dallas Stars via New York Rangers), Theo Lindstein
30th) Carolina Hurricanes, Bradley Nadeau
31st) Colorado Avalanche (from Florida Panthers via Montreal Canadiens), Mikhail Gulyayev
32nd) Vegas Golden Knights, David Edstrom
This video is also taking place after 2023 NHL Season, and after the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Florida Panthers in the Finals.
Juraj Slafkovksy was the top NHL prospect at the 2022 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2022 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The Top 28 of the draft 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 Maple Leafs), Sam Rinzel
26th) Montreal Canadiens (from Flames), Filip Mesar
27th) San Jose Sharks (from Hurricanes via Coyotes and Canadiens), Filip Bystedt
28th) Buffalo Sabres (from Panthers), Jiri Kulich
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Yup, Slaf is good and he will be better and better.
@@scottstenlund4431try not to lose any sleep over it🙂
@@scottstenlund4431 I'm aware that people will easily call a player a bust, but not me. For Slaf, you need to see his play beyond the numbers and how often he contributes to goals despite not having a point. Yes he was a first-overall pick, but that was supposed to be Shane Wright (look where he is now). That was not a strong year, but I'm sure he will be the best pick for that year with time.
@@scottstenlund4431laf sucks. he's carried by panarin and trochek
@@scottstenlund4431stop writing a novel and start watching Habs games. You’ll see he’s better than laf on the two sides of the ice. And like 2 years younger
@@scottstenlund4431why are u hating on slaf?
Slaf may not get that many points, but he is involve in EVERYTHING on the ice. Block shot, Elite puck protection, good backcheck, offensive puck retrieval, playmaking... He can do it all. He's also an absolute unit at 6ft4 220lbs...at 19 years old.....
I think a lot of people forget that He still leads the 2022 draft in points and games played. He also is developing SUPER fast. If those stats stay the same until he retires or even close then hes not a bust at all!
You should have also mentioned how Juraj helped another 2 goals against Stars - the Harris goal and the tick-tack goal, where he was the player who kept the puck in the zone and found Suzuki. And he has a massive effect on many plays some even in the D zone. He is and has been good ever since I remember him, which is for years now (Im a slovakian and I have always loved and followed ice hockey and especially our slovak prospects and players). I was always "defending" Juraj against the haters, and although I cannot predict whether he will be consistently good (without a weaker set of games), like any players could get, I know he is the real deal and a great choice for Canadiens.
he wasnt picked because he scored a goal per game at the Olympics, he was drafted first because how dominant and disruptive he was. But casuals who can only "analyze" hockey by tracking points may never understand that, even tho STILL the majority of his games played he played with AHL level players, if that... You cant just hide behind being "passionate fanbase", some of Habs fans are just toxic assholes. He already is looking like the most dominant player on the roster and he is nowhere near his full potential/ prime
In three years, Slaf will have hair on his chest and a wider neck, plus his skills will have improved. Bad news for the other teams
I say it once again
"Rookie Joe Thornton, 72 games 7 points. Some guys just need time"
alex daigle 51 points his rookie year and he was a bust...what your point?
@@dahabs123 i litterally said what my point was
"Some guys just need time"
@@dahabs123you serious kid?
Slavkofsky also made a nice play on the Caufield goal. It doesn’t show up on the stats line but he was the third assist
not only that but he had the strenght and balance the keep the puck inside the Star zone and make a great pass that initiate the goal.
last year Slaf would have been knock down by the same hit he took
And he started the Harris Goal too
Fact
Slaf was key to Harris' and Caufield's goals as well despite going without assists.
and he’s only 19 years old!!!!!
I didn’t think Slaf was going to be a good player but I have to admit his last 10 games are promising. Maybe he will be a true 1st overall after all.
Slafs efforts on the ice are pretty consistent so far this season, I don't remember one game where it felt like he wasn't putting good efforts. And he is starting to make the better plays on the ice, last game he was actually involved in 3 of the 4 goals (Harris, Caufield, Suzuki) even tough he had only 1 point out of that.
The beginning was definitely abit shaky but since then hes been very good
The camp and first 20 games, he was pretty lost on the ice, i was concerned. Seems like he's learning to play from scratch and he's getting it now which is very fun to watch!
@@Linerwood2000what do you mean he looked lost during camp he was a beast when playing with dach
Cant wait to see him grow with suzuki and caufield. Suzuki has been playing better since he (Slaf) joined the first line. Caufield is also heating up and it is very fun to watch as a unit
Slaf has been what many players on the team haven’t been. Consistent
Just call the line SlafCaufZki
that's a very good one
Slaf looks to me like he used the negative press last year to motivate him to play his complete game. I'm sure MSL helped a lot too. Slaf plays smart now, and he's demonstrating genius-level hockey IQ.
When looking at the best lines in the league, you need to also take opposing competition into account. The fact they play against the best lines from the opposition every night, makes it even more impressive
Today is not a day for celebration we lost Anderson, and nearly went down 3 goals in the last 5 mins.
