Against all odds, the Canadiens made Juraj Slafkovsky the first overall pick in 2022, when the pre-destined pick for years was Shane Wright. Slaf's performance at the World Championship and his maturity made Kent Hughes and his team not hesitate to select him. Was this a good idea? At first glance, we don't know. His usage was limited this season and he was out for half the season. Time will tell. Appearing on Chris Nilan's podcast, <i>Raw Knuckles</i>, Slafkovsky revealed some troubling details about the pre-recruitment interview process. Indeed, the forward had such a bad feeling with other teams that he wondered if he would even be drafted. He described their approach as cold and unconvincing. It's pretty disturbing to know that a player of his caliber, size and personality would be so unconfident because of the lack of interest from some teams. <div class='youtube_container'><iframe class='youtube_video' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/TwbPB1nfAxM' width='100%' loading='lazy' frameborder='0' title='' allow='autoplay; fullscreen' allowfullscreen></iframe></div> Credit: <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/DLCoulisses/status/1651642683331321870?t=HWjko7_Js7wqmwR1c9ibFA&s=19'> </a></blockquote></div>