The habs promote an event in February with Jakub Dobes

Michaël Petit
The habs promote an event in February with Jakub Dobes
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Ahh, the infamous three-way battle in front of the net… When will this be settled?

It's great to see Jacob Fowler playing and getting big-league experience, but the Canadiens will have to make a choice sooner rather than later.

A three-way partnership isn't ideal for two young goalies (Fowler and Jakub Dobes), and it's not much better for a veteran trying to find his feet (Samuel Montembeault).

One of the two young goalies will probably have to go to Laval eventually, and seeing Fowler playing a lot and Dobes not playing at all, it's easy to conclude that, for the time being, Dobes would be the one to line up to go back down.

Fowler is the one with the best stats. On the other hand, the Czech goalie is the only Habs goalie with at least 10 wins (13) this season. Montembeault has eight and Fowler has four.

This afternoon, the Habs announced an event to be held on February 22, the club's skills competition. Dobes is one of three club players on the bill.

Obviously, this doesn't mean he's not going to Laval, but it's worth noting.

Even if his stats aren't great, Dobes still has a very nice 13-5-3 record.

If it were up to me, I'd send Fowler to Laval for a number of reasons.

Even if he has the best stats of the three goalies, it's still a smaller sample size and we have to be careful with that.

The experience Fowler has gained playing for the big club will certainly be of great benefit to him, and he would arrive in Laval with a lot of confidence. This would allow him to dominate and play a lot more with the Rocket, and arrive at the next practice camp even more ready.

Dobes doesn't necessarily deserve to return to Laval. He did give the Habs a number of wins.

The fact remains that the Habs chose to put Dobes on the Skills Competition poster. They could very well have left the goalie out and put Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki, or even Lane Hutson in the company of Ivan Demidov and Oliver Kapanen.

I'm really looking forward to this contest. It's sure to be interesting.


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