Player Discussion Arber Xhekaj: The Sheriff

[Tyson]

Don’t for get the Pitlicks. All the Pitlicks.

The best duo ever...#20 and #27

 

[teamfirst]

Plus, as anybody with a brother surely already knows, I can fight with my brother as much as I want. But if YOU mess with my brother, you better watch your back...

Like my big brother use to say...cant touch him.....he's MY punching bag

 

[ChesterNimitz]

The best duo ever...#20 and #27

I’ll go with #9 and #16.

 

[Tyson]

I’ll go with #9 and #16.

Damn you got me...how on earth did I not think of the Richard Brothers. I met the Rocket at Parc Jarry years ago. He gave me an autograph.

 

[Habs]

Can Logan Mailouxxx throw them too? Don't get me all excited thinking we are going to have a blueline with balls down to the 4-5 in the near future? Like the late early 90's Habs mentality that made this franchise great, LFG!

 

[The Real Timo]

Can Logan Mailouxxx throw them too? Don't get me all excited thinking we are going to have a blueline with balls down to the 4-5 in the near future? Like the late early 90's Habs mentality that made this franchise great, LFG!

While not a heavy weight, Kova can step in if required.

 

[Habs]

While bit a heavy weight, Kova can step in if required.

i've quite liked his game this year and he's stepped up in that dept

 

[Kimota]

It seems like it comes so naturally to him too. Xhekaj looks like he enjoys it. It isn't like a lot of the bigger guys this team has had. Anderson and Weber are huge and intimidating, but I never felt violence was a life goal for them like it is for Arber.

 

[Toene]

I’ll go with #9 and #16.

10 and 22

 

[Zilo44]

It seems like it comes so naturally to him too. Xhekaj looks like he enjoys it. It isn't like a lot of the bigger guys this team has had. Anderson and Weber are huge and intimidating, but I never felt violence was a life goal for them like it is for Arber.

Weber was violent especially during his Nashville tenure.

Go check his WWE move on Zetterberg in the dying seconds of a playoff game

 

[OldCraig71]

Violence is part of hockey, like it or not, intimidation is a factor. I am wondering how much Hughes gives Arbor on his next contract. He has shown so much maturity since his return from Laval and being paired with Savard is helping him to grow. I love this player and hope that he is in the long-term plans of the organization.

 

[ChesterNimitz]

Damn you got me...how on earth did I not think of the Richard Brothers. I met the Rocket at Parc Jarry years ago. He gave me an autograph.

Don't worry about it.

I'm probably one of the very few persons here who actually saw all four play in person.

Interestingly, the first time I saw Peter Mahovlich play was for the Detroit Red Wings in 1968. I saw an oversized, uncoordinated and clumsily skating player who had only one noticeable skill: stickhandling. I thought this kid, who had only enjoyed a modest career playing for the Hamilton Red Wings (OHA) and the Fort Worth Wings (CHL), had little chance of having an impactful NHL career.

Goes to show, even the old admiral can miss the mark on a player. Rare, but it happens. Glad that I was wrong. Really wrong.

All of us of my vintage will go to our graves smiling about the shorthanded goal that Peter Mahovlich scored in Game 2 of the 1972 Summit Series. Peter Mahovlich had a great career and, for a short time in the mid-1970s, was one of the top 20 players in the world. He was also a great sportsman who respected his opponents, the game and in turn was respected by all who watched him and played against him.

One of my all-time favorite Montreal Canadiens.

 

[Tyson]

Don't worry about it.

I'm probably one of the very few persons here who actually saw all four play in person.

Interestingly, the first time I saw Peter Mahovlich play was for the Detroit Red Wings in 1968. I saw an oversized, uncoordinated and clumsily skating player who had only one noticeable skill: stickhandling. I thought this kid, who had only enjoyed a modest career playing for the Hamilton Red Wings (OHA) and the Fort Worth Wings (CHL), had little chance of having an impactful NHL career.

Goes to show, even the old admiral can miss the mark on a player. Rare, but it happens. Glad that I was wrong. Really wrong.

All of us of my vintage will go to our graves smiling about the shorthanded goal that Peter Mahovlich scored in Game 2 of the 1972 Summit Series. Peter Mahovlich had a great career and, for a short time in the mid-1970s, was one of the top 20 players in the world. He was also a great sportsman who respected his opponents, the game and in turn was respected by all who watched him and played against him.

One of my all-time favorite Montreal Canadiens.

Yeah I wasn't happy when the Habs traded him. I thought he and Lafleur had great chemistry the year Pete had 117 points.

 

[ChesterNimitz]

Violence is part of hockey, like it or not, intimidation is a factor. I am wondering how much Hughes gives Arbor on his next contract. He has shown so much maturity since his return from Laval and being paired with Savard is helping him to grow. I love this player and hope that he is in the long-term plans of the organization.

This is something you don't have to worry about. Xhekaj is here to stay. To our opponents great consternation.

 

[OldCraig71]

This is something you don't have to worry about. Xhekaj is here to stay. To our opponents great consternation.

I always worry Sir Chester, it's what I do best.

 

[dinodebino]

Is he gonna lose to Rempe?

First off, he shouldn’t fight this kid. He’s not worth it. But if he does, the way to beat him is get inside. Arber is much stronger physically than the other kid. Inside and he wrecks him because Rempe’s long arms have no bearing on the issue. That is how you beat him.
And Arber has a quality that the other kid doesn’t have: Arber becomes a psycho if the other guy pokes him.
Olivier is the same. And Olivier killed the kid. Reaves played it safe yesterday and did not win. When fighting a tall and lanky guy (not known to be a true fighter btw), go inside.

