Les Canadiens de Montréal perdent 5-1 contre les Devils du New Jersey et Arber Xhekaj sera-t-il envoyé à Laval au retour de Mike Matheson? Les Canadiens perdent 5-1 contre les Devils le 15 novembre 2022. #habs #montrealcanadiens #nhl
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Retro jerseys, although nice, mean automatic loss for the team.
We should trade Edmundson when Matheson returns. Xhekaj can never be sent to Laval. There is no one in the lineup that can bring what Arber brings. This has been established and I believe a demotion to Laval would be counterproductive. He would have to fight multiple times per game in Laval and would be pissed that he was demoted after playing and protecting like he has.
Edmundson is expendable because he is a LH Defenceman and his value is very high with his salary term and experience and abilities. We will have to shed LH guys from time to time in the future and it starts with Edmundson.
Also after hearing Jeff Gorton on the Sick podcast Arber is not going anywhere.
They failed.
N.J. was / is the better team and a better Goaltender ! Xhekayj needs to polish up his play , not take penalties . go to Laval and come back as a winger !
…does he fit with Laval's squad…?
I think yeah they could’ve capitalized on more chances but the 2nd and 3rd period was by far the worst hockey I’ve seen this team play in a while. Not even Caufield or Suzuki played well that game. Aside from Dadonov, the only other player I thought played consistently well that game was Slaf and I’m starting to get a little annoyed at how slowly they’re going with moving him up the lineup. The game was brutal to watch and sure the Devils are on fire but I don’t see a major difference between them and Montreal on paper. Just goes to show that when you apply pressure work hard against Montreal they will panic and make mistakes due to a lack of skill
Can't say I'm keen on demoting Arber. Too many turnovers which I can look past as it is a rebuild let's not forget. Jersey simply outplayed us which I expected. I'd like to see Slav on a better line. GHG !
Actually Edmundson has been awful, would like to see him traded and xhjeka play with Mathewson.
Send Harris down He cannot handle the bigger forwards
We all knew that Habs journey would be a roller coaster, they are lately much better than expected, people have to consider that the team still under rebuilt, and this can take years.
About Xhekaj, I respect your comment but I don’t agree and I don’t personally believe that the people will agree with you, nobody has or can offer what Xhekaj is bringing to the team.
Xhekaj is actually our franchise face.