At a press conference earlier today, goaltender Samuel Montembeault made an interesting statement involving Jakub Dobes. Montembeault once again demonstrated just how great a teammate he is.

He has just given the green light to his bosses to play his young teammate more.

“Doby deserves to play more.”- Samuel Montembeault

These are words that Monty said in front of reporters earlier today, and I absolutely think it’s worth mentioning.

It says so much about Sam.

Samuel Montembeault sends a strong message regarding Jakub Dobes

Here’s a more complete excerpt of his statement.

Let’s mention that it wasn’t even the reporters who brought up the topic; Montembeault himself decided to bring it up.

“Right now, Doby is playing really well, and it’s important that both of us continue and always give the team a chance to win.”- Samuel Montembeault

He then added this:

“It’s going to give me a little more rest, and he’s playing well too, so he deserves to play more.With the busy schedule this year and all the traveling, I think we’ll be able to share that well, you know, like this weekend, we have another two games in two nights coming up.”

– Samuel Montembeault

What a great attitude and what a good teammate!

To listen to the full press conferences, it’s right here (Samuel Montembeault’s starts around the sixth minute).

I thought this statement from Montembeault, and about Dobes, was absolutely worth mentioning, because not every single goaltender would react this way to the emergence of a young goalie pushing from behind.