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Noah Dobson: a very soft defensive retreat surfaces following yesterday’s game
Charles-Alexis Brisebois
Noah Dobson: a very soft defensive retreat surfaces following yesterday’s game
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Noah Dobson was criticized during the club's training camp. The defenseman, who is not exactly known for putting in the most effort on the ice, didn't give enough in the eyes of many observers. It's true that he was injured, and it's true that at camp, veterans sometimes give a little less. But yesterday, as far as I know, the season had started… and he did this at an important moment in the game.

Dobson is a good defender and yesterday, in general, I liked his game. You can't take that away from him

However, it's true that the eye test reminds us that sometimes, he doesn't give enough. In particular, Gilbert Delorme didn't like what he saw of the defender. Let's just say that Dobson, despite his gentlemanly build that you say “you” to when you see him, doesn't play as hard as Gilbert did…

This is going to be it, in the next few years. Dobson is going to be able to make a difference on the ice and eat up big, important minutes, but his involvement is going to be questioned more often than not. If he's going to get it right, the positive is going to have to be quite a bit more blatant than the negative.

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