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Crave: Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton confronted Juraj Slafkovský at the end of the season

Originally posted on Dose.ca | Last updated Sep 19, 2025 12:24 AM ET

Last night, the final episode of the second season of La reconstruction was published on Crave. The episode focuses on the club’s (brief) playoff run… but also on the few days following the club’s elimination. And of the lot, we notably got a little access to the end-of-season meetings. Not only did we get to see the directors explain a bit about the purpose of all this, but we also got to see (part of) the interview between Juraj Slafkovský and his bosses towards the end of the episode.And it’s quite interesting to see the dynamic that emerges.Obviously, the subject of Slaf ‘s slow start to the season was touched on. And what we notice is that Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton have confronted him on that level. The managers want to see him be more disciplined… and they let him know:

I know you want to perform, but you need discipline to do what’s necessary to reach 100% or even 95% of your potential.

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Kent Hughes

Episode six (season finale) of The Rebuild S2, the behind-the-scenes Habs documentary, is now streaming on Crave. pic.twitter.com/55gkFjG8aJ

– /r/Habs (@HabsOnReddit) September 18, 2025

Gorton, meanwhile, quizzed him on what’s kept him from having a big start to the campaign, and in Slaf‘s eyes, it’s a mental issue. The4 Nations break did him good, he says. Atone point, Gorton also confronts him about the way he deals with the media… and that’s interesting too: “

The way you vent after a bad game is to tell the media that you weren’t good today. And that won’t help you either.

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Jeff Gorton

And Slaf agrees on this level: he admits he has to stop doing that. It makesyou wonder if we’ll see another Slafkovský in front of the media this year, as he’s never been afraid to speak his mind.It’s interesting to see the dynamic that exists between the player and management… and now we’ll have to see if, as he enters the first year of his big contract, Slaf will finally be able to put all the pieces of the puzzle in the right place.

Let’s see if his bosses’ words will whip him.

’Overtime’

– Makes sense.

He’ll have to work hard to carve out a position, though https://t.co/1R1TEMy7EJ–

TVA Sports (@TVASports) September 18, 2025

– Kirill Kaprizov finds he has “plenty of time” to sort out his contractual situation in Minnesota.

Kirill Kaprizov was asked, do you want to stay with #mnwild? “Yeah, you guys know I like ‘Minny.’ Everyone knows. We have a lot of time. It’s just 2025. It’s one more year.”

– Joe Smith (@JoeSmithNHL) September 18, 2025

Bill Guerin tries to be reassuring.

Guerin on Kaprizov: “These negotiations are private. I can’t really get into it. Things are fine. The most important thing is that we want to sign Kirill. He’s our franchise player. We want to keep him here. He’s a big part of our team. We’re working towards that. We’re doing the… –

Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) September 18, 2025

– Logic.

Pierre LeBrun: There isn’t a day that goes by that the Leafs front office isn’t internally wondering, I wonder what’s happening with Connor McDavid and the Oilers, just like fifteen other teams – TSN (9/17)

– NHL Rumour Report (@NHLRumourReport) September 18, 2025

– The Roses qualified for the playoffs.

BIG VICTORY BLOOMING INTO THE PLAYOFFS The final score presented by Cascades pic.twitter.com/r6G5oLwFjF

– Roses de Montréal (@rosesmtlfc) September 19, 2025