donghabs98
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Pretty sure they weren't willing to or able to do anything. None of them would have fared better than Arber.
Player Discussion Arber Xhekaj: The Sheriff
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OneSharpMarble
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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
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OneSharpMarble
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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".
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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
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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
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Being soft is a big part of Gorton's team building reputation
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Slafkovsky seems to buck the trend. But you won't see me disagree that the team needs to play with a lot more nastiness.
Hannibal
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Thank god for Arber. The only one that stand up for anybody on this soft team.
The only one who brings a identity to a identity-less team. That start from the management team.
The only one who brings a identity to a identity-less team. That start from the management team.
The Real Timo
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Habs need at least another X on the back and 2 up front. And a couple of Matt Cookes. This IS the game... pretending that chip shotting isn't part of it is ludicrous. So yes, Sam Bennets and Matt Cookes likes is what this team needs. And more Arbers. I mean they are not making anything anyway... so why not go out with at least some fireworks.
Some (much older) folks on here are lucky to remember the team that wouldn't be pushed over and bullied by... (puke) f***ing leafs.
Some (much older) folks on here are lucky to remember the team that wouldn't be pushed over and bullied by... (puke) f***ing leafs.
Bruce Granville
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Neutral fan dropping in…Kudos to Arber for jumping Paré and beating him up.
Exactly what you need for such a dirty move.
Who cares the refs are already in playoff mode…you need to beat the shit out of him…pardon my french.
Maybe go hunting their best goal scorer in the next game?
Exactly what you need for such a dirty move.
Who cares the refs are already in playoff mode…you need to beat the shit out of him…pardon my french.
Maybe go hunting their best goal scorer in the next game?
Don D
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Habs are softish, but let us not forget Struble is not someone other teams take liberty with. More sandpaper needed!
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Hannibal
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MSL said nothing of the sort, he refused to answer a stupid question: tell us what you are going to tell Arber before you get to talk to him.
I am sure MSL appreciated having André Roy in the line up when he played.
Arber to Anderson.
Also, the league probably wouldn't be looking to make an example of Andy, whereas Arber is going to get skewered. Gomez did more to Chara after the stanchion incident than Raggedy Andy did to Pare. Just think about that.
Hell, Brisebois did more to Mclaren!
red devil
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Welp I was wrong about them wanting to make an example of Arber. I will take the L on my prediction in exchange for Arber getting tacit endorsement to beat the f*** out of the leafs from the league.
Habs
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Can they fine MSL for being such a p***y ?
Redux91
I do Three bullets.
Le Tricolore
Boo! BOOOO!
Xhekaj not being suspended multiple games is f***ing criminal.
The NHL is pathetic.
The NHL is pathetic.
No, they got it right. The players who play the actual game are gonna be siding one way on this, and it's not the way you think.
Le Tricolore
Boo! BOOOO!
The players who play the game are mostly uneducated idiots with a bunch of concussions who don't care about their own well being.
Xhekaj should've been suspended.
