I had high hopes he could bounce back at least part of the way to where he once was production wise. Alas I think the beating he has taken over the years is indeed making it harder for him. I am hoping it's not him taking it more relaxed with his cushy contract as I always thought he was better than being that type of player.
Player Discussion Brendan Gallagher: all heart, no hands
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Benstheman
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It's tougher playing like he did for the most part of his career, when you have 30, your body is aching like hell and your team is rebuilding for probably the biggest part of what's left of contract.
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With reference given to the title, no he cannot bounce back because he is all bounced out. He has limited, very limited skills for an NHL player and he can’t rely on that to get him through. He is done here and the only chance he has is a fresh start elsewhere but his bone headed former GM dad ensured that it can’t happen with the contract he gave him. f*** both of them.
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The year he signed THAT contract was the year he fell off as soon as it was inked. We saw his play decline for most of the season. Brendan Gallagher signed a 6 year, $39,000,000 contract with the Montreal Canadiens on Oct. 14, 2020.
In 2019 he had taken some major injuries, along with every year since. Bergie could have waited till say december to see how Gally was playing but he was worried he might suddenly have a breakout year and cost us what another 1 million???He was overpriced at 6.5 for his past performance given we had no idea about his injuries going forward.
Now not to be outdone we repeated with Anderson. I was in the "not happy" camp about Andy. Domi is still the better player IMO, and his contract is only 3 million and over at the end of this year. 26 points on a terrible chicago team with 11 goals. Even though I think he is on the top line with Toews and Kane, thats still better than anyone not names Nick or Cole on our team.
Andy has less injuries that Gally, but he is also younger. Man bergies contracts have so handcuffed this team with badly aging vets on monster contracts. Oh its not jeff finger bad, but its also multiple contracts over and over.
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Gallagher gets signed for what he's done. Didn't he get paid for what he did while doing it?
What kind of logic was that? Same thing with Price. It was obvious to every amateur that Price would never finish that contract.
Hughes was nuts for taking this job
What kind of logic was that? Same thing with Price. It was obvious to every amateur that Price would never finish that contract.
Hughes was nuts for taking this job
salbutera
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Both Price & Gallagher well outperformed previous team friendly contracts…
When teams ask players to take on team friendly contracts and players agree, throwing them by the wayside has its repercussions on how the team is viewed by players league wide going forward, those optics are very difficult to change…
Now if Habs had dealt Price / Gallagher on last years of the their previous contracts, that would be another story…
The contracts they signed were not an under payment in any way.
Price I think signed a 39 million dollar contract and Gallagher was 3.75 mil for 6 years, these were not underpayments.
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Both players severely outperformed those contracts relative to peers around the league
Price was a $6M league MVP & Vézina winner…. The avg MVP back in 2015 made $8M+, the avg 30G from 2015-2018 made $5M+
Gallagher was a $3.75M / 30G scorer
You invest in future return. Period.
Look at what your concept has netted
BLONG7
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Most of us knew, 10 years ago if this kid keeps playing like this, he will not have a long career, and here we are...
The insane contract, was a result of a GM grinder type of Dman who fell in love with Gally's heart and hustle.
Stupid stupid...............
Gally will not finish out the insane contract, but draw LTIR very soon, as you say his bounce back, is bounced out, no way he can keep up with NHL players anylonger...
The agents, will always get lost money back for players..............happens almost every time.....once their clients over perform, you will pay up at some point ( Thinking the Subban deal also )
A GM with fore sight would have traded Gally, not gave him an insane 6.5M per year.
I thought he'd bounce back at least a bit this year... Long off season, lots of time to rest, recover & prep for this year...
And he's been brutal. Looks like he's got nothing left in the tank except effort.
If HuGo figure out a way to get out from this contract without paying a massive premium, I'd be shocked (& impressed)
And he's been brutal. Looks like he's got nothing left in the tank except effort.
If HuGo figure out a way to get out from this contract without paying a massive premium, I'd be shocked (& impressed)
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If you retain salary, can you only retain for a part of the contract but not as a whole, as an insurance in case he doesn't retire? Let's say Gallagher has 2-3 years left then he retires, you send him to a contender at half the salary, he tries to win a cup then retires; and both the contender and the Habs are off the books because he is on IR. It seems like that solution would please all parties involved, including Gallagher, would informally would know he has a timer on his shelf life; better than rotting away on the Habs to him.
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Bounce back to me was being a 20 goal scorer and 20 assist guy on the 2nd line. I don't think that is even 'indian rubber' gally possible now.
You know what was our warning-pleks and his contract, plus his 3.5 million Toronto bribe. Should never have resigned him when he was on his second last contract, he had a lot of trade value. But we did, kept DD and had a center position mess. Then we gave him 3.5 on his final contract to play 12 games?? while losing DLR for nothing(i think pleks played one single game after we lost DLR on waivers, instead of moving him for even a 4th and having pleks cost us 3.5 at the same time). But we couldn't employ markov while actually being thin as can be on the D squad? But at least burningbin wins all his trades
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Even if he were 100%, I'm not convinced he could keep up with the way Marty wants to play. Sadly, he'll never be 100% again.
As much noise as there has been since Price signed his deal, I think the Gallagher deal hurts more. While onlookers didn't expect broken hands in successive years, we all expected the style of play to take its toll in a guy his size. The shrewd GM trades him after 18-19. Unfortunately, Berg had sentimental attachments to certain players.
The only way they move that contract by trade is if the cap takes a massive jump. They're stuck with it and he'll be the next guy on LTIRetirement.
As much noise as there has been since Price signed his deal, I think the Gallagher deal hurts more. While onlookers didn't expect broken hands in successive years, we all expected the style of play to take its toll in a guy his size. The shrewd GM trades him after 18-19. Unfortunately, Berg had sentimental attachments to certain players.
The only way they move that contract by trade is if the cap takes a massive jump. They're stuck with it and he'll be the next guy on LTIRetirement.
It's not even a question about being injured. The guy got no hockey IQ, he makes some of the worst decisions on the ice. The offense often dies once he gets the puck.
His only play is try to shoot it to the net hoping the goalie will be giving a rebound or that he's caught sleeping.
He's simply not a good hockey player.
His only play is try to shoot it to the net hoping the goalie will be giving a rebound or that he's caught sleeping.
He's simply not a good hockey player.
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That what happens when you make decisions with emotions instead of a rational mind (Bergevin).
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He'll play at least another season, but his body is almost done, always injured. Best case scenario is that he goes LTIR just in time for Dubois to sing with us as a UFA.
The contract mess Bergevin left with all but with a few veterans is truly awe inspiring.
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A part of me wanted to see how Bergevin would navigate the caphell he left for himself. Lucky for him to escape and fall into another job so quickly.
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@WeThreeKings predicted many times that Gallagher would crash like this once the miles caught up and he was right.
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