With a key deadline approaching regarding the status of Juraj Slafkovsky, Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes will soon have to make a decision.
As the Montreal Hockey Now media pointed out on Wednesdaythe young forward will bring forward by a year the date he will have access to full autonomy if he features in the Canada’s next two games.
This is a collective bargaining rule that takes into account the number of games a skater has on their organization’s 23-player roster.
The renowned TSN journalist Darren Dreger also speculated on the possibility that the CH would demote Slafkovsky to Laval.
Habs head coach Martin St-Louis has given the rookie less than 13 minutes of play in each of the last three games.
Slafkovsky has not been on the top scorer list in his last nine games. The Slovakian has 10 points, including four goals, in 33 games in the National Hockey League.
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