When the Montreal Canadiens were considering whether they should use the No. 1 pick in the 2022 NHL Draft on Slovak winger Juraj Slafkovský, we were given a glimpse at their draft meetings through the team’s annual behind-the-scenes draft video.
In one of those meetings, Canadiens co-director of amateur scouting Nick Bobrov made his pitch for the hulking winger who was a late riser on draft lists that year.
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The first of the two most important points made by Bobrov was about Slafkovský’s personality.
“He just has that personality to want to take the bull by the horns,” Bobrov said. “He wants to own the moment, the situation. … He’s doing it
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