Toggle sidebar

Player Discussion Kirby Dach: Welcome to Montreal

  • Work is still on-going to rebuild the site styling and features. Please report any issues you may experience so we can look into it. Click Here for Updates
Status
Not open for further replies.
Scriptor said:
I think it's better than last year's, TBH, and somewhat balanced. Of course, it relies a bit on bounce-back performances from Gallagher and Drouin for the Dvorak line, but that's not impossible in the least, IMO.

The D is a different matter. If, somehow, Montreal could get Shattenkirk, who has become the third pairing RHD after ANA just signed Klingberg, it would settle that D-Corps down into a better seating arrangement on the depth chart.

Shattenkirk would also provide a special teams veteran for the PP and the PK.

Matheson - Shattenkirk
Edmundson - Barron
Harris - Savard

Without being close to elite, this D-Corps it would at least be serviceable for the Habs and would have puck-movement on all pairings, with a veteran to mentor a youngster throughout.

Anderson - Suzuki - Caufield
Drouin - Dvorak - Gallagher
Slafkovsky - Dach - Dadonov
Hoffman/Pitlick - Evans - Armia/Pitlick
Pitlick, Hoffman, Armia

Matheson - Shattenkirk
Edmundson - Barron
Harris - Savard

Price?
Allen
Montembeault

Unfortunately, I think that this lineup would not be in the running for America's next top model, Connor Bedard.
Click to expand...
how do you plan to fit in Shattenkirk we cant even sign Dach without moving a contract
 
Whitesnake said:
See Chipchura.

But I loved McNeill. But he was never able to improve his agility. And at one point, there are things you just can't predict. But he was a really good prospect that everybody would have taken a chance on. Nobody will make me say that he was a bad pick. He just didn't develop.
Click to expand...
He was crafty and a pretty good passer at the junior level, I'll give him that. That said, his offensive upside was pretty darn limited at best and like I said, drafting a guy in the first round to be your defensive center of the future always seems dumb to me. I'd rather take a wild swing on a raw guy with some homerun potential.
 
Scriptor said:
I think it's better than last year's, TBH, and somewhat balanced. Of course, it relies a bit on bounce-back performances from Gallagher and Drouin for the Dvorak line, but that's not impossible in the least, IMO.

The D is a different matter. If, somehow, Montreal could get Shattenkirk, who has become the third pairing RHD after ANA just signed Klingberg, it would settle that D-Corps down into a better seating arrangement on the depth chart.

Shattenkirk would also provide a special teams veteran for the PP and the PK.

Matheson - Shattenkirk
Edmundson - Barron
Harris - Savard

Without being close to elite, this D-Corps it would at least be serviceable for the Habs and would have puck-movement on all pairings, with a veteran to mentor a youngster throughout.

Anderson - Suzuki - Caufield
Drouin - Dvorak - Gallagher
Slafkovsky - Dach - Dadonov
Hoffman/Pitlick - Evans - Armia/Pitlick
Pitlick, Hoffman, Armia

Matheson - Shattenkirk
Edmundson - Barron
Harris - Savard

Price?
Allen
Montembeault

Unfortunately, I think that this lineup would not be in the running for America's next top model, Connor Bedard.
Click to expand...

I understand where you're coming from. However, at this stage of his career, is Shatenkirk even a better option than Wideman?
 
KevSkillz4 said:


The skillset of Dach is truly impressive. Can't wait to see him shine under MSL!
Click to expand...


That is a great defensive play that leads to a scoring chance and resulted in drawing a penalty.

Dach perfectly used his length and reach to strip the puck from the Bruin. And then once he gets the puck, he uses the space to counter attack.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Habs10Habs, Runner77, nicehiss and 4 others
Alexandre Magny said:
Hâte de voir la signature de Dach je pense qu'il faut s'attendre a 2 ans et autour de 2 M par saison mais d'ici là apprendrons nous que Byron ou autre ne pourra commencer la saison ou est ce qu'un joueur sera échangé.
Click to expand...
Yep Dach isn't worth more than that until he proves something. Bridge deals were made for this scenario.
Ideally Kent would get rid of one more contract soon.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Habs10Habs, bopeep and Runner77
Team_Spirit said:
It all started with.... Rafael Diaz!
Click to expand...


That's pretty good. Habs lost Danault and Romanov, but right now they have a 3rd overall pick in 2019, 6"4, 21 years old, high potential with Kirby Dach.