Slafkovsky was the best Habs player for like the last 15 games.
this is why you don't give up on young players after one season slaf is amazing and that line is cooking
Slaf was key to that 4th goal to, fought to keep the puck in at the line and then wired a great pass to Suzuki down the boards to start the tic tac toe.
What is even more impressive about the stats you showed is that if you compare FIRST lines they are in top 5, which insane because I feel like they are only starting to click now and will be better. Slaf IS the missing piece to that line, no Wright, no Cooley.. he always was the right pick... maybe a bit controversial, but lines like these can be easily more effective than high offensive, one dimension lines come playoff times.
I said he would be a home run, he has the tools. Didn't think it would come this fast. He's on his way to being their best overall player. A tru 200 foot beast! Cheers
Ik it’s cilche but he needed some time
About Matheson...Kent Hugues when we first get him described him in a very interesting way. Being his former agent, there might be bias but the way he describe how he was suppose to developed, his archetype was suppose to be Duncan Keith. The Panthers when they got him, seemed to want to develop him into more of a defensive 2 way defenseman, which was kinda crazy since his year at Boston college he was mostly offensive in nature. He seems to have open his game a lot since he moved to Pittsburgh and i kinda see the similarities with Keith in his play. His problem is that he learn to open a little too much his game and wants mostly to score, which is not bad but he should learn to use his other tool a little better. He's not a top 2 but a top 4, but some games...you almost have one like Keith ! I don't understand much the hate, honestly until Hutson, Mailloux, Reinbacher or Trudeau move up, he's our best offensive defenseman by far !
I dont understand why Matheson is hated on though. 25+ minutes a night makes room for the most mistakes. He was a middle pairing guy in Pittsburgh and the transition to a #1 was instant. And yeah. His defense has taken a hit. But look at his points people! Tied for #11 in the league for points by a defenseman and is ahead of guys like Fox, Letang Carlson, Karlsson, in points! Very elite offensive company and he's ahead of all of them!
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SLAF reminds me of RICHARD ZEDNIK a lot because of how strong he was on the puck and was always protecting the puck and making strong plays with it.
Slafkovsky has been progressing a lot. Involved in 3 of the 4 habs goals against the stars. This guy is going to blow up eventually and when he will, no one is going to see it coming.
@@scottstenlund4431 Sure but he's on 7 points in his last 10 games. Let's not forget what people say about Slaf now was said about Tage Thompson not too long ago. He absolutely has what it takes to go much further than what was expected of him.
@@scottstenlund4431 31 actually, thats including the bad start to the season, probably gets 40+ if he keeps up his recent pace, but keep hating on a kid who's achieved more in life than you ever will
@@scottstenlund4431 Literally none of your arguments make any sense either, you think Kucherov was drafted 58th overall to be a 128 point scorer? Was point drafted to be a 50 goal scorer? What about kaprizov? Scouting reports are decent, doesn't mean players can't exceed them, Jack Hughes got 31 points in 56 games in his 19 yo season, thats 45 points over an 82 game season, which slaf could beat if he keeps up his recent pace, does that mean Jack Hughes is bad?
@@macrost8935let him in his fantasy world. he is a pro scout. he has best knowledge than the draft specialist lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@scottstenlund4431 No, I dont look at what scouts had to say about when he was 17 lol, what matters is how he is paying now, which you dont know since all you do is look at stats
slaf started on the 4th line in the iihf tournament . went first line is a couple of games . that slaf for you. in the best league he needed a full years and 20 games to do so. wilde and train alredy forgot slaf alredy did a sudden massive improvement. slaf is not at his final form yet.
Montreal is also missing Dach and Newhook so teams can concentrate on the Suzuki line and still have trouble stopping them.
It was to be expected. He may not have been scoring before but his play had gotten so much better compared to last year that it was only a matter of time. He quite literally managed to up his game in every single aspect of the game. He's 19...
If you look at busts like Yakapov. They didn't develop to the NHL level really. They started good but never really broke through that gap between OK and elite. Slaf was below ok and now is possibly entering elite later in his carrer. It takes time! Lafreniere is no bust and is worse offensively then Slaf!
@@4u2nvHock3y He certainly took a massive leap. It's fun to watch.
Love to see this and I agree his full game has improved tremendously but Suzuki is a -8, Slav -4 and Caufield is even, I don’t think they are a top line just yet but in 2-3 years they’ll be dangerous!
All its about consistency. Where is Mesar ?
ithink he would of been good early on, i think he got lost in the mix for a bit when Dach went down, they were good together, but when they put him on lineone then he just started going upward, lets hope this is just the start for him
he just needed some time to aclimate in nhl style of play, bit of language barrier with mates and find his stable mates, after that being established this is what I was expecting, to show what he is capable of, big body and creative play will be his future go to, and if he will add scoring to it than we got elite player (so far im thinking of him as someone who create chances for goal scorers)
Slafkovsky will definitely get better he is young. Whether he turns out to be elite, time will tell.
