For Czech and Montreal fans, he remained a little out of sight for a long time. All the more excelled in the last weeks of his rise. Jakub Dobeš is currently one of the most remarkable czech goalies, although sometimes he feels more like an American.
Jakub Dobeš’s interventions in the match against Rangers, when he caught the fifth win in the fifth start in the NHL (January 19, 2025). | VIDEO: NHL.com
The chance in the NHL hockey was given Dobeš also because the second goalkeeper of Montreal Cayden Primeau performed terrible performances. But after the downhill on the farm, he seems to have recovered.
But the invitation does not come. Dobeš represents him fantastically.
He even performs better than Samuel Montembeault. In six matches he achieved over 93 percent of the surgery, while the Canadian is not at 37 contests or 90 percent.
This is related to dobeš’s growing popularity, sometimes reminiscent of mania.
“Who wants to be a hockey player at the highest level must know that it will come with it. But it happened with me day by day, I did not expect it. One day I was on the farm, the other on the plane. And after Florida it changed life, “Dobeš recalled his December debut in an interview with Czech journalists, in wich he sensationally reset to the defence attorney of Stanley Cup.
In Montreal, canada, which is considered by Toronto as a mecca of hockey, he logically lost anonymity.
“when you go somewhere and meet more people, there is a better chance that someone will come to you and greet you. but everything is fine. I think I’m dealing with it without a problem, I can concentrate on hockey,” 23 -year -old assured .
But he’s getting used to it. And also the giant Montreal Stadium Bell with three rings and more than 21 thousand capacity, with the highest NHL overview.For comparison, Prague O2 Arena offers about four thousand places less for ice hockey.
“It seems to me that the few thousand will make you a difference, the fans are heard a little more. I would say that our hall is problably the best I have ever played and I will ever play in,” Dobeš said.
In order to call Montreal’s tabernacle home in the future, the Canadiens, a club that drafted it less than five years ago in the fifth round, has to sign a new contract.The current rookie will expire in the summer.
“This is the most notable thing I think of now. To catch as much as possible in Montreal and to sign a contract for the next year,” said the goalkeeper, who learns French because of his engagement in the francophone town, especially during the summer, when he has more free time.
Because of his career worries he does not think much about the Czech national team, although he liked meeting the national team coaches Radim Rulík and Tomáš Plekance.
