Kirby Dach: “The more time goes by, the more he looks like Jonathan Drouin”

Marc-Olivier Cook
Kirby Dach: “The more time goes by, the more he looks like Jonathan Drouin”
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Kirby Dach had a job to do. Just one.

He had to show up at the Canadiens' training camp and prove that he was ready to take things seriously. He should have been one of those guys who takes it on the chin at camp because he has something to prove.

That didn't happen. 

Instead, we're seeing the Kirby Dach we know: the one who drags his skates across the ice and the one who disappoints. It's always the same story with Kirby, and clearly, it's not about to change…

Yannick Bouchard summed it up well yesterday on “5 à 7”: Kirby Dach is looking more and more like Jonathan Drouin.

You know, the kind of super-talented player who was selected third overall in the draft but isn't able to perform because he doesn't put in the effort to make it happen… 

You might say I'm being a little harsh on #77. That we should give the runner a chance, or that he deserves a break after the last few years, which have been tough for him health-wise.

But… no.

At some point, the guy has to get the message. And it's not up to me to do that: the Canadiens' management needs to sit down with him and make him understand that it just isn't working.

Because if you keep giving opportunities to a guy who doesn't deserve them, it's going to start causing a stir in the locker room. The guys may love him, Kirby… but they want to win, too.

And when you see a guy taking it easy while everyone on the planet knows he needs to give more… that can have certain consequences internally, too.


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