BaseballCoach
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We have been cursed with a lot of bad luck and bad outcomes with other prospects but with Slafkovsky, if he is the exception and he will continue his growth trajectory, it will be truly amazing.
When people say luck plays a factor in winning the Cup, this is the sort of luck that is unheralded but just as important as lucky bounces. A 1OA who starts poorly, gets injured, starts the next season even worse and then just takes off... that's amazing. He's played very well and he will be a force in the league if he keeps up the pace and growth.
He did not start the next season worse! His pre-season was 3 times better than the first one, his chemistry with Dach and Newhook was obvious. When Dach went down, and he was put with a Newhook who was learning C in our system and Anderson who could not buy a goal and could still never set up a goal, Slaf's stats suffered. But not his play.
His play was much better and many of us pointed it out. The stats-focused posters couldn't see it, especially those who were skeptical of his skills since the draft debates. But by mid-November, both MSL and Nick Suzuki said that Slaf was ready for first line duties. How fans can still say they were right that he was bad, while the coach and captain were wrong, after the results proved he was ready, is beyond me.
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