After the Canadiens were eliminated, Juraj Slafkovsky declined the invitation to join Slovakia’s team at the recent World Hockey Championships. His decision caused a bit of a stir in Montreal, but it was mainly in his native country that it really got people talking.
A study of a decade of NHL drafting succinctly displays exactly how little Steve Yzerman was left to work with upon his arrival as GM of the Detroit Red Wings in 2019.
Left-winger Tomas Jurco was certainly an exasperating presence at times during his five seasons in the Detroit Red Wings organization. That being said, no Detroit coach was ever driven to physically assault Jurco from their perch behind the bench.