Player Discussion Kirby Dach: Welcome to Montreal

[WinterLion]

I heard Dach is great on faceoffs, is that true?

no, was this a joke?

 

[WinterLion]

Dach is definitely a project. This will be a great test for the development team. If he can turn into a legit NHL C then this will be a good trade. We didn't really give up much.

 

[Habs]

I would be for trading Dach and Dvorak or Drouin for Pierre-Luc Dubois.

can just sign PLD after this year anyways and Dach would be a wicked 3C if nothing else

 

[WeThreeKings]

Dach doesn't have a muffin shot. I don't like centers with muffin shots.

 

[shamrun]

We trade Romanov to get a under acheiving center but could of simply drafted a center witout losing the asset on defense....

Am I to understand that Dach >>> Wright ? Because that sure feels like that's how it was evaluated too!

My head hurts Wright now...

Maybe the interviews did not go well for Wright. Maybe he did a horrible job selling himself last minute. Its not just the habs that passed on him as well.
Guess we will be spending years comparing the two.

 

[themilosh]

I would be for trading Dach and Dvorak or Drouin for Pierre-Luc Dubois.

entirely possible, but we are still on tank nation for 1 more year..

 

[themilosh]

We trade Romanov to get a under acheiving center but could of simply drafted a center witout losing the asset on defense....

Am I to understand that Dach >>> Wright ? Because that sure feels like that's how it was evaluated too!

My head hurts Wright now...

imo I would prefer Wright to Dach (though it's 60-40 on both their ceilings).. BUT getting the hulking winger Slaf with Dach is much more appealing than Wright with ??? - you have to think of it as 2/3 of a line. While I prefer Cs, there are plenty of current playoff teams who simply cant get that power winger and is holding them back to challenege for the cup. we on the other hand got the 1 in a 100 winger with a 1 in 25 C, as opposed to drafting wright who is a 1 in 50 Center and trying to find a 1 in a 100 winger..

at least this is how I've figured out Hugo strategy on the matter. It gives us different looks on Forward.. I also think Wright might be too similar a player to Suzuki.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

 

[expy]

Dach will have a Zoo media availability at 4:00PM.

 

[McGees]

Dach will have a Zoo media availability at 4:00PM.

Montreal Zoo or Chicago Zoo?

 

[A55P2]

Dach will have a Zoo media availability at 4:00PM.

Live from the lion's enclosure. This guy is all about the thrill.

 

[DAChampion]

I'm a little underwhelmed with the Romanov skepticism on this forum. People were previously nearly uniformly high on him, now that he's traded some are saying that he's stopped developing and will never be a good top-4.

Romanov is a good player, with good potential in my opinion, but you have to give to get.

 

[Heres to 24]

Nazar and others interesting prospect were available at 13th oa. I guess they are really high on Dach. Hopefully he is at least a 2C

I’m septic but we’ll see how it goes I guess

You should get that looked at!

 

[Leon Lucius Black]

I'm a little underwhelmed with the Romanov skepticism on this forum. People were previously nearly uniformly high on him, now that he's traded some are saying that he's stopped developing and will never be a good top-4.

Romanov is a good player, with good potential in my opinion, but you have to give to get.

People talk about how much Caufield improved after MSL took over, but Romanov quietly took his game to another level under MSL while eating a ton of tough minutes.

 

[Nico Cauzuki]

Where can we see the zoom call with Dach?

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Oh lord, spare me your academic jargon. It's all gambling. At the end of the day, the habs don't win anything with high probabilities. They win by having good players. At this point in time you have 0 idea who will reach their potential. Pretending like you do is such unwarranted arrogance.

The only thing we can do is wait. No one can predict the future, if they could we wouldn't have this draft. Enough.

Which is even funnier because you're not even dealing with a guy who's connected with pro hockey. It's literally just a dude on the internet.

 

[JHabs]

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[Playmaker09]

Dach doesn't have a muffin shot. I don't like centers with muffin shots.

He just refuses to use it, that was always my gripe with him pre-draft.

I think he could be a good fit with Caufield, however. Be it at C or on the RW. I do see a lot of Blake Wheeler in his game as big, mobile playmaking W.

Something like:

Caufield - Suzuki - Dach
Slaf - Bedard/Fantilli/Dvorsky/Carlsson - Mesar/Anderson/Roy

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[Frozenice]

That's fair. The question is what's considered improvement. I'd be happy with 3C production, about 35-40 pts.

Lars Eller all over again. Washington Capitals were happy with what we weren’t.

 

[DailyKaizen]

Recall that Josh Anderson came to us with significant injury history that affected his form and performance and went on to excel with us, it stands to reason that Dach could follow a similar trajectory...under a much better management (as regards to player development) than under the MB regime.

 

[cave troll]

Kid got his chance now. A fresh start at 21.
Let be postive and say Dach is gonna break the 3OA curse in Montreal.

 

[Frozenice]

Maybe the interviews did not go well for Wright. Maybe he did a horrible job selling himself last minute. Its not just the habs that passed on him as well.
Guess we will be spending years comparing the two.

Lol. I pointed out why what Wright said wasn’t that on point and the posters on that thread almost went into meltdown mode.

 

[PavelBrendl]

That's f***ing ridiculous. The velocity on that pass hahaha