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You’d be surprised how relevant it is in pro sports circles.Irrelevant.
An easy example of this would be to look at how much rope is given to a top-drafted player versus the median drafted one versus an undrafted one.
You’d be surprised how relevant it is in pro sports circles.Irrelevant.
Those elements cannot come at the expense of basic game sense. Habs are 6-2 in the last 8gp, MSL doesn’t need to rock the boat, he’s done perfectly well fighting for a spot.
Xhekaj lost Marty’s trust. He had all season to build his case and he failed to do so. He won’t be the first player or the last to end up in this position.
The next opportunity Xhekaj gets might be his final one. He has to be patient, earn it, and keep it. He’s an undrafted player, it was always going to be uphill for him — his CV, so to speak, is nothing worth talking about.
He has been beaten out by Struble...
Hard to keep them both in the line-up. Struble is playing a safer game... so I kinda get it... but I miss the big guy...
I say he makes it into the line-up for the playoffs and demolishes some people!
Not sure who told you Struble is untouchable.People make me laugh about Struble. WTF does this bozo bring to the game? He's not untouchable.
Oh knock it off with your hatred of the guy. 30 other teams would love to have a kid like this , you can’t say that about that piece of shit Savard or even Struble.Those elements cannot come at the expense of basic game sense. Habs are 6-2 in the last 8gp, MSL doesn’t need to rock the boat, he’s done perfectly well fighting for a spot.
Xhekaj lost Marty’s trust. He had all season to build his case and he failed to do so. He won’t be the first player or the last to end up in this position.
The next opportunity Xhekaj gets might be his final one. He has to be patient, earn it, and keep it. He’s an undrafted player, it was always going to be uphill for him — his CV, so to speak, is nothing worth talking about.
Oh knock it off with your hatred of the guy. 30 other teams would love to have a kid like this , you can’t say that about that piece of shit Savard or even Struble.
I swear I don’t hate him. I’m actually totally agnostic about him and Struble both. I didn’t like Barron at all and I didn’t like Harris either. I like Kovacevic, though I knew he wanted to cash in as an FA and we likely couldn’t keep him.Oh knock it off with your hatred of the guy. 30 other teams would love to have a kid like this , you can’t say that about that piece of shit Savard or even Struble.
Precisely.Not only is he playing a safer game, but something that I never see mention were the amount of mistakes Xhekaj made and the type. They were not even acceptable AHL level mistakes. I can see why a coach would lose confidence in him. Think Primeau's last game with us.
Bullf***ingshit. Sorry about the french but I really get angry when people here take such a stand. Patrick Laine has been turning the puck over and over again in the o-zone, in PPs, in 5v5 always along the board, killing offense and creating dangerous situations EVERY f***ING GAME in the past month, yet Arber is untrusty because he makes some mistake a few times....Precisely.
It’s about the mistakes. Coaches take them personally when the player makes the same mistakes over and over. It’s unfortunate for all but what can you do, at some point it is on the player.
MSL doesn’t have a better alternative to Laine at forward but he does have six defenders he trusts more than Xhekaj. Laine has more points and vitally GOALS over a significantly smaller number of games than Newhook, Dvorak, etc.Bullf***ingshit. Sorry about the french but I really get angry when people here take such a stand. Patrick Laine has been turning the puck over and over again in the o-zone, in PPs, in 5v5 always along the board, killing offense and creating dangerous situations EVERY f***ING GAME in the past month, yet Arber is untrusty because he makes some mistake a few times....
BULLSHIT
Yet Matheson plays 25 mins a game, curiousPrecisely.
It’s about the mistakes. Coaches take them personally when the player makes the same mistakes over and over. It’s unfortunate for all but what can you do, at some point it is on the player.
We don’t have better options and MM has a lot more credit with MSL than Xhekaj does.Yet Matheson plays 25 mins a game, curious
It is truly baffling manWe don’t have better options and MM has a lot more credit with MSL than Xhekaj does.
It is curious… curious how a roster so busted can be on the verge of a playoff appearance.
He's not untouchable but he's about as good as X is. X makes a lot of defensive mistakes - as you'd expect given that he's young. They're equivalent players and I think MSL just sees Struble as the more safe option right now.People make me laugh about Struble. WTF does this bozo bring to the game? He's not untouchable.
Kent did not "Sit on his hands during the TDL". He listened/gave the benefit of the doubt to his Captain who asked to give this team a chance and keep them together for the post season run. The onus is on the team and MSL to execute not KH.MSL doesn’t have a better alternative to Laine at forward but he does have six defenders he trusts more than Xhekaj. Laine has more points and vitally GOALS over a significantly smaller number of games than Newhook, Dvorak, etc.
Take it up with Kent Hughes, who sat on his hands at the deadline.
Arber’s “few mistakes” are brutal bozo moves that drive coaches mad. Be honest and you’ll understand it
It’ll be over soon as he will be traded this summerSorry Arbs
You deserve better than this
Marty just doesn't like you and never might
It's just a god damn stinky situation
Teams that earn a chance usually prefer and desire trade deadline reinforcements.Kent did not "Sit on his hands during the TDL". He listened/gave the benefit of the doubt to his Captain who asked to give this team a chance and keep them together for the post season run. The onus is on the team and MSL to execute not KH.
I bet Xhekaj, given a chance, can make just as many, if not more mistakes than Matheson in 25 minutes. You just gotta trust the player and he will show you.Yet Matheson plays 25 mins a game, curious
He won't play until next year, in another uniform. Accept it.Will Ti-Louis dress him tomorrow night if it’s a do or die?
Probably not, little napoelon of shit.