Proposal: MTL & VAN

[dgibb10]

Gallagher is underrated.

 

[JustAHabFan]

Gallagher is underrated.

Way way underrated. In the playoff, it's usually the 2nd/3rd line that would make the difference in a series. Gallagher will be a perfect 3rd line winger in a Cup contending team.

 

[dgibb10]

Way way underrated. In the playoff, it's usually the 2nd/3rd line that would make the difference in a series. Gallagher will be a perfect 3rd line winger in a Cup contending team.

Not on the PP so doesn't get to rack up points there to make the casuals fall in love.

And a hefty contract.

perfect recipe to be underrated

 

[jfhabs]

Leadership needs to change with the Habs.
Matheson, Anderson, Dvorak, Gally all gotta go
Only Savard and Evans makes sense to keep atm.

It's actually the opposite.
Savard and Evans have value being on expiring contract and being decent contributors.
Matheson could be traded for the right price, but we don't really have someone to eat his minutes right now.
The other 3 are cap dumps and it doesn't make sense to retain or pay asset to dump them because we're not in 'win now' window.

 

[JustAHabFan]

Not on the PP so doesn't get to rack up points there to make the casuals fall in love.

And a hefty contract.

perfect recipe to be underrated

But here we talked about 50% retaining. For a little more than 3M, I think it's a very good deal and all the Habs got was a 4th/5th round pick? The Habs has no issue with the cap and they have a very young team. Leadership and show young players how to play the game properly worth much more than a late pick.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Gallagher is underrated.

I mean he’s 32 and a half years and plays a punishing game that leads to injuries and likely not much longer playing at this level and he is significantly overpaid.
Would have been a great pickup in his prime though.

 

[ReimanSum1908]

I mean he’s 32 and a half years and plays a punishing game that leads to injuries and likely not much longer playing at this level and he is significantly overpaid.
Would have been a great pickup in his prime though.

He's playing far, far better this year, but no one should confuse competence with attractiveness as an asset or value to other teams.

Whereas in prior seasons, he looked like a player who shouldn't be in the league, now he looks like an overpaid veteran who competes and has had some good luck.

 

[CanadienShark]

Vancouver really doesn't need an overpaid 3rd liner. A defence upgrade and/or a bona fide Top-6 forward are the obvious needs. Anything else is probably...not really worth doing. In fact, with Dakota Joshua coming back...they can reunite one of the best third lines in the league, which plays hard, structured, gritty hockey and scores at a more or less Top-6 rate at even strength.


I also don't really think Montreal would necessarily want to move Gallagher either. His cap isn't really an issue for them right now and he's a perfect culture carrier/tone setter/role model in his effort and work ethic.

At 3.25, he's not overpaid. Far from it. I do agree that Vancouver isn't the right landing spot.

 

[FerrisRox]

No reason for either team to do this.

There is definitely a reason for Vancouver to trade a 4th round pick for Brendan Gallagher at barely $3 million.

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

The only way this makes any sense for Vancouver is we included Heinen too since he's essentially the player Gallagher would replace. However, that makes even less sense for Montreal.

It just isn't a good target for us. Matheson is the player we'd have interest in, not Gallagher

 

[BLONG7]

Yikes
Gallagher is making $9 mill in salary this season

Amazing...............what stupid GM did that eh....the guy running for coffee and bagels in LA!! lol
Also the same GM all over getting Dubois in LA!!
Stupid is.........Stupid does.

All that said, Gally is having a comeback season from 4 terrible seasons. Caphit is 6.5M and there would be teams bite at 50% retained....

 

[CanadienShark]

Gallagher is underrated.

Not on the PP so doesn't get to rack up points there to make the casuals fall in love.

And a hefty contract.

perfect recipe to be underrated

I... Agree with you? Sorry, this is a first.

Gallagher definitely doesn't have much trade value at all, likely in cap dump territory at his current hit. That's not really important now. He's a useful player and a leader for a team that needs more of what he brings and doesn't need the cap space.

I mean he’s 32 and a half years and plays a punishing game that leads to injuries and likely not much longer playing at this level and he is significantly overpaid.
Would have been a great pickup in his prime though.

We've been hearing that for 10 years now and somehow he's still having a good year. Don't get me wrong, he's falling off, but he's a very valuable player to have around any organization if you can look past his contract.

 

[CanadienShark]

The only way this makes any sense for Vancouver is we included Heinen too since he's essentially the player Gallagher would replace. However, that makes even less sense for Montreal.

It just isn't a good target for us. Matheson is the player we'd have interest in, not Gallagher

Make an offer. I'm more receptive to a Matheson trade than many other Habs fans. He's a good, but nothing special player. Think of him as your 2nd pair anchor (#3D) and go from there.

 

[Qwijibo]

Make an offer. I'm more receptive to a Matheson trade than many other Habs fans. He's a good, but nothing special player. Think of him as your 2nd pair anchor (#3D) and go from there.

Get ready for the standard Canucks offer of Hoglander, Soucy/Forbort/Juulsen and a 2nd.

 

[Goal Caufield50]

Gallagher is underrated.

he is overrated

 

[CanadienShark]

Get ready for the standard Canucks offer of Hoglander, Soucy/Forbort/Juulsen and a 2nd.

We've got our own similar counter offers.

In all seriousness, Hoglander is definitely an acceptable add-on, but I think Vancouver should keep him. He's got Lehkonen vibes.

 

[Qwijibo]

We've got our own similar counter offers.

In all seriousness, Hoglander is definitely an acceptable add-on, but I think Vancouver should keep him. He's got Lehkonen vibes.

He rode an unsustainable shooting percentage to an overpriced contract last year. There's nothing he brings to tge table that Montréal doesn't have or have coming

 

[TBF1972]

Gallagher is underrated.

not by the contract.