2024-09-20 17:29:03
Montreal Canadiens fans don’t realize how much Juraj Slafkovsky is idolized in a small country like Slovakia. The phenomenon is probably more intense than in the Quebec metropolis.
His compatriot Filip Mesar can tell you about it. When he is invited to talk about Slafkovsky, any of his quotes can go viral in the Slovak media.
More recently, Mesar recounted visiting his friend’s new apartment. When he had the misfortune to speak publicly about the spacious apartment with its four bedrooms, the Slovak media made a big deal out of it.
“The next day, Juraj wrote to me: ‘What did you say?! They’re going crazy about my apartment,'” Mesar, who found it very funny, told reporters in Brossard on Friday. “If I say something about him, I have to be careful because the media back home will go crazy.”
Slafkovsky, Mesar recalled, is “one of the biggest celebrities in his country” and “everything he does ends up on the Internet the next day.”
Fortunately, the imposing striker has a head on his shoulders.
“The pressure is there, but he has the right personality to deal with it. He’s mature,” Mesar said.
The latter still maintains the dream of one day playing on the same trio as Slafkovsky. The two Slovaks were drafted in the first round the same evening by the CH during the 2022 draft in Montreal.
“I still believe that it will happen one day,” said the man who will have to prove himself to climb the attacking hierarchy.
Watch his press briefing in the video above.
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