Petey Castiglione Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Local kid who can put up 30 goals and plays a tough game. Exactly what we would want out of JV. Hope we can make this happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petey Castiglione Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 4 minutes ago, mll said: From today: Incoming Jet Black Jim. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whalespray Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 (edited) Virtanen Benn pick Gally Edited October 13, 2020 by Whalespray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mll Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 43 minutes ago, Provost said: ... but the report from the agent was that the offers from Montreal kept getting smaller as they signed two other RW players, until the talks completely broke off. The state of things two weeks ago isn't very relevant to today in that context. A deal can still get done, but if Montreal spent all that money in the intervening time... maybe they aren't willing to go nearly as far to re-up Gallagher as they were a couple weeks ago. That is actually what the agent is saying. Why would Gallagher agree to ever reducing offers if he is a pending UFA? If his agent just says they will go test the market, what does Montreal do? Do they let that happen or are they proactive and move Gallagher for a decent return? Either possibility is reasonable, so it can't be dismissed as just posturing. Both sides might have to just step away for a while from the negotiations. It's going to be a long off-season. Players probably also have to wrap their head around that the big payday they were hoping for might not happen. Will they test a market that might not necessarily pay them more or stay with their team. This was his interview from today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5Fivehole0 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Whalespray said: Virtanen Benn pick Gally I don't think Vancouver has the room to trade a Dman. Also there's 0 way Montreal takes that. Virtanen Sutter prospect pick is a bit more realistic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Gallagher is 29 next summer. Benning was reluctant to sign his own UFA's this summer to long term deals. I highly doubt next summer will be any different. Gallagher will want to get paid with term next summer, at 29 and with the style he plays I'm not sure it's a good idea to go after him. Also, next summer we will need all of our extra cap space to sign Petey and Huggy as well as Demko. I don't think we will have $5 million+ in extra funds to sign Gallagher or any other UFA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcoastcanucks777 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Tell Gally Habs are bogus then he will come here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Goose Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 3 hours ago, CDBudz55 said: Virtanen Pearson 1st Thoughts? Would a 2nd be enough instead of the 1st? MTL gets two legit NHL'ers (1 being their new guy TT's buddy) plus a great pick. I'll hang up and listen. oh my you must be a MTL fan 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amplified0ne Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 His style of play will likely mean his body breaks down earlier. If he gets term and dollars, it will be one of those contracts that gets bought out near the end of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Pass on Gallagher. Love the player - but the circumstances make no sense for us. I would not re-sign him next offseason - not near the kind of terms being thrown around - and terrible timing regardless. For one year of Gallagher - with the asset prices being proposed here - hard no. Now Danault on the other hand - I would kick tires at minimum. Bigger guy, heavier game, a center, and good faceoff guy - I'd target him over a RW, no question. If the Habs are considering moving Gallagher - and are looking for a 20 goal scoring LW - in a separate deal I'd consider a Pearson/Danault as principals deal - or alternatively - imo they are relatively small and soft top to bottom at LW - I'd also offer a Roussel + future type deal for Danault - depending on what the Habs intend to acquire in those separate deals (ie if they target a LW for Gallagher, they could still probably stand to improve, get harder to play against in their bottom 6. It looks like a multi-stage set of deals they 'should' make, so the first won't have to accomplish the goal in the end. I think the Habs 'should' move Drouin, as well - but I doubt they do - they'll probably hope to uptick him as a playmaker to Anderson/Toffoli... In any event, Danault would be my target, not Gallagher (as much as I love the guy). 