Georges Laraque offers advice and a warning to Florian Xhekaj before the game in Utah
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Young Montreal Canadiens forward, Florian Xhekaj, had a noteworthy first weekend, particularly against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
He picked up a point, he dropped the gloves, he dominated his opponent, and he put on a very good show.
That said, former tough guy and current BPM Sports host Georges Laraque has just issued him a warning.
Georges Laraque gives advice and a warning to Florian Xhekaj
Knowing that Xhekaj is about to face Liam O'Brien of the Utah Mammoth, who is a real, true tough guy, well, the youngster needs to learn to protect himself better (at least according to Laraque).
Things could get very heated against the Mammoth, too!
Anyway, here is an excerpt of what Laraque said on the matter:
"He won the fight and got the upper hand, but the problem is that when you fight, you need to protect yourself better.
The grip isn't good, and his face is open.
It's a buffet!
He took too many punches and sometimes, when you take punches like that, it only takes one good one to hit you clean.
I understand that when people watch it, they think it was really awesome, but I'm looking more at the long term.
If he wants a long career and if he's going to take on guys bigger than that-which will happen sometimes to show he's not afraid-you can't fight like that and take punches like that to the temple or the side of the head like that."
- Georges Laraque
The grip isn't good, and his face is open.
It's a buffet!
He took too many punches and sometimes, when you take punches like that, it only takes one good one to hit you clean.
I understand that when people watch it, they think it was really awesome, but I'm looking more at the long term.
If he wants a long career and if he's going to take on guys bigger than that-which will happen sometimes to show he's not afraid-you can't fight like that and take punches like that to the temple or the side of the head like that."
- Georges Laraque
The message has been sent!
Puck drops at 9:30 p.m. live from the Delta Centre in Salt Lake City.
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