Clutter thought Dobson’s AAV should be in the 7’s & questioned whether he could handle himself defensively.
Clutter thought Dobson’s AAV should be in the 7’s & questioned whether he could handle himself defensively.
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Seems like this may be taken from an older article — Rosner isn’t clear (which I find is his weakness as a writer) but he had some great quotes in here from Clutter.
– He thought Dobson’s AAV should be mid 7’s.
– He questioned whether he was good enough defensively to handle Barkov and other top players.
– Said he played better getting more minutes (I disagree with that one).
Just was interesting to read a former teammate weigh in on this whenever these quotes were made.
Montreal fans insisting he’s a stud #1D are in for a rude surprise
I wish him well
I love how 95% of this article is Cal praising Dobson, but the headline grabs on to the one line that could be interpreted as negative. Gotta love sports “journalism” in 2025!
> “One thing that I might have been a little bit gun-shy with Noah, is just his ability to defend hard and just be strong enough to contain some of the best players on the other team,” Clutterbuck said. “Like when Barkov comes in, like, can you handle him? Can you handle below the goal line? And he showed flashes of it, but he wasn’t consistent with it. And I think this year, he actually took the mentality of…he sacrificed a lot of his offensive side to really go out and show people that he could be that guy, and he really needed to be that guy, because, like, Pelech and Pulock were both hurt for long stretches of time. He really had become the guy, and here’s my indicator for him.
> “The more minutes he plays, the better he is. So like for any D man — some D-men are great. At 18 minutes, 15 minutes, 17 minutes, you put them up to 22, and you start to see the holes or the chink in the armor. I think with Noah, the more he plays, the more he produces, and the more opportunity you give him, the better he does. So to me, that’s the biggest indicator.”
While I’m happy with the return we got for him, I would also love to see Dobber have a career year and shut up all the haters. It’s giving massive scorned ex-girlfriend vibes and it’s frankly embarrassing for the fan base.
Sounds kinda bitter but also from what I can gather, I don’t think Dobson was very popular in that locker room
Yeah, him and half of us on the reddit who got downvoted to oblivion for even suggesting it. Kind of lends merit to what we were saying when a professional agrees.