I honestly wish Xhekaj would cut the crap out of his game and model his game on Emelin (with hopefully better hockey IQ). Good legal clean body check. No fighting unless necesarry and the team is losing/winning by a good margin. Avoid the penalty box. He could become a good two way physical dman if he puts his mind to it.
That's why we need to add some nastiness up front. I'd rather a forward do most of the fighting instead of a defenseman.
Agreed. While X is the only player that can actually fight on this team, he won't be able to get away from it. I don't want to see another Georges Laraque BS. Code and shit like that. But, Habs desperately need more nastiness and at least a couple of good scrappers up front. Pezz ain't it.
Da leadership comes from being a better person. Has he read Michael Therrien's book?
Haven't we all read the Therrien book on depp and respek?
. I especially like the chapter on second guessing!
Arguably one of best interviews. I was going to highlight it more but gave it up.
Absolutely we need Arber's nastiness to be in play whistle to whistle and just don't be the whistle.
Wifi much better player when he came back up from Laval last season
Going to Laval was not a bad thing at all.
I think Xhekaj is going to end up in the top 4 this season. Imagine a "goon" who is skilled enough for top 4 minutes.
I think the last tme we had player that fit that description might have been Odelein. Different players but similar attributes. Now wouldn't that be something...
People forget he had a couple of very good games before he got sent down as well.
I loved Lyle the cleanup master.
Some fans want everyone to drop the gloves. I remember a few years ago when Anderson was actually scoring, arguing with someone who thought he should fight. Do you really want a top 6 guy (at the time) breaking his hand on someone’s helmet and missing 2 months? I love seeing Arber kick ass, but when he hurt his shoulder, you see how easy it is to lose a guy in a fight.
