I don’t think Gallant is doing himself any favors right now, and is probably going to get himself fired, but…..
This is a poorly constructed team, and that goes back to the start of the rebuild and the trading of Stepan all the way to today. You can’t just draft kids high and hope for the best, you need to develop not only the players, but the structures around them to help them succeed and build around them. This franchise had one foot in both camps, got lucky in the COVID year, and have seemingly managed to damage 2 promising young forwards careers, give out some questionable and long contracts, and create this mish mosh of players that don’t seem to have chemistry.