Has Canadiens' Juraj Slafkovsky lacked confidence and intensity of late?

"He needs to take advantage of his large frame. He needs to be tough to face and right now, he’s not. These guys need to step-up in the middle of the playoff race," Delorme said.

As Delorme said, Slafkovsky needs to be this type of player every night.

To that, Greg Lanctot (another host of "Le Club du Matin") added that on the power play, Slafkovsky is the weak link.

Lanctot also believes that when Ivan Demidov arrives next year, it will be Slafkovsky who will make way for him to take his place on the first power-play unit.

If Slafkovsky can reposition himself, his presence can be very beneficial, and what is less beneficial is putting Patrik Laine and Cole Caufield on the same unit.

They are your two natural shooters, and putting Caufield on the right wing doesn’t seem to be working as well as when he played on the left (where Laine is currently).

This would allow the Canadiens to balance the two units a bit more by having an excellent scorer on each unit.

In short, Martin St. Louis could/should act in one way or another to make Slafkovsky understand that the team needs his physical presence.

He could “punish” him by removing him from the first power-play unit.

Who would replace him? That’s another debate, but Emil Heineman deserves an audition on the left wing with the top offensive players. And that’s even if it’s a bit more difficult offensively for the Swede lately.

His shot (especially on reception) could do a lot of damage. Since Patrik Laine is missing Tuesday’s game (flu), Heineman could definitely be an option to take his place.