Everyone talk about Slafkovsky, Suzuki and Caufield... but Dach is a pretty great young player aswell and very talented. This guy will surprise people and we are going to like his skillset for sure. He can be a special player with right development.
 
  • Like
Reactions: cphabs, tooji, Tetragrammaton and 6 others
Habs should convert him to the wing at leadt for next season. He barely wins face-offs, he's just 1/3 win rate, and will not get some good offensive linemates. Play him with Caufield and Suzuki. Let him shine offensively, which would also allow slaf to not be rushed and play in the AHL.
 
Legend123 said:
Habs should convert him to the wing at leadt for next season. He barely wins face-offs, he's just 1/3 win rate, and will not get some good offensive linemates. Play him with Caufield and Suzuki. Let him shine offensively, which would also allow slaf to not be rushed and play in the AHL.
Click to expand...

That's what camp is for. Try him at center. Try him at wing. Try him with some different guys and see what fits best.

You don't yo-yo him all of camp. Because at some point you have to start setting your roster for opening night.

But you can still use part of camp to try some different things.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Runner77
According to some rumour..I'd be ok with that tbh!

''An anonymous NHL general manager reportedly told blogger Jimmy Murphy that the next contract for Kirby Dach, the Habs' new center, would be around $1.7 million a year for two years"
 
  • Like
Reactions: ReHabs, BLONG7 and Habs514
Adam Michaels said:
That's what camp is for. Try him at center. Try him at wing. Try him with some different guys and see what fits best.

You don't yo-yo him all of camp. Because at some point you have to start setting your roster for opening night.

But you can still use part of camp to try some different things.
Click to expand...
Just leave him on the wing. Let him develop his offensive potential. No need to try him out everywhere.
 
Legend123 said:
Just leave him on the wing. Let him develop his offensive potential. No need to try him out everywhere.
Click to expand...

He's a center. So it's only logical you play him at center You can try him on the wing at some point. His face-off numbers may not be good, but a center does more than just take face-offs.

Not to mention, Habs have too many wingers as is right now without having to worry about moving Dach there,
 
  • Like
Reactions: Kudo Shinichi, jrom, Spearmint Rhino and 4 others
Adam Michaels said:
That's what camp is for. Try him at center. Try him at wing. Try him with some different guys and see what fits best.

You don't yo-yo him all of camp. Because at some point you have to start setting your roster for opening night.

But you can still use part of camp to try some different things.
Click to expand...
I don’t know if it means anything or if Dach was quoted out of context but there was a tweet in this thread where Dach said he’d only play center. Isn’t that a coach’s determination?
 
Adam Michaels said:
I didn't see that. But he did play wing in Chicago at times.
Click to expand...
I misremembered the tweet. It was in reference to a presser he did last March where a Twitter user claims that Dach is not fond of playing wing.

I watched the clip in support of that tweet and didn’t get as strong an impression that he didn’t like it.

 
  • Like
Reactions: Sagikev, cphabs and Adam Michaels
CaptnNemo said:
According to some rumour..I'd be ok with that tbh!

''An anonymous NHL general manager reportedly told blogger Jimmy Murphy that the next contract for Kirby Dach, the Habs' new center, would be around $1.7 million a year for two years"
Click to expand...
Do-able for sure.........
 
Legend123 said:
Habs should convert him to the wing at leadt for next season. He barely wins face-offs, he's just 1/3 win rate, and will not get some good offensive linemates. Play him with Caufield and Suzuki. Let him shine offensively, which would also allow slaf to not be rushed and play in the AHL.
Click to expand...
But we’re tanking so it’s the perfect season to force him to work on his faceoffs and take as many as possible.
 
  • Like
Reactions: HabsQC and Rob Sense
Legend123 said:
Habs should convert him to the wing at leadt for next season. He barely wins face-offs, he's just 1/3 win rate, and will not get some good offensive linemates. Play him with Caufield and Suzuki. Let him shine offensively, which would also allow slaf to not be rushed and play in the AHL.
Click to expand...

He's not a winger! lol
Most young centers are poor at Face-offs, look at Suzuki...
 
  • Like
Reactions: nicehiss, Sagikev, Kudo Shinichi and 6 others
Status
Not open for further replies.

Latest posts

Ad

Upcoming events

Ad

Top Bottom