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Could this mean Ryan White is finished with the Habs? I see he filed for salary arbitration the other day. Montreal could just walk away from whatever the arbitrator determines is fair for Ryan after the hearing. Dumont was already pushing for a spot on the fourth line last year.

I hope not. I think Dumont is a good call up to fill in but I'd rather have White.

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I hope not. I think Dumont is a good call up to fill in but I'd rather have White.

Agreed, I'd like to keep White around and have both of them competing for 4th line duties. Dumont had some good games last season, not very strong in the FO dot, but that can be worked on. White does have more experience and is grittier than dumont, i wouldn't sign white to a 4 year deal, but keep him around for a season or 2.

The competition between him and dumont will only work in the habs favour.

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Agreed, I'd like to keep White around and have both of them competing for 4th line duties. Dumont had some good games last season, not very strong in the FO dot, but that can be worked on. White does have more experience and is grittier than dumont, i wouldn't sign white to a 4 year deal, but keep him around for a season or 2.

The competition between him and dumont will only work in the habs favour.

Dropping the gloves with Tyler Kennedy won me over with Dumont. I think he could easily lock up a roster spot in camp. Again though, it's up to him.

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Agreed, I'd like to keep White around and have both of them competing for 4th line duties. Dumont had some good games last season, not very strong in the FO dot, but that can be worked on. White does have more experience and is grittier than dumont, i wouldn't sign white to a 4 year deal, but keep him around for a season or 2.

The competition between him and dumont will only work in the habs favour.

Dumont was 63% on faceoffs last season...granted, it was in less than 50 total faceoffs for a sample size. But he hardly struggled. That kind of number would make him Bergeron levels of elite on the draw if he could ever maintain it.

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Dumont was 63% on faceoffs last season...granted, it was in less than 50 total faceoffs for a sample size. But he hardly struggled. That kind of number would make him Bergeron levels of elite on the draw if he could ever maintain it.

To be fair i said not very strong, didn't say struggle.

But that's something the coaching staff in hamilton and Montreal can work on.

it was a sample size and the draws he won, weren't against dominant opponents.

ideally i'd like to have Stoll taking draws for us in Montreal, but that isn't going to happen.

We brought in Halpern to help us on draws.

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To be fair i said not very strong, didn't say struggle.

But that's something the coaching staff in hamilton and Montreal can work on.

it was a sample size and the draws he won, weren't against dominant opponents.

ideally i'd like to have Stoll taking draws for us in Montreal, but that isn't going to happen.

We brought in Halpern to help us on draws.

Well more oft than not 4th liners aren't going to be taking faceoffs against top line guys...hardly seems fair to hold that against him.

Either way though 63% is everything you could ever ask for. Yeah it's a small sample size but I would actually say the complete opposite of "not very strong" if giving an assessment on him as a rookie when it comes to faceoffs in the NHL.

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Returned to the Bulldogs... oh well, he didn't impress.

he is a ghost of what he was last year. at least to me

He hasn't been his usual self this season even in Hamilton. In Hamilton he's been taking all kinds of bad penalties, not battling as much for the puck, and just making bad decisions on a regular basis. I was surprised when they announced they called him up over some of the other guys.

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