Clearly, Juraj Slafkovsky is gaining ground.
The young forward will start Monday night’s game against Seattle at the Bell Center on the Canadian’s first line, alongside Cole Caufield and Nick Suzuki.
“It doesn’t scare me to have him on the ice with Nick and Cole, and to see him against other good lines, because he gets the job done,” explained coach Martin St-Louis at this subject. They have also played together for a few matches in the past.
“Juraj has to be consistent and efficient in his touches with the puck, and that comes with repetition on the ice… It’s an opportunity for him, he’s been there before. We are happy with his progress, he deserves everything that is happening to him at the moment. »
For his part, the young Slovak player intends to seize his chance during this match.
“I just want to try to take advantage of this opportunity,” explained the young striker. I will try to combine my style of play with theirs. »
Note also that Sean Monahan, who started Saturday night’s game on the first line, will start this one on the second, along with Jake Evans and Josh Anderson.
On defense, the Canadian could well be able to count on a little reinforcement very soon, since David Savard and Arber Xhekaj both took part in Monday morning’s training at the Bel Center. However, they will not play Monday evening.
Samuel Montembeault will be in net against the Kraken.
Monday morning training session
- Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky
- Monahan-Evans-Anderson
- Pearson-Dvorak-Gallagher
- Armia-Stephens-Ylönen
- Matheson-Lindström
- Guhle-Barron
- Struble-Kovacevic
- Montembeault