Dach was a buy low as well and the big 2C Habs hoped and was cheap for 4 years
Injuries killed him , it is what it is
TZ is not the 2C for this team not worth the experiment
1 year to go for the payday
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Injuries killed him , it is what it is
TZ is not the 2C for this team not worth the experiment
1 year to go for the payday
Rolex
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Dach was not a buy low....
We gave a 1st and 3rd rounder....Chicago drafted Frank Nazar with the first rounder we gave them (although nobody knew back then if he was gonna be good or not)
Flyers gave Poehling, 2nd+4th rounder for Zegras.......
Seems like we paid a good price for a reclamation experience (we gave a 1st rounder for a player that even with Chicago hadn't lived up to being drafted 3rd overall)
Yeah regardless of what Hughes might say, he must be choked
We would not have drafted Nazar and we needed bodies. Dach's career was ruined by the asshole Blackhawk who hit him late in 2005
The Dach deal is one you make 7 days a week
He might have been the answer , Zegras was never the answer at the 2C spot
He is a stop gap looking for his bag next year
Some similarities to the Laine reclamation project
Verbeek got rid of his butterflies in Zegras and Dysdale
CH1
The Artist Formerly Known as chiggins.
Andy was a 4th round pick, not 4th overall so expectations are completely different
Dach can have a decent career and still never be worth our initial trade investment
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The Artist Formerly Known as chiggins.
It doesn’t matter where you got picked…. unless you perform accordingly
I liked the deal at the time but it didn’t work out
U know it was a typo
lecoqsportif
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There are flashes of the tools that made Dach a high pick once in a while, but he’s a step behind and often ineffective.
Yes not sure what hit and year
CH1
The Artist Formerly Known as chiggins.
He played three seasons with the Hawks and produced nothing (missed most of one year due to injury).
He was a gamble on size (though not particularly physical as a player)
As one Canadiens source said after the draft day trade “We’re not sure what we have, but I’m more willing to gamble on someone who’s 6-foot-4.”
Sadly, all these yrs later, we still don’t know.
But like Benoit Pouliot before him, we know he’ll get a lot more opportunities
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The Artist Formerly Known as chiggins.
He had done nothing in 3 yrs after getting drafted. Very Kotkaniemi like