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St-Louis comes to Dobson’s defense: “He played his best game since he’s been here”
Marc-Olivier Cook
St-Louis comes to Dobson’s defense: “He played his best game since he’s been here”
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So, did you like Noah Dobson's game last night? Some will say yes, others will say no. His (very slack) defensive effort at an important moment prompted some to say he didn't give enough for the team. His (very) soft defensive retreat at an important moment in the game prompts some to say that he didn't give the team enough, but in the eyes of Martin St-Louis, there were far more positives than negatives in the defenseman's game. And I say that because the CH pilot told Anthony Martineau that Dobson played his best game since he's been here:

Watching yesterday's game, one thing occurred to me: Dobson didn't look like a very stressed guy on the ice. He's often been criticized for being nonchalant on the ice since the start of his NHL career, and it's true that at times, he doesn't give the impression of giving it his all. But that's Noah Dobson: he'll never be the guy who's the most involved and the guy who seems to give more than everyone else. And even if his game won't go down in history, you can't say he was bad by looking at a single sequence where he didn't look as good.

Martin St-Louis isn't afraid to say the real stuff. He's already mentioned wanting to see more from certain guys since his arrival in Montreal, and he's capable of saying what's not going so well in one of his players' games. At the same time, it would have been hard to say that Dobson wasn't better than he was in his first two games with the Canadiens (which were played during the preseason).anyways, the season is young, and we shouldn't base our conclusions on a single game – or a single appearance. That's what happens, after all, when a guy earns $9.5 million a season…

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