Hold on a sec! I think I've found one advantage of the 1...Nf6 move order!
Say you want to meet the Slav Exchange with the ...Ne4 line. Thus, 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Ne4. If White wants to avoid this, however, the move order 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Bd3 could be irritating for Black. If White is committed to either Nc3 or Nf3, though, this line is not possible! Thus, Black can play 1...Nf6 2.c4 c6 in order to provoke one of the knight moves before he commits himself to 3...d5.
This sounds like a very minor point, as the ...Ne4 line is one of Black's rarer options, and the setup 4.Bf4, 5.e3, 6.Bd3 is one of White's rarer options, in the Exchange, which is not White's most usual way to face the Slav (thus, this is a sideline of a sideline, which White plays in order to avoid a sideline!). However, I have been in this exact situation once (wanting to play ...Ne4 against the Exchange, which my opponent knew, and therefore chose 4.Bf4, 5.e3, 6.Bd3, a move order issue I had never thought about before), so I can actually relate to this problem.
Besides, since I usually play 1...Nf6, 2...e6, while I only use the Slav occasionally, I am already prepared to face White's other options after 1...Nf6.
So maybe 1...Nf6 and 2...c6 is not entirely pointless after all. I might actually play it on very rare occasions.
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