BROSSARD - Kirby Dach knows injuries have made the past two years a nightmare on the ice.

The Montreal Canadiens centre still refuses to feel sorry for himself.

“The league doesn’t stop to worry about me,” Dach said Thursday. “Why would I stop and worry about myself when I’ve got to get back to work and do all the right things?”

For the second straight camp, Dach is grinding back from a season-ending right knee injury. This time around, he’s tackling it with lessons learned from his previous lengthy recovery.

Dach struggled to rebound quickly last season, sputtering to only two goals and nine points — and a team-low minus-21 — through the first 30 games.

The six-foot-four forward finished with 10 goals and 12 assists in 57 games — well below expectations for a former No. 3 overall pic

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