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With four games left in the season, Juraj Slafkovski was one goal and two points short of reaching 20 goals and 50 points on the season.
He did not score in the first three games and it seemed that he would not be able to do it again. However, in the last game against Detroit, he passed on Cole Caufield’s goal and deflected Lan Hutson’s shot.
Although Montreal lost to Detroit 4:5 after raids, Slafkovský successfully ended a successful season, after which no one calls him a failure.
But were his performances worthy of a draft pick? The N Journal looked at the performances of all units since 1983 and we compared Slafkovski’s performances in the first and second seasons with them.
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