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Took a few shots of him tonight at the open house game:
Totally using one of your pictures on my phone..
Took a few shots of him tonight at the open house game:
Curious as well.
Totally using one of your pictures on my phone..
Is it? The difference between a good (44%) shooter and a bad one (24%) over 12 attempts is 2.5 goals... and then you have at least 5 other shooters and 2 goalies to factor in.
I thought he had a decent game. His vision is amazing, his passes are smooth and I think we should give him a shot. He can learn a lot in MTL, not so sure he's got that much experience to gain in the OHL vs the NHL.
The kid can keep up and he's only going to get better. The one thing that bothers me is that he tends to cheat waiting on the enemy blue line. Maybe it's just me, but i thought he looked like he was playing center when he was with Eller tonight, he was all over the place.
He showed flashes of offensive awareness later in the scrimmage, but what worries me is that he seemed to get pushed off the puck a little too easily. This happens with most 18 year olds in the NHL, but it might be best to slate another big player with gally and pleks. An idea would be:
Patches DD Cole
Gally Pleks Bourque (looked good yesterday)
Moen Eller Gio
Like that Bourque does most of the work along the boards, giving gally the space to make his offensive plays (like Cole did for Patches)
He showed flashes of offensive awareness later in the scrimmage, but what worries me is that he seemed to get pushed off the puck a little too easily.
Replacing a 25% shooter, with a 50% shooter rates to add ONE44% is still enough to help you win a lot of SO in one season.
Nope, Therrien said they wanted to see more of him on the wing (LW), because that's where they have a need right now
I haven't watched too many Sarnia Sting games, but I wonder if he had the same tendencies to cut to the center of the ice while playing LW like he showed yesterday.
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By all accounts he does that a lot, on many of his goals or assists he's in the middle of the ice and his Sarnia linemates adapt.
Replacing a 25% shooter, with a 50% shooter rates to add ONE
shoot-out win over a 48 game schedule. The amount you'd have to
improve Gally's results before their worth TWO wins is large. He would
have to be the best, and probably by a lot.
People are misled by short sample sizes.
And shoot-outs happen in about 16.5% of NHL games. Over a 48
game schedule, this results in an average of about 8. Certainly not
10-12.
Galchenyuk WAS, IS and WILL BE a centerman. He's a centerman who the Habs don't want to rush 'cause the defensive assignments are tougher to handle.
If so.....put him back in Sarnia. And give a chance to Gallagher. My centerman in Montreal would be: DD-Pleks-Eller-Galchenyuk. Tough to play as a centerman? Play him in limited minutes on a 4th line.
8 SO with that stat we have last years mean Habs would be 1-7 this years = 1pts total for SO
8 SO with Gally and another good SO player could bring the Habs to a 4-4 record = 4 pts for SO
which means 3 more points on a 48 game schedule, which is huge to me. Could be the difference between finishing 7 or 11...Playoff or not
edit: Hooooo and BTW, we are just talking about SO, I am sure Gally can help Habs in many others different ways
Galchenyuk WAS, IS and WILL BE a centerman. He's a centerman who the Habs don't want to rush 'cause the defensive assignments are tougher to handle.
If so.....put him back in Sarnia. And give a chance to Gallagher. My centerman in Montreal would be: DD-Pleks-Eller-Galchenyuk. Tough to play as a centerman? Play him in limited minutes on a 4th line.
Galchenyuk WAS, IS and WILL BE a centerman. He's a centerman who the Habs don't want to rush 'cause the defensive assignments are tougher to handle.
If so.....put him back in Sarnia. And give a chance to Gallagher. My centerman in Montreal would be: DD-Pleks-Eller-Galchenyuk. Tough to play as a centerman? Play him in limited minutes on a 4th line.
It's not worth keeping him in the NHL for limited minutes. He can transition back to center next year or later, I don't see a big deal there.
Completely disagree with this. Time and time again you see young centerman start on the wing and end up in the middle. it's going to happen to Seguin eventually like it happened to Giroux. Brayden Schenn is another one.
If we didn't have so many proven centers in their respected positions (DD and Pleks in top 6, Eller on 3rd line), then you'd probably see Gally as a C... but to inhibit his development as an offensive NHL player just because those positions are filled up would be unwise imo.
If he's ready to produce at the NHL level now... then he should be given the opportunity to.
1) he's too dominant for the O
2) playing gallagher on that line is a bad idea with pleks and gio. nobody to win puck battles. nobody. at least galchenyuk is 6'1 200
3)we finally have a true crash and bang line and a 3rd line that avg's 6'2.
1) he's too dominant for the O
2) playing gallagher on that line is a bad idea with pleks and gio. nobody to win puck battles. nobody. at least galchenyuk is 6'1 200
3)we finally have a true crash and bang line and a 3rd line that avg's 6'2.
I say this 'cause in the end, I don't see him producing as a winger. And if he doesn't produce and let say Bourque has a tremendous start....guess what will happen? Gally is going in Sarnia. So what do you want? A try on the wing to get back in Juniors? Or an understanding of him as a centerman with a lot more time to prove himself, with no pressure and learning the position even if the wingers aren't exactly star players. But playing with Armstrong and Prust would be better than playing with Mr. Nobody and Mr. Who? in Sarnia.