TSN: Gally/Tavares/Willy line makeup interesting...

[Wafflewhipper]

He'll go the same way as Vesey and Lehtonen

Doubt it.

 

[Wafflewhipper]

Galchenyuk is pretty much cooked at this point. I'd much rather give Petan a legit shot in the top-nine.

Sure yeah. Sight unseen right here. Based on nothing. Sure

 

[Mr Hockey]

was there a reason Ottawa moved him?

 

[Stonehands 1]

It would be nice if Gally surprised us, but I doubt it

 

[Anthrax442]

I hope Leafs do well, so I hope he does well and helps us

 

[cupcrazyman]

So we're done adding more forewards ?

 

[bossram]

Sure yeah. Sight unseen right here. Based on nothing. Sure

This is a dumb argument. I guess the last 2 and a half years are "sight unseen".

 

[Menzinger]

He's got the raw skills of of an nhler. There's going to be zero risk trying him for a game or two

The Leafs either bounce a goal or two off him for dirt cheap aav value or he gets relaxed. He's probably not going to be worse with the pick than Vesey who was basically just a body on skates for the Leafs

 

[Suntouchable13]

This is a dumb argument. I guess the last 2 and a half years are "sight unseen".

Exactly. so he bounced around from Montreal to Arizona to Pittsburgh to Ottawa and he is going to all of a sudden figure it out in Toronto? I doubt it. He probably goes back on waivers by end of April. Having said that, I am not here to win any arguments. I hope he does well and surprises us because I am a Leafs fan and it will beneficial for the Leafs if he does well. Here's hoping he succeeds and we are 100% wrong.

 

[Morbo]

It would be nice if Gally surprised us, but I doubt it

Pretty much. He most likely is what he appears to be at this stage.

 

[Menzinger]

Folks are just overthinking this.

The front office traded an asset who they viewed as having zero % future with the team for one that may have as little as 1-5% future with the team. I don't think anyone is banking on him being a major factor. If he helps the team win a couple games then it's a solid win of a move.

 

[Cleetus]

Folks are just overthinking this.

The front office traded an asset who they viewed as having zero % future with the team for one that may have as little as 1-5% future with the team. I don't think anyone is banking on him being a major factor. If he helps the team win a couple games then it's a solid win of a move.

I am guilty of this lol, but truthfully it would be nice if he does pan out.

 

[Leafsfan74]

Exactly. so he bounced around from Montreal to Arizona to Pittsburgh to Ottawa and he is going to all of a sudden figure it out in Toronto? I doubt it. He probably goes back on waivers by end of April. Having said that, I am not here to win any arguments. I hope he does well and surprises us because I am a Leafs fan and it will beneficial for the Leafs if he does well. Here's hoping he succeeds and we are 100% wrong.

The difference is that the Leafs worked with him early and worked on what I heard deemed as any "weaknesses". Be it his skating or what have you.

Then, for the first time; had him play some games in the AHL to get in some action, build his confidence and give him the chance to earn a spot in the NHL, presumably with some of the tweaks to his game. Even if it were only for optics and they always intended to give him a shot, it was all a positive outcome from what I am reading and his success down there can only motivate him.

Finally, he now knows more than ever, that he might be out of the league for good. Any player naturally is going to feel the possibility that maybe he is not good enough anymore as so many have moved him. So, just as Kovalchuk knew when he landed in Montreal it was his last chance to show he still had it, Gally may see the same danger for his career.

He has an opportunity that many he played with in the AHL will never have. It's up to him to grab it. Becoming a top, effective, winning player in any original six franchise is a big deal for ones career prospects.

 

[hockeywiz542]

 

[Le Cobra]

before beginning a six-game stint with the Marlies.
Galchenyuk shone there on the team’s top line with Nic Petan and Alex Barabanov, recording two goals and eight points before Wednesday’s recall.
“I'm happy that I kept progressing with each game,” Galchenyuk said of his AHL play. "It keeps getting better and better. I played a lot of ice time, played in a lot of different situations, and I haven't done that in a year or so. To go down there and find my game and to bring it here, that was huge for me.”

sounds like a player getting their confidence back. Let’s give him a clean slate and critique him more after at least a couple games

 

[mapleleaf979]

Gally is a no risk , high reward situation. Gally has done very well in the AHL. I am very interested to see how this goes.

 

[OB34KNH]

Al Arbour said to Bill Torrey in reference to Mike Bossy, we can teach him to play defence but we can't teach him to score.

If Galchenyuk brings an unteachable skill, then maybe the Leafs coaching staff can bring him up to the necessary standards on the things they can teach.

Mark me down as hopeful/undecided on this experiment.

It's a change, anyway, from whats been happening. At worst its a transition from an inferior player -- Vesey -- to something else not yet decided.

Good luck with the leafs teaching anyone anything about defense.

 

[OB34KNH]

Gally is a no risk , high reward situation. Gally has done very well in the AHL. I am very interested to see how this goes.

Yeah, I don't understand what the deal is with people shitting on Gally.
If he doesn't do well, oh well.

It's not like Korshkov had a chance of cracking our lineup this year.

 

[OB34KNH]

Doubt it.