If you don't know Brian Wilde,
I'll tell you. When he says something, he's right.(more often than almost 95 % of the other analysists.
In other words, he talks, I listen!
It not all about the points, so many takeaway 3trd assist or takeaway but doesnt touch the puck and leads to a goal.
Slafs is building properly...from the ground up...solid defense and responsible overall play...
...needs to work on his mitts a bit as far as picking rebounds and such...
...he' ll also need to eventually become a true physical presence as well to fully fill his role!
If you look at Logan Cooley...you cant be mad at what Slafs doing!
Slaf has said himself in countless of press conferences that he wants to work on his defensive game before offense. He says as he does that the points will come. The fact he's becoming this much better and hasn't even started improving his offensive game is nuts! If he starts improving his offense this season he easily scores 50 points in a whole season. No doubt. Even if he dosent I know he's pacing for 30 but I say he ends off with 40 or more in 82.
@@4u2nvHock3y 40 points is optimistic but also realistic this season if he remains on the 1st line and healthy...especially if he can find his way on the PP eventually...parking himself in front of the net!
@@alyours2889 40 if he has a high shooting percentage and passing rate. But as long as he dosent work on his offense the more unlikely it is. If he starts to work on it from next game till game 82 then maybe he scores 60 points. But if not 30-40
LOL the top forward lines , someone is smoking the wrong herbs !!! Bertuzzi have not been on the top line for ages for the leafs and the list goes on .....
I hope Slaf improves and this line starts scoring. Not many goals being scored when two players, Slaf not one of them, were predicted to have upper mid 30’s goals for the season. All three are below par. But at least Suzuki and Slaf add some size.
What are you talking? You dont need to watch games or read stats just watch he says in this vid and you will see your comment is kind of outdated..by 3months maybe late
Slafkovsky is having the EXACT same vibes as Byfield did last year, obviously I don’t think he will explode as fast as Byfield did. But the vibes he has of playing really well but not showing up on the score sheet. Then the next year the points improve.
Explode as fast? I feel he will be faster....he is better than Byfield at the same age.
@@jacobneron1444 Sorry thats mb, I can see how it’s confusing, what I meant by that was that Byfield went from 34 point pace to a 62 point pace in less then a full calendar year, I don’t expect Slaf to get from 30 to 60 next year, more so that he will go 30 to 50 to 70 point paces, still better at the age like you said but not as fast in terms of year over year.
I hope Slaf will have has much impact has Kreider. Where are the Cooley’s comparisons now ?!? 😂
There are those who score goals and then those who make it possible for others to score, Slafkovsky is clearly the later.
Is Cole Caufield the best goal scorer of the 2019 draft? Its a very serious question. Because if he is why do we need a Cole Eiserman who will do the exact same thing? Sure Eismerman Suzuki Slaf Caufield sounds nasty but 2 small goal scorers 1 big player and then a suzuki whos is the middle.
It’s funny to see how Leafs fans are refusing to see the progress in Slafkovsky‘s game
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a powerfoward role is to make the first play for the third assists or secondary assists. to limit others and to take as much placce as possible. slaf is doing a fantastic job doing so. if he can get primary assists and goals more often we have a gem. I want slaf to become a Nathan Horton . someday maybe .
70 pts seasons and a playoff performer, I'd be fine with that !
Slav has to go to Laval what a mistake?🤔
Are you stupid?
You made a funny mistake that made think of a name for that line: The Suzie's coffee line. So, some defenseman will get one freash serve. Like that tik-tak-toe goal of Caufield 🙂. Let me know what's your thoughts on that.
Slaughyakupov should not be in this league, you can pump your Habs tires all you want
anybody you put with Suzuki and Caufield got points ....
Wrong kid, smarten up and pay attention
give slav a couple more years then watch out to bad he's not a little meaner it may come though
Lul imagine habs being actualy good😂 Don't get me wrong I been. Habs fan for couple of decades and I can tell believing in this organisation to be at the top tier teams in NHL is a bummer. Good luck with that
Its just hilarious watching the clueless fans realizing how good this dude is.. But its okay I forgive you, but maybe try to be less toxic in the future.
slaf coffie
Legoooooooooo
ROFL ! you're kidding hey! They run out of energy by the 3rd period and normally get owned even if they start the 3rd in the lead which is not often. The trio is good if it goes to shootout.
why you keep making videos on slaf, he's a bust, just move on 😭
Wrong kid smarten up and pay attention. The jealous is real with this one 😂
@@roxanne1987r tu es trop gentil pour être en colère contre 😍lol
caufield is overrated
so is slaf
aint no way you said slaf is overrated
your mom is overrated
@@mysteriouscomet4426 what u gonna do bout it
@@Pix3lPalace ok tell me at least one reason why you think he underrated
@@Pix3lPalace🤔You reek of fear!!
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