Player Discussion Kirby Dach: Welcome to Montreal part 2

[EveryDay]

Keep him at center!!

I would like to see how Newhook would be at lw with all the speed he have.

Newhoow-Dach-Slafkovski

 

[windycity]

Getzlaf.

That would be huge

 

[dackelljuneaubulis02]

Keep him at center!!

I would like to see how Newhook would be at lw with all the speed he have.

Newhoow-Dach-Slafkovski

RHP looked pretty good there with them but Newhook could turn that into our new 1st line.

 

[Miller Time]

Getzlaf.

It's a very good comparison, and they had very similar D+4 years production-wise... Getzlaf really broke out in his D+5 year, putting up 82pts in 77 games on a stacked Ducks roster.

Can Kirby put up a 70+ pt year? I think it's do-able.

Future is bright

 

[Sagikev]

What I love the most about Dach is how unrelentless he is on pucks. Really showed on Slaf's goal. He has good work ethic, a good reach and he's unmovable. He's becoming a really good physical, 2-way center and I'm all aboard the hype train.

Just needs to trust his shot more!

 

[NobleSix]

He just keep looking better and better. Super excited to see what he can do this season.

He can still play with Suzuki and Caufield on the PP this season, but I really think it's time to give Dach his own line to play as a center.

I can see Newhook playing a lot with Dach this season.

 

[EveryDay]

RHP looked pretty good there with them but Newhook could turn that into our new 1st line.

And I like the idea of playing RHP and Anderson together.

RHP-Monahan-Anderson would be our 3rd line.

 

[G0bias]

And I like the idea of playing RHP and Anderson together.

RHP-Monahan-Anderson would be our 3rd line.

That'd have to be DVO there, as Monahan would be with CC and Suzuki

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

He just keep looking better and better. Super excited to see what he can do this season.

He can still play with Suzuki and Caufield on the PP this season, but I really think it's time to give Dach his own line to play as a center.

I can see Newhook playing a lot with Dach this season.

He's kinda outgrown them. Loading up a 1st line is pure entertainment but they need to think about development at C. That stint with the Suzuki and Caufield helped him with his confidence but it's not needed anymore

 

[Paddy17]

What is happening to Kirby Dach is the reason why people should be patient with Slafkovsky.

 

[waffledave]

He’s a beast. Always was. Remember when some were saying he’s soft? LOL

Last year preseason I was so frustrated with him. He was getting pushed around and abused. He completely turned it around during the year and has been getting better since. He is so strong, he is a bull out there. I haven't seen a Habs center play like this since the 90s.

 

[Scriptor]

I still think Newhook looks best at C, so that means third lineC role, IMO:

I really like:

Slafkovsky - Dach - Monahan

AND

RHP - Newhook - Anderson

as lines.

Leaves us wondering who should be RW with Caufield and Suzuki and, although he might not be ready yet, I see Roy eventually playing that role.

Caufield - Suzuki - Roy
Slafkovsky - Dach - Monahan
RHP - Newhook - Anderson
Pearson - Dvorak - Gallagher
Evans, Armia

They'll definitely need to give an audition to Roy alongside Caufield and Suzuki, IMO.

 

[River Meadow]

Last year preseason I was so frustrated with him. He was getting pushed around and abused. He completely turned it around during the year and has been getting better since. He is so strong, he is a bull out there. I haven't seen a Habs center play like this since the 90s.

Yup, people are quick to forget...

He wasn't always like this.

He literally became a man right before our eyes.

 

[HabsMD97]

hard not to think about prime Getzlaf watching him play tonight

 

[26Mats]

I still think Newhook looks best at C, so that means third lineC role, IMO:

I really like:

Slafkovsky - Dach - Monahan

AND

RHP - Newhook - Anderson

as lines.

Leaves us wondering who should be RW with Caufield and Suzuki and, although he might not be ready yet, I see Roy eventually playing that role.

Caufield - Suzuki - Roy
Slafkovsky - Dach - Monahan
RHP - Newhook - Anderson
Pearson - Dvorak - Gallagher
Evans, Armia

They'll definitely need to give an audition to Roy alongside Caufield and Suzuki, IMO.

Will be amazing when Roy is ready for that top 9. It may not be this year.

One thing I like about Tanner Pearson keeping his seat warm, is Pearson will fetch a 2nd or a 1st at TDL if he's on pace for 20 goals. He's the type of player teams look for for a playoff run.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

My only issue with Dach as a Center is probably his faceoff %.
35% career average is... atrocious. I would perhaps mix him with another Center for faceoffs

 

[WeThreeKings]

He's such a f***ing beauty

 

[Colezuki]

that line he was on last night was just a thing of beauty, I think they’ll get even better as well as they gain more chemistry together. I wish we had someone a little speedier to be with caufield and Suzuki then money hands but they seem fine short term right now I’d say we’re trending towards

Caufield- Suzuki- money hands
RHP-Dach-slaf
Andy-newhook-pearson

As the top three to start the season

 

[morhilane]

My only issue with Dach as a Center is probably his faceoff %.
35% career average is... atrocious. I would perhaps mix him with another Center for faceoffs

You can't improve at faceoffs unless you get reps, most of it is learning other players technics and countering them. If you want Dach to improve, you want him to take more, not less.

And Dach isn't as awful at faceoff as you are trying to present. His career average is the result of his post-broken wrist season and his first one. He was improving in the other seasons and still is going by his 61% last game with 13 faceoffs (saying that the Sens team was shit at faceoffs).

 

[Fatbiggie]

Keep him at C for ever and ever

 

[BLONG7]

He just keep looking better and better. Super excited to see what he can do this season.

He can still play with Suzuki and Caufield on the PP this season, but I really think it's time to give Dach his own line to play as a center.

I can see Newhook playing a lot with Dach this season.

Dach, Slaf, and Newhook................or Anderson.
Either way, those are good combinations....

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Hide your kids or be prepared to buy this bucket hat

Heck no, if the Habs got them to sell them, then the cost to get the licensing, or the ability to sell a registered trademark probably makes them like 30 bucks. Maybe 40

 

[BLONG7]

hard not to think about prime Getzlaf watching him play tonight

The kid has some serious tools...............Chicago was just stupid trading this kid....amazing how teams can't be patient.

 

[Hope Of Glory]

What about Frank Nazar though?

 

[Hannibal]

Imagine if Chicago kept Dach with Bedard! Lol