Seldom do you see a 17-year-old dominate internationally at the mens level, not once, but twice, at the World Championship and Olympics.
Certainly Slafkovsky is the age he says he is, but, apart from the mixed reactions he's garnered early in the NHL preseason, Slafkovsky has never shied away from the next level of competition. The Slovakian national team player wasted little time at the international mens level, and Habs fans are counting on the man-child reaching his potential.