C Alex Galchenyuk - Sarnia Sting, OHL (2012 draft) (Part 2)

FrankMTL · Jan 18, 2013

Galchenyuk has officially made the team out of camp. How many games he gets is anybody's guess though. We'll see how he adapts to the speed of the NHL. Worst case scenario he gets a couple of games of NHL experience and gets sent back down to Sarnia to get stronger and work on his first step quickness/acceleration.

syc · Jan 18, 2013

FrankMTL said:
Galchenyuk has officially made the team out of camp. How many games he gets is anybody's guess though. We'll see how he adapts to the speed of the NHL. Worst case scenario he gets a couple of games of NHL experience and gets sent back down to Sarnia to get stronger and work on his first step quickness/acceleration.

He's only made the team when he plays his 6th game. He will be sent down.

Terrible idea.

FrankMTL · Jan 18, 2013

syc said:
He's only made the team when he plays his 6th game. He will be sent down.

Terrible idea.

That's why I said he officially made the team out of camp...He will probably be sent down after 5 games or less. Why is it a horrible idea? What harm will it do? If you see he's really behind the play and not ready, you send him back to juniors.

UsernameWasTaken · Jan 18, 2013

Canuck71 said:
He never came from a wealthy family, and his family was basically living off his sponsors cheques he was getting every month.. He was making enough off that for them to have a middle class house in a nice neighbourhood in Sarnia. I can only imagine he is their only support of income at the moment.

Wasn't he living with the Galchenyuks when he was in Sarnia? I thought his family was back in Russia then.

I remember reading something where Elliotte Friedman said his family was very wealthy.

Rabid Ranger · Jan 18, 2013

syc said:
He's only made the team when he plays his 6th game. He will be sent down.

Terrible idea.

Killjoy.

I am the Liquor · Jan 18, 2013

UsernameWasTaken said:
Wasn't he living with the Galchenyuks when he was in Sarnia? I thought his family was back in Russia then.

I remember reading something where Elliotte Friedman said his family was very wealthy.

They are. This guy has no clue.

Good for Galchenyuk. I hope he sticks.

Xokkeu · Jan 18, 2013

FrankMTL said:
That's why I said he officially made the team out of camp...He will probably be sent down after 5 games or less. Why is it a horrible idea? What harm will it do? If you see he's really behind the play and not ready, you send him back to juniors.

Shame that if he doesn't make the team he can't play with Hamilton. I don't think he gains anything by finishing the year in Sarnia.

KAPOW · Jan 18, 2013

that's definetely the 2nd game i watch tomorrow. good luck to the kid.

wings5 · Jan 18, 2013

Xokkeu said:
Shame that if he doesn't make the team he can't play with Hamilton. I don't think he gains anything by finishing the year in Sarnia.

No shame at all, Hamilton's coaching staff has the intelligence of a neanderthal and wouldn't be surprised to see Gally playing like 5 min a game or getting scratched if he was in Hamilton.

Leaf Rocket · Jan 18, 2013

well ill have my eyes glued to him tomorrow night to see how far he has come for sure. I think it would've been best if he stayed back but let's see what happens.

L4vK · Jan 19, 2013

What do you guys expect out of Galchenyuk in his first 5 game ?

Marc the Habs Fan · Jan 19, 2013

L4vK said:
What do you guys expect out of Galchenyuk in his first 5 game ?

Not a whole lot aside from shootout prowess. He'll be back in Sarnia by game 6.

That · Jan 19, 2013

L4vK said:
What do you guys expect out of Galchenyuk in his first 5 game ?

A point or two. More interested in seeing how he adjusts to speed of the game.

Blind Gardien · Jan 19, 2013

syc said:
He's only made the team when he plays his 6th game. He will be sent down.

At this point, I think he's up to stay. The only injured Hab is Nokelainen. Gallagher is on the roster too, and doesn't exactly "ideally" belong in the NHL either. So I'll be surprised if Galchenyuk goes back. Very surprised. He'll have to really look godawful IMHO, and while I don't expect him to do anything, I also don't expect him to be "godawful" either. The Habs seem to have a marketing strategy with him, and they don't have (m)any viable alternatives at this point, so it's almost case closed that he stays.

montreal · Jan 19, 2013

Blind Gardien said:
At this point, I think he's up to stay. The only injured Hab is Nokelainen. Gallagher is on the roster too, and doesn't exactly "ideally" belong in the NHL either. So I'll be surprised if Galchenyuk goes back. Very surprised. He'll have to really look godawful IMHO, and while I don't expect him to do anything, I also don't expect him to be "godawful" either. The Habs seem to have a marketing strategy with him, and they don't have (m)any viable alternatives at this point, so it's almost case closed that he stays.

agreed, i am guessing he's done with the OHL.

AmeriHab · Jan 20, 2013

The whole team looked pretty bad, but he did ok I guess, no glaring mistakes but looked overwhelmed, so after 5 games or so and the team continues poorly, he'll be back in sarnia so they make a push and he can get some playoff hockey under his belt

Canuck71* · Jan 20, 2013

I am the Liquor said:
They are. This guy has no clue.

Good for Galchenyuk. I hope he sticks.

You actually are the one without the clue. He lived with the Galchenyuk's in Sarnia his first year over here then his second year over here he moved his whole family. Don't know where these wealthy family rumors are coming from.

BOUNCE · Jan 20, 2013

Watch the Toronto game, Gally looked pretty lost out there. Nevertheless it was only his first game of his young career. Only a matter of time before he becomes a stud center man. All he needs to do is get more comfortable and the points will start coming :handclap:

sharks9 · Jan 20, 2013

AmeriHab said:
The whole team looked pretty bad, but he did ok I guess, no glaring mistakes but looked overwhelmed, so after 5 games or so and the team continues poorly, he'll be back in sarnia so they make a push and he can get some playoff hockey under his belt

Yea he did alright, but in his first NHL game as an 18-year old he was probably pretty nervous out there.

Had a wicked wrist shot that almost led to a goal though!

waingr0 · Jan 20, 2013

*crump - photo credit

Galchenyuk and Komarov's first NHL game together was cute

Vaclav Varada · Jan 20, 2013

I thought the Habs were going to let him wear 94?

Marc the Habs Fan · Jan 20, 2013

WasTeD said:
I thought the Habs were going to let him wear 94?

He doesn't seem to want it right now for whatever reason...

Le Tricolore · Jan 20, 2013

Marc the Habs Fan said:
He doesn't seem to want it right now for whatever reason...

I think it's more that he just doesn't care and took whatever number was given to him.

HuGo Sham · Jan 21, 2013

he's going to get sent back. there's not much for him to learn in the O but he's not insulated on a team with a thin top 6. he's not a winger nor should he play the wing. too much pressure for him to produce with gionta and plekanecs. unless they feel he can play 3rd line minutes and pp time.

WhiskeyYerTheDevils · Jan 21, 2013

I think he looked fine for a first game. Way better than yakupov. If you think galchenyuk looked lost, watch a replay of the oilers game last night.

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