Player Discussion Kirby Dach: Welcome to Montreal part 2

[CristianoRonaldo]

Well people wanted another high pick........

Only if we pick a player with elite potential...

 

[domiwroze]

There goes our President trophy

 

[Ozmodiar]

Don't get me wrong, losing Dach is a complete disaster, but calling him our best player? Suzuki and CC are most definitely the better players. Can Dach become our best player? Sure, but until that happens you can't say he is.

Yeah, and unfortunately, this impacts Slaf and Newhook as well. All 3 were supposed to take a significant step forward In their development this season. Shitty.

 

[tinyzombies]

And here we go...

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2023/10/16/ch-labsence-de-kirby-dach-inquiete

Let's look for another center that isn't made of glass.

Conflicting information in that article. Root says 11/2 return, the article says “many weeks”. Looks like nobody knows yet. I’ve had a third degree strain on my knee and it took awhile and I couldn’t walk on it the first week but was back in three weeks. If that’s what they mean by bad news I’ll take it. We aren’t making the playoffs with this defense anyway.

 

[The Great Weal]

Yeah, and unfortunately, this impacts Slaf and Newhook as well. All 3 were supposed to take a significant step forward In their development this season. Shitty.

Ya it definitely hurts them too, but I'm assuming Monahan slides in well (until he gets injured)

 

[NeptunesTrident]

Wishing Kirby a speedy recovery. Hockey has likely been his passion since he first put skates on. I can only imagine how low he must feel.

 

[FourQuarters]

I just can't believe that the first thing that comes to some people's minds when they see this news is "Who win this trade now?"

 

[Redux91]

And here we go...

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2023/10/16/ch-labsence-de-kirby-dach-inquiete

Let's look for another center that isn't made of glass.

Yeah some f***ing fan you are eh lol

I just can't believe that the first thing that comes to some people's minds when they see this news is "Who win this trade now?"

It's... beyond pathetic...
But looking at the names, not a huge surprise (only a couple tbh)

 

[Ozmodiar]

Ya it definitely hurts them too, but I'm assuming Monahan slides in well (until he gets injured)

I think MSL mentioned that Newhook will move to the middle.

 

[tinyzombies]

Yeah, and unfortunately, this impacts Slaf and Newhook as well. All 3 were supposed to take a significant step forward In their development this season. Shitty.

They’ll play with Monahan so there shouldn’t be a drop off.

 

[Guy Larose]

I just can't believe that the first thing that comes to some people's minds when they see this news is "Who win this trade now?"

Look who posted it and it'll tell you all you need.

 

[japhi]

I'm really reading people blaming Dach for his injuries?

Man...i'm more and more convinced we're the own designers of our bad Karma.

We don't deserve shit lol

This fan base is embarrassing, at least a material number of the population that posts here. Negative and ignorant about the game all in one self righteous, spazz posting package.

 

[Runner77]

All we know is that Dach’s injury is significant and will take him out long term.

Bracing for the worst, hoping for the best.

You never have enough centremen, I guess.

 

[salbutera]

https://x.com/habsinhighheels/status/1713942355311501571?s=46&t=a3HPp5YfHU2XDo78oSJMFA

 

[Redux91]

Ya it definitely hurts them too, but I'm assuming Monahan slides in well (until he gets injured)

2 centers on the shelf, can't spare it
Newhook slides to 2C, Sean is 3C til Dvorak comes back

If you move Evans to 3C there's no center for the 4th line

 

[Toene]

This started around ten years ago. There's a vocal contingent of this community that would rather be "right" about their hot takes in terms of lineup construction to the point that they will openly root against players or sometimes the team itself if they feel it will support their "opinion." I first really being taken aback by this was around the time of Jiri Sekac getting traded to Anaheim. A handful of very vocal fans trashed Bergevin and the team for the trade and made outrageous and hyperbolic statements about Sekac's actual value and how this trade was going to "haunt" the Canadiens, blah blah blah. When they were quickly proven to be hilariously wrong, none of them conceded they were wrong and in fact, several of them just pretended they never made the silly comments in the first place. A year and a half later, the Canadiens traded Sven Andrighetto and a lot of the same bozos made the same claims they had made about Sekac, clearly nobody learned their lesson, but in this case, Adrighetto put up some points right after the trade, so this time they were much louder and much more dramatic in their criticisms of Bergevin and the organization. By the next season, Sven had turned back into a pumpkin, and, much like Sekac before him, quickly played himself out of the NHL. Once again, amazingly, nobody admitted they were wrong, nobody changed their opinion and nobody even acknowledged how out to to lunch they were with their player assessment.


