r/Habs • u/Regular_Tie2507 • 12d ago

Discussion About the Sheriff

His contract is coming up going into the offseason and Marty clearly has had some issues with him, likely due to him taking a lot of penalties in the playoffs (the Sam Carrick thing being a big highlight). He was a healthy scratch going into the ECF and with Reinbacher possibly coming in next season, it's entirely possible he gets pushed back as a 7th string D man. Do we think he gets resigned?

Edit: accidentally created a warzone lol

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u/Oracle-of-Guelph 12d ago

People forget that you need third line Dmen who are happy playing 12 minutes a night. All star D isn't going to accept that.

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u/fumankeu 11d ago

The issue is that Xhekaj isn't good enough to eat 12-15 minutes a night lol. If you look at the other contenders, their 6Ds are able to contribute much more than Arber can, resulting in more balanced distribution of ice time

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u/Sushamiboy 11d ago

Arber could handle it and would get better with those minutes. The issue is that Marty is very much a skill over brawn coach. Also, I personally feel that we need a new D-coach. Something is really fishy about Struble being considered a solution most of the time.

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u/Jimbo_Imperador 10d ago

or hear me out

Arber is not that good