Martin St-Louis warned everyone before the start of the season: we would have to be patient with Kirby Dach after the center player practically missed a season of activity. We understood better, Monday evening, why the head coach of the Montreal Canadiens had tempered expectations.
The Dach trio had a hard evening of work. He was also on the ice for the Pittsburgh Penguins’ winning goal in the third period in a 6-3 loss at the Bell Centre.
Collectively, even though they managed to get back into the match in the second period, the Canadians were weighed down by an atrocious start to the match.
“We weren’t ready,” Newhook admitted. To be behind 2-0 like that early in the match and to take so long before taking a first shot is below our standards.”
Dach and Alex Newhook finished the evening without a single throw. Joel Armia got just one.
“It was a game during which we had a lot of touches of the puck in the neutral zone, but we could not enter the opponent’s territory in control,” observed Newhook. This kind of match for us. I still believe that we are not far from finding the solution.”
Not worried about Dach
It was perhaps ambitious to expect Dach to start the season strong after he was limited to two games in 2023-24 due to torn medial collateral ligament and anterior cruciate ligament.
“I think for Dach it’s really just getting back into game shapeanalyzed St-Louis. You can train all summer and have camp. But it’s hard to recreate the environment of the regular season with the three games per week and the practices.
The CH pilot remained optimistic: with a little time, we will see the Dach again who, with his presence in possession of the puck, had won over the Montreal fans.
“When he gets back into the beat After a season, he will be even more comfortable on the ice, predicted St-Louis. But I see him very physically engaged. It will come with Dacher, I’m not worried.”
A major league shot
Young Emil Heineman earned points by scoring his second goal of the season with a devastating wrist shot.
In other words, a major league shot.
Anyone who sees Heineman at work in training is impressed by the velocity of his throw. However, it is the way he hides it that St-Louis appreciates.
“He has a throw that is very “hidden,” he imagined. He draws very quickly. I don’t think the goalkeepers know him yet, because he hides his shot a lot. I also like his rhythm on the forecheck. It bothers a lot. He’s quick to recover pucks and he keeps pucks alive for us.”
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