Last week, we reported on the progress of the first overall pick in 2022. His summer training seems to have paid off handsomely, and he's ready for the coming season with full health, less weight and more cardio. Juraj even hinted that he'd be arriving early in August to train in Montreal, even that he'd be finding a place to live on his own and that he'd be hosting Philip Mesar when he's in town. This has now been confirmed by Luc Gélinas of RDS. Slafkovsky arrives in town this week. <q>Juraj Slafkovsky will be returning to Montreal this week. My friend met him at his home before he left Slovakia. - Luc Gélinas</q> This is excellent news, and it's confirmed. Not only has Slaf taken advantage of his time at home to have a good time and improve his shortcomings, he's also arriving very early to train with the other members of the organization. He's giving himself every chance of being a transformed player this season! <blockquote class=twitter-tweet><p lang=fr dir=ltr>Juraj Slafkovsky will return to Montreal this week. My friend <a href=https://twitter.com/zedmat?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>@zedmat</a> met him at his home before he left Slovakia ⬇️ <a href=https://twitter.com/hashtag/rds?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>#rds</a> <a href=https://twitter.com/hashtag/ch?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>#ch</a> <a href=https://twitter.com/hashtag/habs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>#habs</a> <a href=https://t.co/TQ1A0Iyfr2>https://t.co/TQ1A0Iyfr2</a>- Luc Gelinas (@LucGelinasRDS) <a href=https://twitter.com/LucGelinasRDS/status/1686133510128427008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>July 31, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js charset=utf-8>