Player Discussion Arber Xhekaj: The Sheriff

[Catanddogguitarrr]

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Habs need someone on the 4th line who can help offset these stupid fights

Bring back Deslauriers or transform Arber into a winger. If we lose him, we don't lose a stud D.

 

[Deebs]

Bring back Deslauriers or transform Arber into a winger. If we lose him, we don't lose a stud D.

If Arber can’t get his defensive game in order within the next 2 years, he may just have to switch to a 4th liner just to stay in the league.

 

[badfish]

If Arber can’t get his defensive game in order within the next 2 years, he may just have to switch to a 4th liner just to stay in the league.

I used to be completely against the idea of Arber as a forward, and still think the most likely outcome is he develops into a really good defenseman, but in the Spittin Chicklets interview he said he actually was playing forward his first year in junior. Thought that was interesting.

 

[MasterD]

Bring back Deslauriers or transform Arber into a winger. If we lose him, we don't lose a stud D.

I've been suggesting for a while.

We'd a much better team with him at LW and Matheson, Guhle, Hutson and Struble taking turns on LD.

 

[BLONG7]

I can be confortable a 3rd pairing of Arber and Struble. But Arber and Barron, no thanks.

A fight Arber vs Reaves, 50%-50% who wins the fight.
The consequences : If Arber lose the fight or get injured (hand, shoulder, etc), Habs lose a 6th defenceman who is the only enforcer and a player who brings something related of playing hockey. ( )
If Leafs lose Reaves, they don't care, Reaves is nothing in their depth except fighting.

So every time there is that kind of fight, I cross my fingers. First I want Arber to kick @s but I don't want him injured. Fight might be so-so, as long as Arber is not injured. He can play the next game.

I think most of us would rather Arber not fight Reaves, for that exact reason, we lose a Dman and they lose nothing really........Reaves is a waste of a roster spot.

 

[Gaud]

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Habs need someone on the 4th line who can help offset these stupid fights

Or put Xhekaj on teh 4th line

I've been suggesting for a while.

We'd a much better team with him at LW and Matheson, Guhle, Hutson and Struble taking turns on LD.

Yeah Bob Hartley raised the same possibility. Losing a D for 5 minutes every time there is a fight is a lot more impactful to a team than a 4th liner.

 

[The Real Timo]

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Habs need someone on the 4th line who can help offset these stupid fights

tell that to hughes

 

[Hannibal]

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Habs need someone on the 4th line who can help offset these stupid fights

Hughes better understand that quickly ffs.

 

[The Real Timo]

Or put Xhekaj on teh 4th line


Yeah Bob Hartley raised the same possibility. Losing a D for 5 minutes every time there is a fight is a lot more impactful to a team than a 4th liner.

Then X plays what... 5-6 minutes a night? And we have who on D instead - Barron?

 

[Deebs]

Hughes better understand that quickly ffs.

Pezz is there and he's always willing to fight.

Until some contract start coming off our books, don't expect massive changes to our bottom 6

 

[The Real Timo]

Hughes better understand that quickly ffs.

It's been 3 years. I think chances are slim.

 

[WeThreeKings]

It's been 3 years. I think chances are slim.

Yeah, they've showed no desire to pick players of that ilk in the draft.. and haven't targeted players with size when necessary, either.

It will get addressed.. they aren't going to pick up Imama who can't play in the NHL just on the off chance a face has to be punched.

 

[Hannibal]

Yeah, they've showed no desire to pick players of that ilk in the draft.. and haven't targeted players with size when necessary, either.

It will get addressed.. they aren't going to pick up Imama who can't play in the NHL just on the off chance a face has to be punched.

They better adresse it soon before X has to answer alone for everybody on the team. We dont want to risk injuries for him.

M.Net has to get creative and answer that.

If the stanley cup champ can afford to have Gadjovich and AJ Greer on their regular fourth line, we can afford a face puncher to help X avoiding useless fights.

 

[Gaud]

Then X plays what... 5-6 minutes a night? And we have who on D instead - Barron?

Those are details or another discussion. I agree with Hartley that if you have a goon, it should probably be a forward.

 

[loudi94]

Watching a bit of the Panthers/Bruins game last night right around the time Bennett ran the goalie on the 6th goal. I cannot believe that the game did not completely go sideways after that. How Bob managed to finish the game without getting run or players (not the linesman) eating a stick until Bennett agreed to scrap is unfathomable. When I hear Marty talk about building a "home" for this team, it's moments like that. Having a guy like Arber willing to skirt/cross the line for teammates is totally needed.

 

[waitin425]

Arber will be managing our Shire (the ice) on behalf of the King (Molson). Time to keep the peace (patrol the blue line), collect taxes (from Reaves face)​

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United Kingdom​

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Further information: High sheriff, List of shrievalties, and Sheriffs of the City of London
The Old English term designated a royal official, a reeve, responsible for managing a shire or county on behalf of the king. The term is a contraction of "shire reeve" (Old English scīrgerefa).[4][5][6]

The sheriff had a series of duties that included keeping the peace and providing men at arms to support the king in times of strife. Another important duty was the collection of taxes on behalf of the crown. This process involved each division of the county (known as the hundred) paying geld (a form of land tax). To assess how much people had to pay, a clerk and a knight were sent by the king to each county. They sat with the sheriff of the county and with a select group of local knights (two knights from each hundred). After it was determined what geld was to be paid, the knights of the hundred and the bailiff of the hundred were responsible for getting the money to the sheriff, and the sheriff was responsible for getting the money to the Exchequer.[7]

Sheriffs loyal to certain nobles could and did sabotage the careers of knights against whom they, or a noble they were loyal to, bore a grudge.[8] Groups of sheriffs with significant connections had more de facto power in the legal system than most English knights, despite their lack of land.[8]

The term and duties were preserved in England even after the Norman Conquest. However, in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, the role evolved over the centuries. In modern times the sheriff or high sheriff is a ceremonial county or city official. Some commercial organisations use the term to refer to High Court enforcement officers,[9] who were known as sheriff's officers prior to 2004.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Played a solid game within himself last night and oddly, against the "rough and tumble" Leafs that we needed all this insulation against.. didn't have to do anything physical.

 

[Team_Spirit]

You're playing with Barron tonight;

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

Xhekaj-Barron on the ice = 2 minute shift in the Habs zone for the other team

 

[Bobby Holik agent]

Rollercoaster away games.

 

[OldCraig71]

Reavo was given the invitation to go but he declined. Was it the wish of his coach or did he decide not to poke the bear?

 

[Tyson]

Reavo was given the invitation to go but he declined. Was it the wish of his coach or did he decide not to poke the bear?

One thing I know about Reaves is that he fears no player.

 

[OldCraig71]

One thing I know about Reaves is that he fears no player.

But, Arber crosschecked him and stood back with an invitation to go and he ignored it. It was a telling moment for me.

 

[Tyson]

But, Arber crosschecked him and stood back with an invitation to go and he ignored it. It was a telling moment for me.

Good point. Arber is fearless. He needs to be paired with Savard!

 

[Leto]

But, Arber crosschecked him and stood back with an invitation to go and he ignored it. It was a telling moment for me.

Reaves did basically the same thing last year. Reaves hit Guhle from behind and Arber fought him briefly. Arber was ready to go for a 2nd round, Reaves declined.​