“I felt for the most part…I didn’t mind it. What (Xhekaj) did tonight…he was just playing the game. I don’t think he was trying to hurt Stutzle cause they hit Dach. I don’t think so. I thought he was trying to play the game there. It happens fast…if you watch it live, it’s a hockey play.” – MSL
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> “I do want us to have team toughness but we have to be more calculated. We’ll get better at it.” – MSL
Stutzle bailed and his own stick hit his nose. I don’t think it was at all necessary to go for that hit but if he nailed him cleanly that would have been sweet.
Love that from Marty, unlike most of this sub that sold Xhekaj in a hockey sub for karma points. Embarrassing you lot.
MSL is based, as usual.
That’s what Marty needs to say in public, but I’m guessing in private he’s telling Xhekaj that he can’t take penalties like this in the regular season if this team actually wants to be “in the mix”
Lets go Marty!
This is our coach standing up for his guys. I dont care if he read him the riot act in private – he stands up for the boys in front of the cameras and that is great.
In Marty we trust.
Marty must have a hard time walking with those two bowling balls hanging between his legs
Marty is too nice to say that Stutzle got hit with his own stick, not a head shot, and also (as usual) played it like he got a shotgun blast in the face.
Idk man….we were gutted when Laine and Rein got injured. I wouldn’t wish that on another team.
People were saying Pare was just playing the game and didnt intend on injuring Laine and we didnt take that for an answer. Dirty plays are just bad for the sport and the players
I love the hit from X as a response to the high hit on dach, no head contact from the hit so he shouldn’t be fined or suspended either.
thats fucking right marty, stand up for your boy. this is the right fucking answer
Honestly one of the best coaches in all of sports right now. I love this guy
Yo the french media TVA and RDS are ripping Xhekaj i swear they don’t like him or any player with swag…Cammalleri, Subban, now Xhekaj. F them
If preseason needs big hits it should not exist ngl
I thought I was in a parallel dimension with a bunch of Habs fans shitting on Wifi in a few subreddits.
I don’t want to see anyone hurt, but I’m not mad about the Arber hit at all, glad that Marty shares the sentiment. In the regular season or especially the playoffs, I think this is a deeper discussion however.
The issue I have with Xhekaj is him getting himself out of the game. He needs to find a way to be an intimidating pest without throwing out these big statements that will get him suspended
Honestly, this sub and Twitter was embarrassing tonight.
Every single person throwing Arber under the bus would have been having a meltdown if there wasn’t any kind of response.
I have no issue with Paré getting a beatdown after TURNING AWAY from the fight, nor do I have an issue with Arber lining up Stützle for an open ice hit after Greig refuses to go.
Remember a decade ago when we signed Laraque to deter Lucic and he skated around like a vagrant begging him? Remember how pissed the fanbase got about how pointless he was after all the hype of Big Georges coming to Montreal?
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Finally, seems like this organization will stop being a bunch of sissies. Great.
Welp. I thought maybe some Habs fan woulda had brains but I guess I came to the wrong spot seeing how people are defending the goon for trying to decapitate lmao
Letsgo marty. I like the attitude of this room !
Agree to disagree Marty!
LOTS OF HOMERS IN HERE TONIGHT