Montreal Canadiens: The ins and outs of Tomas Tatar

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Danault and Tatar will surely be an experiment the Montreal Canadiens look into at training camp. He does have advantages offensively but isn’t too bad defensively. Claude Julien should be able to trust him as far as ordinary execution in all three zones and Tatar can generate if he plays his style and makes use of his strengths instead of trying to take on something bigger.

Artturi Lehkonen would be a solid piece to have on his line as well creating a line that spills shots and can play with pace in transition. But no one is expecting Tatar to come out flying. He’s a player that doesn’t give up on a play like a lot of other members of this Habs team, however, he’ll need time to adjust to the new system and new linemates.

That play I showed in the previous clip was with a player in Sheahan who Tatar has spent years playing with. It won’t take that long for him to get going, but time will be a factor.

Something that will be unfair is if fans expect 30 goal seasons from Tatar. He’s a consistent 20-goal player but has only gotten close to that milestone once in his career. You never know what can happen though.

Tatar surely has a chip on his shoulder seeing as how his time in Vegas went. Being a healthy scratch on a team that made the Stanely Cup Final can’t be a good feeling and he may want to prove some of those who thought that initial trade was a bust, wrong.