Je ne pense pas qu’il soit à échanger, etk pas selon Hugues qui dit qu’il fait toujours partie des plans. Peut être qu’on va le revoir sous peu puisque Barron a été ”descendu”
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Do they have another player to protect their best players ?
When The Habs won Stanley Cups they had at least one tough guy.
Las Vegas won the Cup with big tough players, Tampa Bay too !
C’est ce que je pensais, ou souhaitais quand j’ai vu qu’il envoyait Barron à Laval! Hâte de voir si ça été bénéfique pour son jeu défensif. De toute façon on va sûrement se faire un peu moins brasser!
At least a few Habs fans are saying that the recall of Arber is to calm down Brady Tkachuk and make him "tighten his chinstrap":
Canadiens recall defenceman Arber Xhekaj from AHL
The Montreal Canadiens have recalled defenceman Arber Xhekaj after a two-month stint with AHL affiliate Laval Rocket, the club announced Monday.
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Habs just lost 4-1 to the Sens! The Habs once again were never in this game & Arber X took another dumb penalty in the third period when the habs were only trailing by two goals & gaining momentum. Poor Arbour! If he keeps taking dumb penalties he’ll quickly be back in Laval!
On the bright side, Tkachuk was held pointless. On the not so bright side is that the Habs were shut down by Joonas Korpisalo, who has not exactly set the NHL on fire. Nevertheless Joonas is my star of the game:
Pretty sure ARBER is not around for very long.....mieux de l'échanger pendant qu'il a encore une certaine valeur.....outre ses gros bras rien de très utile sur la glace....au contraire...my 2 cents.
Je n’ai vu qu’une équipe à plat.
En zone adverse, les joueurs manquaient tellement de confiance qu’ils essayaient de se debarasser de la rondelle avec une passe après avoir immédiatement entrer dans la zone adverse au lieu de la garder.
Quand un groupe de joueurs se bagarrait pour la rondelle le long de la rampe, c’était un Sens qui sortait avec…
S’ils ne ressortent pas leur bottes et leur casques de construction, ils sont cuis en partant contre n’importe quelle équipe.
J’ai l’impression que les gardiens ont pipé les dés pendant quelques matchs avant la débandade…
En zone adverse, les joueurs manquaient tellement de confiance qu’ils essayaient de se debarasser de la rondelle avec une passe après avoir immédiatement entrer dans la zone adverse au lieu de la garder.
Quand un groupe de joueurs se bagarrait pour la rondelle le long de la rampe, c’était un Sens qui sortait avec…
S’ils ne ressortent pas leur bottes et leur casques de construction, ils sont cuis en partant contre n’importe quelle équipe.
J’ai l’impression que les gardiens ont pipé les dés pendant quelques matchs avant la débandade…
Aren't you guys giving up on this young talent a little quickly? What I was wondering is whether the Canadiens have it in their budget to hire a special assistant goon/enforcer coach, maybe on a part time basis. For example someone like Chris Nolan, Lyle Odelein, Donald Brashear or even Georges Laracque (who would be my choice) to teach young Arber how to play the role of goon or enforcer and pick his spots with the penalty minutes. I think any of those guys could be very good mentors for Arber. They all had very distinguished careers as enforcers.
By the way is there a French word for mentor? I tried my translator and it didn't pick up on one. It's an important word and I am very surprised French people don't have such a word.
Laraque already did a short bootcamp with a few young players in Montreal, including Xhekaj. Nothing on a permanent basis but Arber said he appreciated it.
Je pense qu’il faut lui donner une couple de parties pour retrouver le rythme LNH, ensuite on verra si il s’est réellement amélioré en défense. Faut pas oublier que l’an passé il se débrouillait assez bien pour un kid qui, au départ, n’était même pas sensé être là. Ceci étant dit, il n’est pas impossible qu’il fasse partie d’un deal avant la date limite des transactions, d’où son rappel pour le mettre en vitrine.
Always remember that a habs fan is bipolar…
EB......for your info....mentor is the same in french...we say...un mentor....
But Arber still managed to finish the game with +1 within 16:25 minutes of ice time, not so bad considering it was his first NHL game in 2 months. I’d give him a few more games before judging if he’s more useful than Barron.
It wasn't his fault that the Habs gave 2 goals in 42 seconds at the very beginning of the game.
Arber Xhekaj
He hasn’t had a good season at all & that’s why they sent him down to Laval. His defensive play hasn’t been very good & he was sent to Laval due to the numbers game in that the team had better players ahead of him, such as Jordan Harris & Jayden Struble. On the team’s depth chart he’s behind Guhle, Savard, Kovacevic, Mathieson, Harris & Struble. This puts him at #7 on the team’s depth chart & instead of having him waste away in the stands the team decided to send him to Laval in order to have him play regularly & learn how to play defence.
He surprised everyone last season by being a walk-in at training camp & making the team. However this season the team started to realize why he had never been drafted by an NHL team. He came back to Earth. He’s back playing like he’s always played. And now that the defence is better than last season his importance on the team isn’t as important as it was last season. If they don’t trade him maybe they should start playing him on the wing in a 4th line role.
However the team will likely try to trade David Savard at the trade deadline so if this happens Xhekaj will move up on the depth chart & see regular playing time on the team’s third pair of defencemen.
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