We're bound to hit on one of these players, Barabanov, Vesey, Lehtonen, Galchenyuk

 

[Nylander88]

Little to no risk, with potential for high reward. We're the first team to pump the breaks and give him some time to get set here in our system down with the Marlies. And he dominated down there and the coaches had nothing but good things to say about him. He can absolutely rip a puck too, which will help the second PP if he sees that chance. Hope it goes well for him if he gets in tonight

 

[Wafflewhipper]

We're bound to hit on one of these players, Barabanov, Vesey, Lehtonen, Galchenyuk

Two games coming up for him to show he is into it. The rest of the season after is his career. Pretty simple. Same game every time is what he needs to show. That’s hard to do coming in flat but now he’s played for the Marlies and good at that. A nice defensive games works wonders for him to move forward

 

[Wafflewhipper]

Little to no risk, with potential for high reward. We're the first team to pump the breaks and give him some time to get set here in our system down with the Marlies. And he dominated down there and the coaches had nothing but good things to say about him. He can absolutely rip a puck too, which will help the second PP if he sees that chance. Hope it goes well for him if he gets in tonight

Ottawa was a joke the way they utilized him earlier.

 

[Bluelines]

He was consistently a 20ish goal scorer (around half on the PP) with around 16ish minutes a night, a career 12% shooter. its pretty clear other teams limited his time on ice and he generates half of his offence from the PP.

Scoring	Goals	Assists	Shots	Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TSA	TOI	ATOI	FOW	FOL	FO%	BLK	HIT	TK	GV	Awards
2012-13	18	MTL	NHL	48	9	18	27	14	20	9	0	0	2	17	1	0	79	11.4	143	591	12:19	59	79	42.8	25	23	9	8	Calder-9
2013-14	19	MTL	NHL	65	13	18	31	-12	26	10	3	0	2	11	7	0	110	11.8	193	936	14:24	5	10	33.3	25	49	30	23
2014-15	20	MTL	NHL	80	20	26	46	8	39	17	3	0	1	17	9	0	163	12.3	300	1314	16:26	82	85	49.1	44	91	24	28
2015-16	21	MTL	NHL	82	30	26	56	-8	20	21	9	0	4	19	7	0	201	14.9	360	1333	16:16	359	390	47.9	36	62	31	36
2016-17	22	MTL	NHL	61	17	27	44	-5	24	11	6	0	6	18	9	0	104	16.3	198	972	15:56	274	368	42.7	32	36	17	34
2017-18	23	MTL	NHL	82	19	32	51	-31	22	10	9	0	2	17	15	0	213	8.9	382	1331	16:14	49	60	45.0	37	33	29	56
2018-19	24	ARI	NHL	72	19	22	41	-19	34	10	9	0	4	10	12	0	159	11.9	288	1133	15:44	188	223	45.7	34	62	28	40
2019-20	25	TOT	NHL	59	8	16	24	-5	16	6	2	0	0	11	5	0	86	9.3	141	726	12:18	67	64	51.1	17	52	5	20
2019-20	25	PIT	NHL	45	5	12	17	-7	10	3	2	0	0	8	4	0	65	7.7	102	517	11:29	7	5	58.3	9	32	4	12
2019-20	25	MIN	NHL	14	3	4	7	2	6	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	21	14.3	39	209	14:56	60	59	50.4	8	20	1	8
2020-21	26	OTT	NHL	8	1	0	1	-6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	5.9	28	76	9:30	0	0		1	12	1	5
6 yrs		MTL	NHL	418	108	147	255	-34	151	78	30	0	17	99	48	0	870	12.4	1576	6478	15:30	828	992	45.5	199	294	140	185
1 yr		ARI	NHL	72	19	22	41	-19	34	10	9	0	4	10	12	0	159	11.9	288	1133	15:44	188	223	45.7	34	62	28	40
1 yr		MIN	NHL	14	3	4	7	2	6	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	21	14.3	39	209	14:56	60	59	50.4	8	20	1	8
1 yr		PIT	NHL	45	5	12	17	-7	10	3	2	0	0	8	4	0	65	7.7	102	517	11:29	7	5	58.3	9	32	4	12
1 yr		OTT	NHL	8	1	0	1	-6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	5.9	28	76	9:30	0	0		1	12	1	5
Career		9 yrs	NHL	557	136	185	321	-64	207	94	42	0	21	120	65	0	1132	12.0	2033	8412	15:06	1083	1279	45.9	251	420	174	250

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[Bluelines]

We're bound to hit on one of these players, Barabanov, Vesey, Lehtonen, Galchenyuk

I think we've hit on one player fromteh KHL, Mikeyhev and he isnt really all that spcial, he;s an energy bomb , but that is about it. Ozaganov, Zaitsev, Lehotonen, Barabanov, nothing special TBH. Who was the last Russian we had that was good Markov?

 

[Ciao]

Good luck with the leafs teaching anyone anything about defense.

The Leafs look not too bad defensively lately.

It really doesn't matter what a previous coaching staff did or didn't do. It's not like the climate or the water would prevent this group from working something out.

I think this team has a defensive system to teach.