With the acquisition of Sean Monahan yesterday, the Montreal Canadiens now find themselves with 14 forwards, and that’s not counting the Michael Pezzetta, Jesse Ylonen and Rafaël Harvey-Pinard of this world.
The most recent first overall pick, Juraj Slafkovsky, is also not among the 14 forwards.
So, there is no doubt that the CH currently has a strong congestion in the attack.
Several players will therefore have to suffer because of this congestion. These players will most likely unfortunately be young players like Ylonen and Harvey-Pinard.
Indeed, according to a source of Anthony Martineau at the CH, the leaders of the team see Juraj Slafkovsky as being a player very close to the National Hockey League.
Confirmed by the experienced recruiter of the CH to whom I spoke this morning: the leaders of the Canadians see in Juraj Slafkovsky a player “very close to the NHL, because he is already extremely strong physically”.
— Anthony Martineau (@Antho_Martineau) August 19, 2022
We therefore understand that the leaders of the CH believe very strongly in Juraj Slafkovsky and in his chances of playing in the NHL this season.
You also have to understand that if the Slovak makes the team, he will not be placed on the fourth line, at least we hope so.
He will therefore most likely evolve on one of the first two lines which will move some veterans like Mike Hoffman, Joel Armia or even Evgenii Dadonov on one of the last two lines.
The same source of Anthony Martineau also expressed a few words about another hope of the CH, this time the defender Mattias Norlinder.
The Swedish defender has developed greatly both physically and mentally over the summer. So he clearly took his game to another level.
I would add that the organization still hopes to see him become an important offensive element on the blue line. We always have faith in our potential.
— Anthony Martineau (@Antho_Martineau) August 19, 2022
Moreover, despite the fact that Norlinder has experienced much more difficult times in recent years, the CH still believes in its potential. The organization therefore still hopes that Norlinder will become an important offensive element on the blue line.
It’s good to know, because honestly, we didn’t really know what to think of the future of Norlinder. Will he have a chance to make the team in training camp or will he be sent to Laval instead?
This remains to be determined.
Finally, the same CH scout told Anthony Martineau that the main reason behind the selections of Slafkovsky and Filip Mesar is the great attacking potential they each have as well as the possible production that CH believes they will be able to have. in the NHL.
“Mesar and Slafkovsky have lots of good qualities, but the main and undisputed reason behind their selection is their great offensive potential and the production that we believe they will be able to have in the NHL”, adds my source at the CH.
This philosophy speaks to me a lot.
— Anthony Martineau (@Antho_Martineau) August 19, 2022
In short, it is clear that the future of the Montreal Canadiens will be very interesting to follow.
A lot of
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