Gallagher plays Blues hockey, like it or not haha. Aggressive, scrummy, pain-in-the-butt kind of player who also happens to be capable of potting a good number of goals. He’s a shorter Max Lappierre that can score a ton. He fits our core and would be a fantastic addition, and I’d be willing to give up some valuable farm pieces to add him.
But anyone who says that Robert Thomas should be on the table (not that anyone is, thank god), I have 3 names for you: Max Domi, Bo Horvat, Christian Dvorak. The London Knights just churn out NHL caliber players, we finally got our shot at one, no reason at all to give up a guy who’s on pace for 50ish goals. Same with Kyrou.
But guys like Thompson, Blais and Barbashev? Yeah they’re worth swapping for Gallagher for sure. Obviously with adds from us. Add one of our many gritty 3rd liners in there, and that might be a deal that GMMB might be into, given his preferences. They’d have to get a whole lot further from a playoff spot before that happened though.