Super Sophomore
April 3, 2024
By Bob Trask
For the sake of argument let’s say that a player’s sophomore season begins after he has played a full NHL season. When it comes to Juraj Slafkovsky, he played only 39 games last season and didn’t reach the 82 game threshold until mid-January of this year. Since then, it what could be considered the start to his 2nd full NHL season, Slafkovsky has 10 goals and 16 assists in 31 games. At that pace, he would reach 69 points in an 82 game schedule and those numbers were almost entirely achieved as a teenager. It bodes well for the Montreal Canadiens and their young winger. – Trask