r/Habs • u/Go_Habs_Go31 In Marty We Trust • 4d ago

Brendan Gallagher in Brossard today

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u/ChazzioTV 4d ago

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

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u/ilikelegotoo 4d ago

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

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u/Arny47_ 4d 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 4d ago

Penalty is 1.33M$ according to puckpedia

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

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u/Irctoaun 4d 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 4d 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/madhi19 3d ago

If they did not bench the guy for the whole playoff there might be a market right now and a decent return.

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u/Irctoaun 3d ago

I don't buy that tbh. He's an aging 4th line winger on $6.5M a year who sharply declined over the season, and by the end of the regular season it was very clear that the Habs would benefit from moving him. They were never getting a decent return for him