Galchenyuk needs to put his big boy pants on......what is it now, 3yrs of excuses for the guy. It was Therrien's fault, it was injuries, he's on the wing, the habs brass held him back, it's Julien's fault now. Funny how other players are developing quite well around him yet he's regressing........you don't like being a 3rd line winger, then do something about it.
I laugh even harder now at the idea that this guy was ready from prime time centre 2-3yrs ago.....
I'm a big time Galchenyuk fan, and as of a few days ago I wanted him signed long term. But now I seriously have my doubts if he can actually assume the responsibility of being a second line centre, let alone a first line centre.
I hope this kid finds his game, it could possibly mean the cup or not.
Nobody said he was ready 2-3 years ago. The idea was to put him at center so he could be ready, you know, today. People were discussing this in the Therrien/Galch threads for years. Put him at center early, live through the growing pains, let him develop there. TEACH him. But no, apparently he wasn't good enough at Faceoffs...
Saying you're a big time Galchenyuk fan means nothing. I find people usually say that right before they criticize someone. Ironic.
Anyways, you say Galchenyuk being on top of his game might mean a cup. We are not winning anything with him on the wing of a 3rd line while Danault is centering the top line and we also have a Byron on the top 6. Those two guys had career years and they still haven't outproduced him despite playing 20 games more.
They're not better and they won't lead us anywhere.
So instead of crying about how he needs to put his big pants on (as if that even means anything), maybe just feed him all the offensive opportunities he can get, and then some.
Live and die with your best players.
Julien is new, so, not dumping on him. We will see what happens. I think it's a silly exercise though because Galch will be back up playing on the top lines regardless of whether he does well or not on the 3rd.