Slafkovsky Calls Out Hockey Slovakia for Toxicity and Losing Mentality; Federation Responds
Photo credit: Dans les Coulisses
The young Montreal Canadiens forward, Juraj Slafkovsky, has never been one to hold back his words.
Let's recall that in a piece by journalist Arpon Basu, an excellent article, Slafkovsky did not hesitate to criticize the Slovak Hockey Federation.
Slafkovsky notably mentioned that the media coverage in Slovakia is toxic compared to Montreal, and added that they practically have a losing mentality.
Slafkovsky stated that they are always satisfied with little, like bronze medals, when they should be aiming higher.
The Slovak Hockey Federation responds strongly to Juraj Slafkovsky's comments
And they didn't hold back.
They specifically said that these were very thoughtless statements from the young Montreal Canadiens forward.
Let's just say, unsurprisingly, his comments didn't go over well there.
«We view Juraj Slafkovsky's opinions as thoughtless statements coming from a young player. It must have been hard to hear for all the Slovak players who were part of that team that won the bronze medal, as well as the coaches who selected Slafkovsky, and anyone else who gave Slafkovsky an opportunity to progress in his career.»
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All the details of their strong response can be found here:
As Mathis Therrien from DansLesCoulisses mentions, it will be very interesting to follow this case.
«Slovak Hockey is really disappointed with the disparaging remarks made by the Canadiens player towards his country, and hopes that from now on, Slafkovsky will speak to the media with the responsibilities of a leader of the national team.
It will be interesting to see if Slafkovsky, who has never hesitated to speak his mind, will now keep quiet and be more discreet.»
Mathis Therrien
It will be interesting to see if Slafkovsky, who has never hesitated to speak his mind, will now keep quiet and be more discreet.»
Mathis Therrien
Will this situation shake Slafkovsky? Will a journalist dare to ask him the question? Hopefully not, but it's truly an unfortunate situation.
We really hope this won't affect the young Juraj Slafkovsky too much, because that's a heavy response, and I'm convinced the young Canadiens forward didn't mean any harm.
He just wanted to show that he cares and wants to move things in the right direction for his home country.
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