MarkovsKnee
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June 1st. They have a bit of time to do it. He can be loaned to SHL next season.
Prospect Info: Jakub Dobes (2020 - 136th, USHL- Omaha Lancers)
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June 1st. They have a bit of time to do it. He can be loaned to SHL next season.
WeThreeKings
Demidov is a HAB
Superior athlete, very explosive in the net, a very adept puck handler and great size. Good tracker of the puck and an exceptional battler.
He needs to improve his mental concentration and dial back his aggressiveness in the net.
WeThreeKings
Demidov is a HAB
I felt more strongly about it last year than I do this year.. all I will say is that he has all the physical and athletic components to do it, but there are refinements that need to happen and we need to see how he adjusts against better shooters.
Le Tricolore
Boo! BOOOO!
So how is his name pronounced?
I assume Jakub is like "Ya-kub" or "Ya-koob" based on him being Czech, but what about the last name? Dob-esh?
I assume Jakub is like "Ya-kub" or "Ya-koob" based on him being Czech, but what about the last name? Dob-esh?
montreal
Go Habs Go
SlafySZN
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HuGort
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Habs drafting 3 goalies this year gives me impression they don't have a ton of faith in Dobes.
DAChampion
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Those goalies they drafted might be good in five years.
They realize that goalies are random so they took lots of chances.
Habs Halifax
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Most of us on these boards know of Dobes and some know more about him. When I talk to casual fans, almost nobody knows him. He's flying under the radar to most IMO.
Loads of potential is still there. This is a huge season for him and it appears Laval will have a good team. I suspect he will have good stats.
Loads of potential is still there. This is a huge season for him and it appears Laval will have a good team. I suspect he will have good stats.
They emptied their goalie pipeline by letting Dichow and Vbertic go. Leaving only Dobes, Primeau and Crotteau...and Primeau is probably on his way out.
Also, it was a good draft for goalies.
Team_Spirit
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Dobes played great even though he allowed 6 goals. The team in front of him sucked.
I don't know how good Laval will be but one thing for sure, Dobes will face a lot of rubber
Pompeius Magnus
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He's definitely a nice piece of raw clay to work on in the next couple years. The pro size and athleticism is already there and he seems to be a battler, he never gave up yesterday, even after the team in front of him did. His technique needs a lot of polishing and he can't play the puck at all right now, but this is stuff a good coaching staff can improve on pretty easy.
WeThreeKings
Demidov is a HAB
Score line was not indicative of his play.. the first goal was bad, got caught being over aggressive on Savoie... but multiple ten bell saves, was really promising in there with a team that couldn't play cohesively and was a mess defensively when Trudeau/Reinbacher were absent
A55P2
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It's very obvious that he's more athletic than Primeau. Way faster, more agressive but sometimes to a fault.
If we could turn Montembault into a solid goalie, I don't see why we wouldn't be able to do the same with Dobes. We'll play him and Primeau 50/50 in the first year than he takes on the full time job in Laval.
montreal
Go Habs Go
He's likely the most aggressive goalie prospect I can recall the Habs having. Maybe McNiven who was also very aggressive in net at one point at least. Dobes can be so much fun to watch, for such a big guy with a bit of a temper, i am interested to see him in the AHL to see if he will go back to that as in the NCAA he really seemed to calm down with it but in the USHL he did NOT like getting bumped into. Some of his reactions were great.
WeThreeKings
Demidov is a HAB
Fatbiggie
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Habs likely won't be contending until five years from now, with Suzuki as the oldest youngster now in his prime at a fresh 28 years of age.
How anyone can maintain that this very young team -- without a generationnal talent -- will make any serious noise in the playoffs before that is beyond me?
If we have a good G in five years, that should be perfect timing, IMO.
WeThreeKings
Demidov is a HAB
Habs Icing
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I said this in another thread. I think Dobes is a huge talent - no pun intended. He has all the makings of becoming a stud #1. With my limited knowledge of goaltending, I see his biggest problem as not using his monster size to his advantage. His stance makes him small a lot of the time. He crouches and bends over and does not allow his big frame to fill the net. I'm sure the Habs development team caught that and are working on it.
