Seabrook still has fond memories of one of his earliest encounters with Dach.
"He came right up to me and asked if he could live with us, which I thought showed a lot of confidence coming from an 18-year-old kid," he recalled. "He was just a good kid, very nice, very respectful. Like I said, confident kid."
Confidence seems to be a recurring theme with Dach.
He not only showed a big appetite in the kitchen - "We learned real quick that the grocery bill was going to go up," quipped Seabrook - but also an appetite for learning.
"We had a lot of conversations about hockey, situational hockey, things like that," mentioned Seabrook. "He's a student of the game. He asked a lot of questions about our great teams we had in Chicago, so it was always fun talking about that stuff."
Seabrook provided a place to call home and advice from his lengthy experience in the Show.
Through the hurdles, the former rearguard still saw a kid who simply wanted to be the best.
"The one thing that I always liked about Kirby is that he wanted to be great," said Seabrook, who is now a player development coach for the Vancouver Giants in the Western Hockey League (WHL). "He didn't want to just be a plug in the NHL. He wanted to be a great player in the NHL. I think through adversity, and a lot of things, I think Kirby learned some of the things he had to change or adjust to be a great player and he's finding a little bit of it in Montreal."
Seabrook has been keeping tabs on Dach, like a self-proclaimed proud papa. He can see No. 77's confidence and joy on the ice through his TV, especially when his former roommate scored the game-winning goal in a shootout against Chicago back in his old barn at the United Center on November 25.
"It was a lot of fun to see him get back there," he noted. "I think that sort of closes the book on Chicago for him. He can move on and focus on himself and the Montreal Canadiens and enjoy it."