Player Discussion Kirby Dach: Welcome to Montreal part 2

[le_sean]

Listening to him speak to the media this morning he didn't seem himself, sounded down a bit. He needs a confidence boost.

I’d be down too having to play with Armia

 

[Tyson]

I’d be down too having to play with Armia

 

[Redux91]

Still 0 concern
His 2 future wingers aren't even on his freaking line yet ffs
Armia is NOT the winger for him, MSL has that one wrong atm
The sooner 1 of Hein or Kap get placed next to him the better

 

[Sorinth]

I don't agree, you lose 2/3 of your face offs you end up chasing the play for 25 seconds. Can't generate a whole lot when by the time you get the puck your shift is over. No #2 Center can be effective winning under 40% of his face offs.

If we assume that 25s per faceoff lost stat then we are talking about Dach's faceoff skills this year costing us 2min of play out of a total of 240 minutes of game time, in other words 0.8% of the ice time.

It really just isn't that big a deal especially considering it's almost assuredly going to improve with time, on top of which a large percentage of faceoff wins aren't clean wins and so the win/loss is based on the wingers winning their battle.