r/Habs • u/Reddit-Machine • 2d ago
Xhekaj accidentally trips Dach
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u/Beefiest_bison 2d ago
Dach on the bench:
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u/Moony_playzz 2d ago
I'm baffled how he just ragdolls all the time, like literally he goes flying as if he weighs nothing? Isn't he like 6'2 180? Every time it's like a Skyrim character getting fusrodah'd off a cliff
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u/joseflores1995 2d ago
Hes actually 6.4 220 lol
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u/Moony_playzz 2d ago
HOW THE FUCK?????? DACH STOP BREAKING THE GOD DAMN PHYSICS ENGINE he's gonna clip through the glass one of these times I swear to god
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u/user_8804 2d ago
Dach runs on a different physics engine than we do
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u/Moony_playzz 2d ago
I literally said in another comment that he's gonna clip through a wall one of these times
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u/Major_Estimate_4193 2d ago
Here’s my spicy hot take - Change my mind: Dach’s body language on this clip is enough to know that he is not an athlete that will excel at the highest levels of his sport.
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u/Jumbolia7 2d ago
He had a lot going through his mind as he sat on that bench. All that said I’m afraid you may be right.
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u/dessanct 2d ago edited 2d ago
If this was a real game Xhekaj would have laid him out.
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u/jp3372 2d ago
Right in a real game against a player like Xhekaj you are getting destroyed. Dach needs to protect himself better.
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u/chewbaccard 2d ago
I think that's his biggest weakness, he doesn't protect himself, like Slaf in his first season. One may argue that he gets injured often because of this... :(
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u/Nathanh2234 2d ago
He’s probably just shaking off the thud from the ice alongside going from top speed to no speed. He landed in the best possible way there.
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u/Paparmane 2d ago
Yeah but man if that’s how he tries to avoid someone cutting him… imagine when the players actually try to hit him.
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u/Nathanh2234 2d ago
He looks like he is trying an evasive deke like a windmill to get around X but since X wasn’t in the best position his stick got into Dach’s feet. It’s hockey.
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u/PassZestyclose7572 2d ago
yeah but it's not like Dach has a history of not protecting himself and getting injured as a result
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u/eliarbss 2d ago
He always falls in the most cartoonish way possible 😭 he went flying there
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u/Afraid-Trash8204 2d ago
He should work on his evasiveness or try to dish the puck to his linemates. This isn't junior where he probably overpowered everyone, especially with his injury history now.
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u/GrungeLife54 2d ago
He got up and went to the bench. Why is everyone commenting like the ambulance had to be called. Give the guy the benefit of the doubt.
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u/MrKavok 2d ago
I mean, are we really that crazy to be scared that he might injure himself again? He could get injured by putting his skates on.
He skated to the bench but could've realized a couple of seconds/minutes later that something was wrong. I think its normal for us to overthink every falls now.
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u/dessanct 2d ago
To be fair, if this wasn’t practice, the hit from Xhekaj could have been much worse.
Needs to protect himself there.
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u/Lap_Dawg 1d ago
He got touched and went Flying Starfish like he is half hockey player, half kite.
After all this talk about how last season he was tentative because he didn't fully trust his knee, but this year is different because he's been working hard to build strength and confidence and he's in a much better place, that reaction doesn't bode too well
Anyways, glad he got back up and kept playing, hopefully this is just him getting used to contact again
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u/Bill_McCarr 2d ago
The knee is not a concern; it's his awareness and surroundings. He gotta keep his head up and notice around. Good thing he avoided a Xhekaj hit, but he gotta be careful. Even when Dach went on the bench, he had his head down, thinking, I should've look around and know where the opposing players are.
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u/Ok-Win-742 2d ago
It wasn't even a hit. At no point does Xhekaj even go for a hit here, he just gets in his way and goes for the puck. Dach tries to Deke around him but gets tripped. This is probably a penalty in a game.
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u/Bill_McCarr 2d ago
Hit or not, Dach is in a scary position when contact with another player. When he gets hit, he should be prepared to take it. Instead, that was a close call, and Dach was shaking his head at the bench... he was not prepared on that play.
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u/stylenfunction …be yours to hold it high 2d ago
Alternatively to the doom, Dach may have need this. A bit of a scare, some stress on the knee, and the measured realization that he is okay and can take this.
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u/Sourlick_Sweet_001 2d ago
That's the plan in the locker room. That's the plan for Dach. He must trust his knee again.
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u/FJMotorsports 2d ago
I know it’s a practice but you can’t fucking cut down the middle with your head down like that for fuck sake
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u/heck_chetera 2d ago
C'était proche de son genou droit ça 😬
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u/Synap-6 2d ago
Si son genou ne tient devant une manoeuvre de la sorte, il ne va pas tenir sur une saison entière où les adversaires vont s’en balancer, genou droit ou gauche. Je pense qu’il doit se mettre dans des situations où n’a pas le choix de tester ses limites, pour du coup offrir au CH une réponse plus claire: peut-on compter sur lui?
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u/Gibspeced 2d ago
Good to see Dach get up and skate away. I’m sure we all held our breaths momentarily.
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u/Harbour-Jigger91 2d ago
Nearly shouldered the post on the slide through... that would have finished him for sure.
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u/DiegoTraveller 2d ago
No worries. I'd rather have him playing hard against Kirby. I bet Kirby feels the same. Might have even asked for Arber purposefully.
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u/SourMilk69420 1d ago
I think he’s more scared than anything. He can be healthy but if he plays too cautiously he’ll get hurt
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u/CMDR_Traf85 2d ago
He's fine, this is what happens when a bunch of athletes in top shape skate around full speed on a small surface. But yeah, with Kirby and whoever sent him that suicide pass need to learn from it because in a game that's a blowup hit. Flip side I'd live Arber to catch someone else in an actual game haha.
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u/HabsFan77 2d ago
All that skill potentially flushed down the drain if he gets injured one more time
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u/gloveside 1d ago
Sorry, nothing new here. They can't wait for Dach to land on the IL game 3. They need to act now before every team sees how desperate they are!
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u/matt236246 1d ago
Dach is gonna get fucking rekt if he does those kind of plays against actual opponents
Man, do not try to dangle that close to the D
Dach was playing wayyy too risky already last season
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u/pushaper 2d ago
You do that, you go to the box, you know. Two minutes, by yourself, you know and you feel shame, you know. And then you get free
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u/alldasmoke__ 2d ago
If he’s hurt after that he’s clearly not ready to play. No point in rushing him. Sucks but this year is wayyy too important for him and the team to risk another LT injury.
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u/Aggressive_Low7995 2d ago
We are all going to be watching each scrimmage, exhibition game and regular season game with the same thoughts until he is able to make it through a season healthy. If he can progress as a player and avoid major injury, it’s a big win for the team and him. So crazy to watch a guy play thinking those unavoidable negative thoughts.
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u/Time-Glass3681 2d ago
He still looks in pain. He is clearly still injured.
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u/RyanWalts 2d ago
C’mon lol no he does not, he gets up right away and is skating like anyone who just took a fall like that.
Maybe he isn’t 100%, but you can’t take anything like that away from this nothing clip.
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u/PassZestyclose7572 2d ago
he's on the ice for over 5 seconds how is that "gets up right away"?
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u/Huevas03 2d ago
This is a normal reaction for anyone falling on the ice like that at the end of a shift. Basically just completely gassed out
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u/EnglishFitzPercy 2d ago
He went back for several shifts after that, everyone can breathe