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1 hour ago, BCHabnut said:

I think he is as good, minus the unrealistic shooting percentage.  But it does show how important Heineman was to that line. He's an NHLer on any team.


I think Heineman is going to replace Armia. Very similar players in style and effort. 

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37 minutes ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:


I think Heineman is going to replace Armia. Very similar players in style and effort. 

Agreed. But I’d add that Heineman has a MUCH better shot.

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5 minutes ago, hab29RETIRED said:

Agreed. But I’d add that Heineman has a MUCH better shot.

 

Disagree that its MUCH better.

 

Armia has one of the best shots on the team.  He just doesnt use it enough.

 

Heineman does have a great shot too.

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3 hours ago, DON said:

but also was his 3rd game in 3 nights, so no surprise.

Good point

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15 minutes ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:


I guess the Pezz gets back in

 

 

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Beck will get more playing time in Laval. Pezzetta can continue to fill an uniform on game days.


Beck looked afraid to make a mistake and was not his usual self.

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If Pezzetta takes a 1st period penalty again tomorrow, i think Savard will (and should) go McCracken on him!:devil:

 

Dr. Hook from 'Slapshot' visits Port Huron

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9 hours ago, alfredoh2009 said:

Beck looked afraid to make a mistake and was not his usual self.

 

He was also adjusting to playing a position he hasn't played all year with two linemates he hasn't played with before.  His job was to be a field-filler that didn't do anything to hurt the team and he did that.

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11 hours ago, dlbalr said:

 

He was also adjusting to playing a position he hasn't played all year with two linemates he hasn't played with before.  His job was to be a field-filler that didn't do anything to hurt the team and he did that.

He did miss jumping on the ice on a line change in the Rangers game and the Rags scored on the outmanned Habs on that play. But it was his first game ...

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On 1/20/2025 at 3:02 PM, BCHabnut said:

I think he is as good, minus the unrealistic shooting percentage.  But it does show how important Heineman was to that line. He's an NHLer on any team.

Around 4m my cutoff on Evans. For a 4th line center, 4m+ will bring hell of a good one. Somebody like a Frederick. Who adds size, 20 goals and left shot. 

 

Could sign a Frederick and Olivier to play on 4th line add much needed toughness. Armia and Dvorak should be done here next summer. 

 

A veteran two-way 50 point center, faceoff guy I like to play between Anderson and Gally next year. Somebody like a Duchene or Giroux. Should give our third line around 50 goals. Either big upgrade on Dvorak. 

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3 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:

Dvorak is a dreary player, but if he takes a big haircut, is he worth re-signing to be a 4th-line C? Don't come at me, just asking. 

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6 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:

Dvorak is a dreary player, but if he takes a big haircut, is he worth re-signing to be a 4th-line C? Don't come at me, just asking. 

 

He's a LH Centre, which is what they need.  He's not bad defensively, good in the circle and good on the PK.

He's not going to produce the offence he was expected of at the time of the trade, but that's water under the bridge. 

 

If he's taking something like 1.5 mill a season, then he'd be fine to re-sign. 

 

That said, I could see Dvorak choosing to move on just cause he may want a change of scenery. 

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Dvorak strikes me as a player who would be nice to have on your team during the playoffs. One of those depth players that is hard on the puck and randomly scores the cup winning goal. Unfortunately the regular season is 82 games and playoffs aren’t guaranteed.

 

Dvorak with the London Knights (regular season) in 2015-2016:

 

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If only that could have translated to the NHL…

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22 minutes ago, xXx..CK..xXx said:

Dvorak strikes me as a player who would be nice to have on your team during the playoffs. One of those depth players that is hard on the puck and randomly scores the cup winning goal. Unfortunately the regular season is 82 games and playoffs aren’t guaranteed.

 

Dvorak with the London Knights (regular season) in 2015-2016:

 

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If only that could have translated to the NHL…

Not the first junior player to be carried by great team-mates.

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1 hour ago, GHT120 said:

Not the first junior player to be carried by great team-mates.

 

Its more than that. 

 

He had 15 goals and 33 points as a rookie

15 and 37 the next year

18 and 38 before being traded to Montreal. 

17 and 31 in just 56 games in the covid shortened season. 

11 and 33 in 56 in his first year as a hab. 

 

The production for a 3rd liner was there and he looked like he could be a second liner with better linemates and just never took the next step (and actually regressed). 

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