I did it with the hoka shoes, too. The openings accommodate for wider laces than the speed laces.
This is not the case with the Salomons. The loops on my hoka shoes are just plain fabric, the salomon loops are made of stiff plastic covered with fabric.
They look like the loops from the Hoka shoes, from the outside, but they are not. I obviously found this out after I had cut off the speed lace. It's not evident.