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Gallagher signs 6-year @ $6.5M AAV

All this whining about Gallagher who’s a consummate professional, yet no issues wanting to overpay cokehead Ruskie douchebag Radulov, who was 2-years older and looking for a long term deal. How ironic...

yeah... there’ll be plenty of time to whine in 3 years (maybe) what’s the rush with some people?
 
I’d say his window is the next 3-4 years. After this it gets complicated.

he got busy. The team is significantly better and all this was done without giving up prospect or high picks.

The window is 2 years because Suzuki and Romanov's contracts are up. If Suzuki's going to be as good as I think he is, he won't be getting some bridge deal for pennies on the dollar. Kotkaniemi needs a new contract next summer, but I could see him & Romanov getting a bridge deal. He doesn't have much of a leg to stand on.

Danault & Tatar are both going to be gone, it's just a matter of whether they'll be traded for picks or they walk as UFAs. They're not the end-all, be-all, but Danault's a superb #3 / borderline #2 center and Tatar's a 20-25 goal scorer. We don't have replacements for them if they move on. Caufield & Poehling might be able to replace them, but until they do, we have no way of knowing. They wouldn't be the first prospects to flame out.

Also of note: Price will be 35, Weber 37, Petry 34 by then. Is there a chance they'll all be as good as they are now? Sure, but it's unlikely.

Last thing: The team is definitely better, but I'm not sure it's significantly better. Defensively, a tiny bit. Offensively, it should be a lot better, but offense wasn't as much of an issue as the left D and goaltending.

Anywho, we shall see.
 
if the team can’t replace Tatar in two years, we have bigger problems than Gallagher’s contract

your analysis depends on every prospect being a bust
 
if the team can’t replace Tatar in two years, we have bigger problems than Gallagher’s contract

your analysis depends on every prospect being a bust

Caufield is a RW but his one t is amazing so maybe be he moves to his off-wing.
 
Only glaring weakness remains a PP QB.

it’s a big one....

Separately, I firmly believe that the PP is better when Petry (and not Weber) is the featured d-man

I get that Weber has a scary shot; but how many times does it go in. Most of the time it just results in a turnover
 
It's a "thank you for being Brendan Gallagher" contract. This type of thing happens all the time in business, just none of us care usually because we don't follow or cheer non-sport businesses.

In business you make tough decisions . You don’t have a cap to think about

If you don’t produce Bezos will dissolve anon productive business unit

You thank Gally for giving me the heist in return
 
All this whining about Gallagher who’s a consummate professional, yet no issues wanting to overpay cokehead Ruskie douchebag Radulov, who was 2-years older and looking for a long term deal. How ironic...

Please .....douchebag is a much better player than Gally plus he had no miles on his body

His performance against the Rangers in the playoffs , Gally couldn’t do it on a video game

He carried our ass to any hope we had

Gally has done fuk all when it mattered

Bottom line .....we simply were not the team to overpay him or Gally

The time was ripe to unload while we got Josh and Tyler

We milked Gally’s best years
 
In business you make tough decisions . You don’t have a cap to think about

If you don’t produce Bezos will dissolve anon productive business unit

You thank Gally for giving me the heist in return

One big difference: unlike Amazon, Habs profit margin is not based on maximizing player value.

The Bell Centre will be packed regardless (obviously not in COVID times) all Molson has to do is provide hope. other businesses have to provide real value
 
One big difference: unlike Amazon, Habs profit margin is not based on maximizing player value.

The Bell Centre will be packed regardless (obviously not in COVID times) all Molson has to do is provide hope. other businesses have to provide real value

Sure , our real value was a heist of a trade

Maximizing player value is how you get improve
 
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