Player Discussion Kirby Dach (Part 3): TabarDach Edition!

[Goalfield13]

Just a reminder Dach wasn't a legend in the WHL either, just another in a long line of W busts. Even his last year in Saskatoon, 73 pts... not exactly epic. He was the Kotkaniemi of that year's draft.

He was drafted high because he was a big C. That's all it really comes down to.

 

[Scriptor]

Unfortunately Dach hasn't shown enough this season to be trusted as the #2C moving forward. He'd be better slotted as a #3C or RW. He'll get better matchups and if he gets hurt, won't drastically impact the team.

He hasn't proven enough to be trusted as a 3C because he basically sucks in the dot and has questionable defensive awareness and implication as a C. The hopes he can become a decent 3rd line RW are just on a wing and a prayer at this point, trying to salvage something from the Dach experiment.

Seeing Dach as a better than nothing part of the 3rd line is not exactly what I'm aiming for in this rebuild.

Projected second line for Montreal:
Hage-Newhook-Demidov

For starter, projected by whom and for WHEN?

Hage is not playing in Montreal next year, and especially not on his off side while Demidov also plays on his off side and Newhook plays out of position (he is not a C, IMO, not great on the F/Os and as bad as Dach defensively).

 

[Scriptor]

Even if he rebounds, how long till another injury hits and more importantly, how much more will that injury impact his game. Unfortunately he's too much of a risk to pencil him into a top 6 role now.

Unfortunately, he's too much of a risk to pencil him into the lineup, period.

 

[Rapala]

He was drafted high because he was a big C. That's all it really comes down to.

I remember posting earlier in this thread the sentiment that Dach has to put it together on two fronts or that this trade would become an abject failure. It did look for a time like he might retain some value and possibly become a productive winger but he has failed miserably on the second front which was always going to be availability. For me he's basically become noise now. We have to build our roster with Kirby Dach sitting firmly in our peripheral. If our goal next season is the playoffs I don't think we can be patient with him any longer.
This stock has crashed.

 

[Schooner Guy]

Been super busy and haven't had much opportunity to read up on Habs news. Is Dach's injury to the same knee he had surgery on at the beginning of last season?