Quoting: habs_need_Scoring
He confimed price will be getting into games soon yes. But still no certainty that his knee is good to go until he pushes it fully in a game or that he will bounce back to the goalie he was in the playoffs last year, thats the uncertainty piece.
Actually Edmundston confirmed Price's Knee and lateral movement looked the stronges the's seen them
Given he cleared creases with Chiarot all the way to a SCF i think that's a qualified person to weigh in
I think the real test here is can MTL send the Message that if you even look like you're gonna run Price then we gotta fight period
Its not the time to let him take to many shots
Just because he may be healthy now as i argue
Doesnt mean i think he'll keep rebounding from injuries as each time it takes him longer
Its time to find that guy and lucky for us our team has him in Junior right now as a 21 year old for seasoning
Arber Xhekaj earned a deal off an invite and was one of the final cuts with Ghule
He's one of the people who really took advantage of the Pandemic and his size/physicality is scary
He reminds me of Weber in many ways but at the same time he's more about sending messages like Wilson
He'll warn you then he'll knock you out if a few big Romanov level hits arent enough
He was Physically ready at camp its why we signed him
But as far as the rest of his game it was all very generic
Good but not great , Close but not close enough
Like Suzuki did as a 21 year old in Junior Xhekaj has thrived
He broke his previous career highs in the first 18 games
They traded him to the #1 OHL team after that where he's a key force for them
If they go on a Memorial Cup Run it could be as epic as Suzuki's with Mctavish, Winterton and Mysak on Offense elevating all the non NHL forwards play
Xhekaj has just done a great job protecting the goalies and on special teams