Short of him falling on his face or missing time due to an injury, I think it's all but certain he'll sign after this season.
Whether he'll play in Laval or Montreal next year, though? That remains to be seen. I get the feeling he'll be in Laval.
I'm not sure Xhekaj has offensive ability beyond his career-long statline: 6G 11A.
He always ends up at that amount +/-
The joke with Sheldon Souray was, he missed a full season and returned with a bionic arm, along with one of the NHL's most lethal slapshots. And even then, his breakout...
It's something that was discussed this summer. Will Xhekaj becoming anything more than a guy who punches people? If he doesn't, he's going to move around a lot before finishing his career in the AHL. If he can figure out how to be steady, he'll have a long career.
St. Louis's behavior reminds...
Yeah, but whether it's Michkov - Reinbacher, Leblanc - Kreider, or even Terry Ryan - Jarome Iginla, it's become more or less the same thing to me.
The 2022 draft sort of changed my way of thinking. If you look at the first 10 players taken, they were taken from 8 different leagues. Eight...
I've all but given up on these debates being anything other than pointless bickering.
Who's going to have a better career, Player A chosen 17th overall or Player B chosen 18th overall? Nobody actually knows, not even the ones who are the best on the planet at this.
https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/utah-hockey-club-lose-d-durzi-marino-long-term-after-surgeries-1.2194143
We have a very useful, shot-blocking RHD on an expiring contract, if ever they're interested in trading their first round pick...