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 (edited) Would love to see him on Horvats wing. He’d be the perfect linemate. That being said the cost of acquisition would be too high, as would the cost to re-sign. Edited October 13, 2020 by DeNiro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwijibo Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 1 hour ago, 5Fivehole0 said: I don't think Vancouver has the room to trade a Dman. Also there's 0 way Montreal takes that. Virtanen Sutter prospect pick is a bit more realistic Not remotely realistic. They moved Domi because they have depth at C. Sutter is a pure cap dump to them. Virtanen doesn’t supplant Armia (who is far more defensively responsible). Bergevin tends to do 1 for 1 deals. He doesn’t like to give up quality for quantity. The one exception was the Pacioretty desl where he got 3 pieces back. Tatar, Suzuki and a 2nd. Gallagher isn’t the goal scorer that Pacioretty is, but his value would still be sky high. Vancouver scraps won’t get him. Want him? It’ll cost a piece that legitimately hurts to give up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 2 hours ago, qwijibo said: But if they go they’ll get a substantial return. couldn't possibly pick a worse time to try to sell a player like this. Read the market. Look at how many good players are on the market at borderline neutral value - simply because there are so many buyer's options in a heavily tilted buyer's market. Gallagher is a great player - but he's not young, he does not play one of the critical 'battery' positions, he has one year of term and then requires a re-up in the wake of a cap stall.... I would not expect teams to line up to give you a substantial return for him - I think you might need to tone down your expectations... I would, for example, at first suggestion of a 'substantial return', peel off in a second to take Palat/Killorn off Tampa's hands, instead.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwijibo Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 1 minute ago, oldnews said: couldn't possibly pick a worse time to try to sell a player like this. Read the market. Look at how many good players are on the market at borderline neutral value - simply because there are so many buyer's options in a heavily tilted buyer's market. Gallagher is a great player - but he's not young, he does not play one of the critical 'battery' positions, he has one year of term and then requires a re-up in the wake of a cap stall.... I would not expect teams to line up to give you a substantial return for him - I think you might need to tone down your expectations... I would, for example, at first suggestion of a 'substantial return', peel off in a second to take Palat/Killorn off Tampa's hands, instead.... They aren’t in a position where they have to move him. They’re $300 k over the cap (which is easily dealt with). If someone comes with a crap offer they can afford to wait. There would be several teams lining up to make a hockey deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekker Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 (edited) Would love to see him in our the top six. Doubt it happens because some salary would have to go back. But if they have interest in Roussell + maybe something could be worked out. Edited October 13, 2020 by rekker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwijibo Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 1 minute ago, rekker said: Would love to see him in our the top six. Doubt it happens because some salary would have to go back. But if they have interest in Roussell + maybe something could be worked out. Why would they have interest in Roussel in return for a top line winger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, qwijibo said: They aren’t in a position where they have to move him. They’re $300 k over the cap (which is easily dealt with). If someone comes with a crap offer they can afford to wait. There would be several teams lining up to make a hockey deal. A hockey deal is probably all that would be possible / or that would make sense. Otherwise - why bother moving him? Putting him on the seller's market right now is probably as inopportune as it gets - unless they are looking to one for one swap him to a team where he's a better fit - ie for a 20 goal scoring LW.... They don't really have a bottleneck at RW in any event imo - Anderson on the 3rd line is an excellent option - guys like Toffoli, Tatar, Byron, Lekhonen can move side to side.... It's unfortunate if a rift develops over the Anderson deal and Toffoli signing...but if they have to repeat a Domi/Anderson type swap that may be the only type of thing that makes sense under the circumstances... From a Canucks point of view though, Gallagher makes much less sense than Danault imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekker Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 1 minute ago, qwijibo said: Why would they have interest in Roussel in return for a top line winger. Part return. He would replace some of the edge that Gallagher brings. Obviously not one for one. Probably picks added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herberts Vasiljevs Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 I could see Bergevin maybe wanting to bring in Pearson to play with Toffoli. I'm not sure if the price for Gallagher (especially in today's economy) will even be that high. Would Pearson for Gallagher do the trick maybe? Or is that way off base? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwijibo Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 1 minute ago, rekker said: Part return. He would replace some of the edge that Gallagher brings. Obviously not one for one. Probably picks added. Bergevin does 1/1 deals. Roussel doesn’t even get him to pick up the phone. He’s a disposable player that every team has in the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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