Player Discussion Kirby Dach: Welcome to Montreal part 2

[HuGort]

I feel like he's going to be overrated all his career like Anderson was. He's going to be 27 and people will still be like ''this is it, this is his year!''

Nah man, it'll never be. He just doesn't have it.

Dach had a lot of injuries. Some take a lot of time to recover. Some never the same. Weber and Koivu were never the same. Gallagher this season is his old self. He was annual 30+ goal scorer. Well, late last season he played good also. Last 30-40 games he must have good numbers.

 

[le_sean]

I feel like he's going to be overrated all his career like Anderson was. He's going to be 27 and people will still be like ''this is it, this is his year!''

Nah man, it'll never be. He just doesn't have it.

He’s had his moments where he shows his edge. He was showing it a lot more at the second half of the 2022-23 season. Playing big boy hockey. But now he’s being way too inconsistent with it. And people will say it’s just a lack of confidence, but this criticism has been with him since his draft year.

I just don’t understand how you can be 6’3 and heavy yet only play physical once in a blue moon. It’s like Josh Anderson. Man up. Not producing? Hit someone. Get involved.

 

[Wats]

Really hope this is all the rust. He showed so much promise.

 

[salbutera]

He’s had his moments where he shows his edge. He was showing it a lot more at the second half of the 2022-23 season. Playing big boy hockey. But now he’s being way too inconsistent with it. And people will say it’s just a lack of confidence, but this criticism has been with him since his draft year.

I just don’t understand how you can be 6’3 and heavy yet only play physical once in a blue moon. It’s like Josh Anderson. Man up. Not producing? Hit someone. Get involved.

Consistently playing physical w offense would’ve had Anderson on a $10M contract

 

[WeThreeKings]

He’s had his moments where he shows his edge. He was showing it a lot more at the second half of the 2022-23 season. Playing big boy hockey. But now he’s being way too inconsistent with it. And people will say it’s just a lack of confidence, but this criticism has been with him since his draft year.

I just don’t understand how you can be 6’3 and heavy yet only play physical once in a blue moon. It’s like Josh Anderson. Man up. Not producing? Hit someone. Get involved.

He was hitting people last night.. he's got an edge, it just becomes less noticeable when it's happening behind the play because he isn't moving his feet.

Big players moving their feet consistently is always an issue that usually comes out through experience, it's not a coincidence that Slaf and Dach are the two players who have this issue right now.

 

[The Great Weal]

Really hope this is all the rust. He showed so much promise.

He showed so much promise as a 2C for what, 20-25 games? The mistakes I can live with for now, the not giving a f*** is not something I can tolerate.

 

[Rapala]

He’s had his moments where he shows his edge. He was showing it a lot more at the second half of the 2022-23 season. Playing big boy hockey. But now he’s being way too inconsistent with it. And people will say it’s just a lack of confidence, but this criticism has been with him since his draft year.

I just don’t understand how you can be 6’3 and heavy yet only play physical once in a blue moon. It’s like Josh Anderson. Man up. Not producing? Hit someone. Get involved.

For me he's behind the play and trying to get physical in that situation isn't a good idea.
I also sense some trepidation in his play along the wall but that should go away with time.
He needs to gain half a step to get back to stripping pucks and wrecking havoc like he was before the injury.
To be fair Suzuki and Caufield are on their own planet and there is no cohesion whatsoever.
That those two guys haven't been split yet is beyond me. It was the first line adjustment that should have happened.