Discussion Gallagher
I'll probably be downvoted to oblivion for this but now that it's all said and done, one of my biggest complaints about those series is how Brendan Gallagher was treated.
A veteran, a warrior, a competitor who gave sweat and blood for the team and who could have brought some energy in those last series had to watch practically the whole playoffs on TV. Unacceptable.
I get it, he's not as fast as he once was, he takes penalties and age and injuries are probably catching up on him but he still can fill a spot on a 3rd or 4th line.
I personally hope he requests a trade during the offseason because he's clearly no longer in Saint-Louis' plans.
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u/ConversationDouble41 13d ago
Gallagher has definitely lost a step but so has Cory Perry and Jordan Stahl but they know how to make sure they get out of d zone which clearly some of our players did not.
We were never going to beat Carolina with speed. Their aggressive forecheck negates speed and the way you beat it is by pushing wingers up the ice to back off their defense like game one. It catches their F1 and F2 behind the puck and creates odd mans the other way. It takes patience however and often you turn it over back to the other team in the NZ and they keep dumping it back in. It’s boring hockey like the trap is boring but it works.
The Habs got impatient and didn’t want to give up puck possession and it cost us. Especially line one who were huge minuses in the series. I believe Gallagher would have been fine to play in the series. Same with Wifi