River Meadow
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Player Discussion Kirby Dach: Welcome to Montreal
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SlafySZN
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We should just stop quoting that River person, all he does is searching for something to whine about.
MarioLeMoose
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I love the Staal comparison, but I hope he’s alot closer to the #12 version than the #21 one lol
26Mats
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Well he does have really soft hands, silky smooth in fact.
It's going to be really interesting to see what he can become. The talent is there.
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waffledave
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I was not as impressed as most here tonight. I did not notice him much aside from the couple times he was physically manhandled.
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Goodbye Romanov. This dude is already a better player and has way more upside than Romy ever did. I make this deal 1000 times over. This new management is amazing.
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Consider how much hits he's taken, if he fights back, I'll be worried.
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SlafySZN
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I tried to tell you guys a few weeks/months ago but it’s never too late, welcome to the Kirby Dach fan club
He was clearly trying to draw a penalty there with the ref being so close. Smart play
Rob Sense
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I guess his crumbling wrist has a little bit of gas left
. and yet some think he should test it further on a goon's helmet?? Did we acquire him to fight or to play hockey? He looked good out there...speed...puck handling...retrievals. All good.
Early assessment of Kirby Dach has me cautiously excited that he may become a steal.
What was Chicago thinking?
21 y/o 3rd overall pick jettisoned during a rebuild?
He has looked really good this preseason.
What was Chicago thinking?
21 y/o 3rd overall pick jettisoned during a rebuild?
He has looked really good this preseason.
Yeah, I like this kid also and was a fan in his draft year. Maybe not #3 overall, but he has a lot of nice traits.
As for those whining about him last night… he was far from being the problem with the team.
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Hey @morhilane, how were his advanced stats last night? Curious to see. He seemed to carry the puck many times in zone entries, but it might be just anecdotal.
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He reminds me of Ryan Johansen and if he can have the same impact of him, (the talent and potential is there), Habs are in are a pretty good hands with Suzuki and Dach at C for longtime.
WeThreeKings
Demidov is a HAB
It's where I care less that we didn't get Wright or Cooley.
Dach, Suzuki and Beck are looking like a great future center line but we are likely going to walk away with a Bedard, Fantilli, Yager or Carlsson. I think a couple of those guys can bounce to the wing too, so there's flexibility but it'd be better to choose our best center line based on center duties vs. having to use those 3 at center because there are no other options.
Could be especially true if we land PLD as well.
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Love me some Dach.
If the guy stays healthy, we have a beast in our hands. Haven’t seen last night game, but the first game he played, i found him physical enough and not shy away from contacts. I don’t expect him to fight a goon like Stanley and i don’t want to.
If the guy stays healthy, we have a beast in our hands. Haven’t seen last night game, but the first game he played, i found him physical enough and not shy away from contacts. I don’t expect him to fight a goon like Stanley and i don’t want to.
He did fine, finished the night with a 57% CF, Heineman was at 80%, and Roy at 12% in comparison.
My early assessment is that those who valued him as similar to KK are way off.
Dach skates better, is more creative, is better at board battles, and is at least equal to KK in willingness to backcheck.
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WeThreeKings
Demidov is a HAB
I think the only area where KK is better than Dach is shooting.
Everything else is Dach in spades.
Unfortunately, NaturalStatTrick doesn't have zone entries/exist data. They pull their data from the NHL and it's mostly shots generation and defensive stats. JFresh Hockey on twitter sometimes post the info during the season, but no posts for pre-season games that I can see.
From the eye-test, he is smooth in controlled zone entries as advertised. He also passed to Caufield a lot so he was the puck carrier into the ozone instead as well.
One thing about Dach, a lot less shots attempts against happen when he is on the ice (and he mostly start in the neutral or dzone). I can't wait for the season to start to have a real picture (it could be skewed by a bunch of things in pre-season), but I think he might better than Suzuki defensively despite the ranging style. This should help reduce Suzuki's load.
Generating offense is a bit more complicated for Dach on the other side, despite him being good at zone exit/entries. Something to work on this season I guess.
If he ever actually manages to release that puck before everybody in the building is aware of it...
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