16 posts and is already trolling… I’ll ignoreI watch hockey and not just Habs, but yeah thinking that Dach is soft after 24 good games from him, that's a bad statement man
I watch hockey and not just Habs, but yeah thinking that Dach is soft after 24 good games from him, that's a bad statement man
I would have assumed it’s 4 rookies on D, the worst vet group in the league and average goalies, but ok.
He’s not talking about this year, he said ‘’if he tops off as a’’ talking about his contract. He hasn’t finished developing.
That's why one should never assume.lol.
I think part of his development as a top 6 C is to produce points, which is what he does on the first line as a W.
Thinking in the NHL, a kids development is pretty fluid..............he has had some amazing games as a winger....
Dach was having a good game at center but Anderson was horrendous on the first line so MSL switched it back after a period and a half and it kinda worked for the 3rd period.
They had nothing going for the first 2 periods and wanted to try and come back and win the game so they shifted him to RW again
This is the time to develop players. Not win hockey games. He's learning to win draws. The guy just won 4 of 5 draws, has 35% career faceoff percentage. He's on a hot streak, let him gain experience. He needs to practice faceoff until he sees pucks drop in his sleep. Dach more value as center than winger.
There aren't enough faceoffs taken during a game to develop your faceoff skills by playing center vs wing. It's something you have to do at practice so you can actually get a lot of reps.
Nothing replaces game action. Dach needs to practice faceoffs to be good center. He's played 20 games at wing. It's time to develop players, try him as center.
That's simply not true. If you want to improve your skating, game action will do pretty much nothing, working with a skating coach at practice where you can focus/work on fixing any technical issues with your stride is how you would actually improve. And it's the same for a lot of other skills too. Taking a hundred faceoffs at the end of every practice will do far more then playing a game at center.
This is all assumptions. He could also be more valuable on the wing and develop quicker generally. I don’t see the rush in dismantling the second best first line in the league. He’s benefitting big time and having one good night on the dot doesn’t mean it’s time to scramble the lines. Winning hockey games develops hockey players. Not winning a few draws. His time will come at C
There's no rush, but we only have 3 other NHL Cs on the roster. They aren't moving him off that line arbitrarily, it's only being done because Monahan is out and we don't really want Dvorak and Evans playing big minutes in his absence.
