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Value of: Arber Xhekaj

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Every "value of" thread is the same.

The player's current fans always value them more than people that don't see him as often, and get outraged by some of the proposals.

I especially like it when the OP specifies that "we aren't interested in trading him because he's way too valuable". The OP didn't in this case so I'll tip my cap for that.
 
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The Great Weal said:
Please send over the 3rd as he continues to bully the Sens while the fans check under their bed to see if he’s there before going to sleep. What a steal, didn’t know Dorion was still the GM by giving out picks like candy.
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With a GA/60 over 6 I do wonder who is getting bullied. Thats an ugly number.
 

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Frank Drebin said:
Oh come on
It was probably anderson at 50% plus jake allen
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There was a large range of garbage centered around josh anderson for 2nd overall with a large range of other minor assets involved (none that I remember involved retention).

I don't think you remember the peak delusion of MTL fans for josh anderson back then, and continuing on until he finally had been so bad, for so long (a half decade), that even they couldn't convince themselves anymore.
 
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Has he ever been tried on the 4th line as a winger?

It seems like becoming an F/D would be a good career move for him. Enforcers are still valuable, but so few of them can play at an NHL level. It would be a lot easier to manage his play if he were a winger than a D. He isn't good enough as a defenseman to play in the NHL, but his physicality and fighting makes him valuable.

Look at Ryan Reaves contract history. No other 10 points forward is getting term and 1-way money above six figures, but Reaves gets it because up until last year or so he was an enforcer who could skate on the NHL.
 

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It looks like Struble has usurped him on the depth chart. Fair value is probably a mid-late 2nd.
 
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frightenedinmatenum2 said:
Has he ever been tried on the 4th line as a winger?

It seems like becoming an F/D would be a good career move for him. Enforcers are still valuable, but so few of them can play at an NHL level. It would be a lot easier to manage his play if he were a winger than a D. He isn't good enough as a defenseman to play in the NHL, but his physicality and fighting makes him valuable.

Look at Ryan Reaves contract history. No other 10 points forward is getting term and 1-way money above six figures, but Reaves gets it because up until last year or so he was an enforcer who could skate on the NHL.
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It’s a catch 22, if he gets better at D to the point that he can be a #4/5 in an Emelin mold you can’t afford him getting kicked out of games and running a short bench, if he doesn’t get good enough to miss when he gets kicked then you don’t want him on D in the first place.
 
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jfhabs said:
Yes because he never connected. If he did, Timmy would be injured and Xhekaj suspended. I'm a Habs fan who's ok with Xhekaj taking a run at your best player, but he still deserve a suspension. NHL keeps punishing the result and let the players police themselves. It is what it is.
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Ok.
 
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Martin Skoula said:
It’s a catch 22, if he gets better at D to the point that he can be a #4/5 in an Emelin mold you can’t afford him getting kicked out of games and running a short bench, if he doesn’t get good enough to miss when he gets kicked then you don’t want him on D in the first place.
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If he's good enough to play as a #4 then he's a supporting enforcer as opposed to the main one.

Nothing wrong with a little redundancy.

The Sens acquired Brian McGrattan so that Chris Neil could play more shifts, but he was still available when required.
 
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Good luck with any offers. Hughes knows what X brings and he isn't going anywhere.

To actually get Hughes to consider a trade, it will make your eyes tear.
 
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Well the Sens are the ones getting injured because of him. Having bad defensive stats on a bottom 5 must be new to you.
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That’s an exceptionally bad number 5v5. The only thing that’s happening when he is on the ice is the puck winding up in his net.
 
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