 

[ChesterNimitz]

Yeah I wasn't happy when the Habs traded him. I thought he and Lafleur had great chemistry the year Pete had 117 points.

It was a great trade for Montreal as the team acquired the 22 year old Pierre Larouche for the fading 31 year old Mahovlich. After the year of the trade (19770 Mahovolich never scored 20 goals a year and was out of the NHL, by 1981. A classic case of the wisdom of trading a player one year too early than one year too late. It was transaction that was almost as bad for the Penguins as their recent folly in trading Matheson for Petry.

I always worry Sir Chester, it's what I do best.

We share that predilection.

 

[Tyson]

It was a great trade for Montreal as the team acquired the 22 year old Pierre Larouche for the fading 31 year old Mahovlich. After the year of the trade (19770 Mahovolich never scored 20 goals a year and was out of the NHL, by 1981. A classic case of the wisdom of trading a player one year too early than one year too late. It was transaction that was almost as bad for the Penguins as their recent folly in trading Matheson for Petry.


We share that predilection.

Remember I was an avid teenaged fan who was mad based on emotion. I idolized Little M! You are right that stealing Larouche was a great trade by Mr. Pollock.

 

[red devil]

 

[TomKosto]

First off, he shouldn’t fight this kid. He’s not worth it. But if he does, the way to beat him is get inside. Arber is much stronger physically than the other kid. Inside and he wrecks him because Rempe’s long arms have no bearing on the issue. That is how you beat him.
And Arber has a quality that the other kid doesn’t have: Arber becomes a psycho if the other guy pokes him.
Olivier is the same. And Olivier killed the kid. Reaves played it safe yesterday and did not win. When fighting a tall and lanky guy (not known to be a true fighter btw), go inside.

We will see, but there's hstory between Arber and Rempe. I was at a game in Laval vs Hartford when Xhekaj was playing and Rempe got a 5 for hitting someone from behind. Xhekaj wanted all the smoke. It will all depends if Rempe run someone over like he did in Toronto. Xhekaj is really powerfull, but lack technique to beat Rempe in a fight like Olivier did IMO.

 

[Redux91]

If he keeps playing like THIS?
Boy a loooot of LD prospects already part of the habs must be like 'how do I outshine.. that monster..?'

A complete gift from the sky this one
And we don't need him to be top pairing is the best part

Struble probably doesn't have a 'long term future' here.. but it ain't gonna be because he's no good or busting that's for sure

Lol I swear to God everytime I think of his parents I always go
"Did this kid making the habs just save that marriage..?"

 

[Team_Spirit]

We need to buy a Arber snuggie for @OldCraig71 let's do it

 

[Hansman]

Don't worry about it.

I'm probably one of the very few persons here who actually saw all four play in person.

Interestingly, the first time I saw Peter Mahovlich play was for the Detroit Red Wings in 1968. I saw an oversized, uncoordinated and clumsily skating player who had only one noticeable skill: stickhandling. I thought this kid, who had only enjoyed a modest career playing for the Hamilton Red Wings (OHA) and the Fort Worth Wings (CHL), had little chance of having an impactful NHL career.

Goes to show, even the old admiral can miss the mark on a player. Rare, but it happens. Glad that I was wrong. Really wrong.

All of us of my vintage will go to our graves smiling about the shorthanded goal that Peter Mahovlich scored in Game 2 of the 1972 Summit Series. Peter Mahovlich had a great career and, for a short time in the mid-1970s, was one of the top 20 players in the world. He was also a great sportsman who respected his opponents, the game and in turn was respected by all who watched him and played against him.

One of my all-time favorite Montreal Canadiens.

I myself liked Peter M. He was willing to drop the gloves,didnt win too many.What I got a kick out of was his leather coat,popular in those days and he had that Rocky Balboa hat.

 

[ChesterNimitz]

I myself liked Peter M. He was willing to drop the gloves,didnt win too many.What I got a kick out of was his leather coat,popular in those days and he had that Rocky Balboa hat.

Ahh.... the early 1970s. A good time to be alive. The TIKTOK crowd doesn't know what they missed: the Vietnam War, Nixon, bad T.V. and hair cuts and $0.99 MacDonald's meals.

What could be finer?

 

[Beendair Donedat]

Don't worry about it.

I'm probably one of the very few persons here who actually saw all four play in person.

Interestingly, the first time I saw Peter Mahovlich play was for the Detroit Red Wings in 1968. I saw an oversized, uncoordinated and clumsily skating player who had only one noticeable skill: stickhandling. I thought this kid, who had only enjoyed a modest career playing for the Hamilton Red Wings (OHA) and the Fort Worth Wings (CHL), had little chance of having an impactful NHL career.

Goes to show, even the old admiral can miss the mark on a player. Rare, but it happens. Glad that I was wrong. Really wrong.

All of us of my vintage will go to our graves smiling about the shorthanded goal that Peter Mahovlich scored in Game 2 of the 1972 Summit Series. Peter Mahovlich had a great career and, for a short time in the mid-1970s, was one of the top 20 players in the world. He was also a great sportsman who respected his opponents, the game and in turn was respected by all who watched him and played against him.

One of my all-time favorite Montreal Canadiens.

Always enjoyed this story:

(While playing for Montreal under coach Scotty Bowman, Mahovlich was given a $100 fine for missing curfew. When Mahovlich went up to Bowman to give him his money he handed the Hall of Fame Coach $200. “That’s for the next time Scotty” he said with a grin.