“He never answers for his actions. I don’t know what his problem is. He targets the knees of opposing players all game. Yes he plays hard, I will give him that, but at some point you have to be able to demonstrate that you are able to respond.
These comments are from Arber Xhekaj. They were issued Thursday night following the Panthers-Canadians game and directly targeted defender Radko Gudas, who took several questionable shots during the game, without ever agreeing to answer for his actions.
One of those questionable gestures was directed at Kirby Dach.
During a sequence where he was playing shorthanded, Gudas came to the CH blue line. Rather than rejecting the puck in the bottom of the territory, he fired a violent shot directly on the feet of No. 77 CH, which he was certainly aiming for.
“He’s starting to get on everyone’s nerves,” said Renaud Lavoie on Friday evening during the “JiC” show.
“It is also because of this sequence that Dach was not in training today. I spoke to several players in the morning and all told me that it was voluntary, that it was not the game to play. It’s an attempted injury! And Dach is injured.”
Our informant then went there with a statement that is likely to cause a reaction.
“The next match between the two teams will be in March and I guarantee you that Gudas will receive visitors. It will brew on the ice. Buy your popcorn! Xhekaj told me this morning following training that this story was not over…”
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