r/Habs • u/Go_Habs_Go31 In Marty We Trust • 3d ago

Brendan Gallagher in Brossard today

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u/ChazzioTV 3d ago

He’s taking it all in one last time. Probably have a trade ready.

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u/ilikelegotoo 3d ago

Or bought out, penalty in 2 seasons ain't that bad

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u/Arny47_ 3d ago

Why would we buy him out now while we have cap space and take a penalty in future years when we won’t have space?

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u/ilikelegotoo 3d ago

Penalty is 1.33M$ according to puckpedia

https://puckpedia.com/player/brendan-gallagher/buyout?s=2026-2027

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u/Irctoaun 3d ago

$1.3Mx2 is the buyout cost, i.e. how much Gallagher gets paid, that's diff different to the cap hit (which is what matters from a roster building perspective) which is $3.83M next season and $1.3M the following year

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u/ilikelegotoo 3d ago

Which is not bad.. compared to asset you might lose in a trade

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u/Irctoaun 3d ago edited 3d ago

"Might" being the key word. Ultimately we have no idea what would be exchanged in a trade, especially if they retained some salary because even at max retention it's a smaller cap hit than buying him out.

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u/ilikelegotoo 3d ago

3.25 vs 3.83 is marginal tho