This place never used to be like that. Trades and signings used to garner a wide range of reactions, but there was a thousand shades of grey, not black and white. More recently, there's this weird need by some of our posters to only be black and white. So if they don't like a trade or signing, it's the worst trade or signing ever made and everything is hilariously over the top dramatic, blah blah blah. No matter what happens after that trade, these loud, vocal idiots can't help themselves, they aren't going to trade their mind, so they have to pretend the player is awful even when it's clear they are not.

We are literally watching this happen right now with Juraj Slafkovsky playing his best games in a Canadiens uniform this week and clearly showing great improvement in his physical play, positioning and reads... you would think this would be exciting news at a place like this, but instead, we have the usual suspects trying to pretend he hasn't shown improvement because they would rather Slafkovsky be a huge bust than admit they were wrong.

Go back to the Mike Matheson trade and you can read me arguing with a ton of bozos who were telling me how terrible Mike Matheson was and what an awful trade it was. They don't even care if they know what they're talking about, they just state their opinion, educated or otherwise, and seem to want to die on that hill no matter what.

Back the f***-up : People on a forum have varying opinions and are sometimes wrong or sometimes right?

 

[zx81]

Conflicting information in that article. Root says 11/2 return, the article says “many weeks”. Looks like nobody knows yet. I’ve had a third degree strain on my knee and it took awhile and I couldn’t walk on it the first week but was back in three weeks. If that’s what they mean by bad news I’ll take it. We aren’t making the playoffs with this defense anyway.

"Significant", "not short term" are not words that indicate it's a matter of 3-4 weeks. Makes me think it will be months. Hope I'm wrong.

 

[The Great Weal]

2 centers on the shelf, can't spare it
Newhook slides to 2C, Sean is 3C til Dvorak comes back

If you move Evans to 3C there's no center for the 4th line

I'm expecting:

RHP-Suzuki-CC
Slaf-Newhook-Anderson
Pearson-Monahan-Gallagher
Pezz-Evans-Ylonen

 

[TheYardMachine]

The reason I got tickets very early in the season was to watch a healthy team at the Bell Centre but NO. Still not early ENOUGH! (I'm going tomorrow)

Haha its the exact same game for me.
Game 2 is already too late

 

[McGees]

I blame this all on Pierre Gauthier.

 

[Redux91]

I'm expecting:

RHP-Suzuki-CC
Slaf-Newhook-Anderson
Pearson-Monahan-Gallagher
Pezz-Evans-Ylonen

You would THINK they'd put Anderson and Newhook back together after the preseason they had.. but. Got a bad feeling
They won't like how small that 1st line is I bet, even tho they'd probably do well together..

 

[Habs Icing]

Well people wanted another high pick........

What's that old Chinese proverb? Be careful what you wish for.

 

[FourQuarters]

"Significant", "not short term" are not words that indicate it's a matter of 3-4 weeks. Makes me think it will be months. Hope I'm wrong.

tbh if he comes back in 3 weeks I'll be more worried. I certainly hope it's not as bad as we thought, but I also don't want the team to rush him and end up with a new injury like last season. I think they said they'll be more patient and give player more time to rehab.

 

[tinyzombies]

"Significant", "not short term" are not words that indicate it's a matter of 3-4 weeks. Makes me think it will be months. Hope I'm wrong.

Yes but they also say many weeks. A strain can feel like a tear. Need the MRI results or it’s all conjecture. The fact that they are still monitoring it to me could mean a bad strain. And why does roto have it as 11/2 return? Do they mean significant n terms of points for the playoffs and he’ll be back in three weeks? If that’s the case then this is a monor
Injury.

 

[Runner77]

I'm expecting:

RHP-Suzuki-CC
Slaf-Newhook-Anderson
Pearson-Monahan-Gallagher
Pezz-Evans-Ylonen

Among the first questions asked to MSL during his presser today — is RHP going to the first line? Will Armia be called up?

MSL wouldn’t commit about RHP and gave a firm no about Armia. Says they’re sticking with the players currently on their NHL roster.