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Player Discussion Arber Xhekaj: The Sheriff
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He’s a favorite of mine on the team. He’s not great offensively or defensively. He’s just ok. But what he brings to the table is what the team lacks. When he’s on the ice, players like Suzuki, Caufield, Newhook plays bigger. He reminds me a lot of Ken Daneyko back in the day for New Jersey. Daneyko and Scott Stevens made Brian Rafalski, Scott Gomez player bigger.
Canadienna
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It's a good week.
red devil
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That is one of the ugliest ties I've ever seen.
The Great Weal
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Watching it right now, and for those (including myself) who were questioning why Xhekaj wasn't involved in fighting as much this year, he says that he was hesitant because of his shoulder.
I'm not done listening to this yet but so far my favorite part is Arber saying that Chris Wideman was always paranoid about being recorded in Ubers
Andrei79
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Nah, it was 100% MSL.
You know the guy who was great friends with Andre Roy ? Yeah, that guy hates tough guys.
"This isn't going to go the way you think its going to go" ... Wideman with the understatement of the year right there lol
That's the fight that the Sherriff ended Kassian.
That's the fight that the Sherriff ended Kassian.
The bits at the end about Flo were eye opening. Arber said that Flo is currently at 205-210 vs his own 240lbs, but that it's obvious Flo has the longer limbs when they grapple.
Also said that Flo is the one with anger problems.
SannywithoutCompy
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Also Florian fighting 3 times in one game at Kitchener's camp lmao
Seb
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I really hope Arber doesn't fight too much. I love his intensity but fighting is dumb and we need him to be healthy.
ahmedou
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The most important question concerning Xhekaj is what's his all time stats in fighting.
I always feel that's unbeaten in fighting. I don't wanna curse him tho. That's just my feeling lol.
His presence is so so so important to us. He knows how to fight to defend his teammates. And the most important thing is that he knows how play hockey.
I always feel that's unbeaten in fighting. I don't wanna curse him tho. That's just my feeling lol.
His presence is so so so important to us. He knows how to fight to defend his teammates. And the most important thing is that he knows how play hockey.
The Real Timo
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great podcast, easy to root for this kid...can't wait for the deputy to make the team too
Great story,just read it on the rds site. Arber and his brother will definitely be a force to reckon with for a long time.
the Ryan Reaves / Snoop Dogg story is great as, as is the day of his signing and Bergevin mumbling in his mask
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His record is quite good. I believe Deslauriers got the better of him, and Jeannot once, but otherwise unbeaten. He's won often enough and decisively enough to have earned a reputation. I'm glad he's on our side.
I do think that he is feared out there. He is mean. Opposition skaters don't like being close to him. On both sides of the puck. There were a couple instances of him leading the rush and dmen just backing all the way off.
The flip side is that he takes a ton of penalties, and that will have to be addressed if he is going to be a contributing member to a contending club.
I think the penalties were addressed after he was demoted to Laval. He said after he got the message. Its been handled.
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That makes a lot of sense. I know there are some here that were pissed at MSL. Thinking that maybe he was holding him back.
