It has been fun watching Noah Dobson play his first seven games with the Canadiens.

For a big defenceman — 6-foot-4 and 200 pounds — Dobson makes everything he does look so calm, smooth and effortless. Canadiens fans are seeing why general manager Kent Hughes was willing to give the New York Islanders 23-year-old forward Emil Heineman and two first-round picks — 16th and 17th overall at this year’s NHL Draft — in exchange for the 25-year-old Dobson, who should be entering the prime of his career.

Hughes also has Dobson locked up with an eight-year, US$76-million contract with an annual salary-cap hit of US$9.5 million that makes the Summerside, P.E.I., native the highest-paid player on the Canadiens.

Dobson is as calm and smooth off the ice as he is on it. While most Canadiens players

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