Player Discussion Arber Xhekaj: The Sheriff

[SOLR]

Its a preseason game

Or we need Florian to be dressed as well.

I think we still have a reputation of a very soft team and that has shown in our injury history lately imo. We won't fix it until we become a bit scary. But that's the top 6 as well. We need a top 6 bully bad.

 

[Habby4Life]

Or we need Florian to be dressed as well.

I think we still have a reputation of a very soft team and that has shown in our injury history lately imo. We won't fix it until we become a bit scary. But that's the top 6 as well. We need a top 6 bully bad.

Love to add Sam Bennett.

 

[SOLR]

Love to add Sam Bennett.

Why I wanted to get Leonard.

If Laine is injured, I hope Hughes reacts this time instead of letting this team flail.

 

[Habby4Life]

Why I wanted to get Leonard.

If Laine is injured, I hope Hughes reacts this time instead of letting this team flail.

I agree. They will have the cap space and have plenty of picks.

Just sitting pat is a fail to me.

 

[donghabs98]

The other 4 leafs on the ice just watch their team mate get thrown around

Pretty sure they weren't willing to or able to do anything. None of them would have fared better than Arber.

 

[OneSharpMarble]

I like this player but he is not a replacement for a culture of being tough and finishing checks. The team is full of soft players who are easy to play against and Arber. This issue has plagued Montreal for a long time and we still wont draft mean/tough players.

 

[SlafySZN]

I like this player but he is not a replacement for a culture of being tough and finishing checks. The team is full of soft players who are easy to play against and Arber. This issue has plagued Montreal for a long time and we still wont draft mean/tough players.

Florian Xhekaj, Thorpe, Protz, Tuch are soft players?

 

[OneSharpMarble]

Florian Xhekaj, Thorpe, Protz, Tuch are soft players?

None of those players are in the NHL and maybe never make the NHL. My point stands that our team is very perimeter and very "sof".

 

[ReHabs]

I like this player but he is not a replacement for a culture of being tough and finishing checks. The team is full of soft players who are easy to play against and Arber. This issue has plagued Montreal for a long time and we still wont draft mean/tough players.

First you need to build a base of talent. Our team was both soft and talentless for a long long time. I prefer going for talent first.

 

[OneSharpMarble]

First you need to build a base of talent. Our team was both soft and talentless for a long long time. I prefer going for talent first.

When you watch that talent get absolutely smashed and the injuries start piling up do you still enjoy it? It's gonna be a lot of fun bringing Demidov in next year and seeing how long before people start running him because we have a token tough guy and the rest of the team has no teeth. Remember when we had Laraque and he would have his staged fight but the rest of the team wouldn't finish a check? This team hasn't be tough to play against in ages and it doesn't look like it will ever change.

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

When you watch that talent get absolutely smashed and the injuries start piling up do you still enjoy it? It's gonna be a lot of fun bringing Demidov in next year and seeing how long before people start running him because we have a token tough guy and the rest of the team has no teeth. Remember when we had Laraque and he would have his staged fight but the rest of the team wouldn't finish a check? This team hasn't be tough to play against in ages and it doesn't look like it will ever change.

Being soft is a big part of Gorton's team building reputation

 

[ReHabs]

When you watch that talent get absolutely smashed and the injuries start piling up do you still enjoy it? It's gonna be a lot of fun bringing Demidov in next year and seeing how long before people start running him because we have a token tough guy and the rest of the team has no teeth. Remember when we had Laraque and he would have his staged fight but the rest of the team wouldn't finish a check? This team hasn't be tough to play against in ages and it doesn't look like it will ever change.

Being soft is a big part of Gorton's team building reputation

Slafkovsky seems to buck the trend. But you won't see me disagree that the team needs to play with a lot more nastiness.