...so, pretty simple question here...would you trade the unprotected 2023 1st we got from Florida to dump Gallagher's contract??...
...so, pretty simple question here...would you trade the unprotected 2023 1st we got from Florida to dump Gallagher's contract??...
Why though.
No. Keeping Gallagher makes us worse, and we need our picks. Tank time....cuz I'm interested to see what everyone here thinks about the question...so would you??...
No, ridiculous really. Gallagher been good player for a decade. A two time 33 goal scorer who bleeds the CH...so, pretty simple question here...would you trade the unprotected 2023 1st we got from Florida to dump Gallagher's contract??...
...so, pretty simple question here...would you trade the unprotected 2023 1st we got from Florida to dump Gallagher's contract??...
Even if we could, I wouldn't. We need to accumulate 1st round picks and 2nd round picks for 2023 and 2024 if we want a rebuild that won't be eternal. We need as many cracks at real talent as possible and that's 1st and 2nd round....so, pretty simple question here...would you trade the unprotected 2023 1st we got from Florida to dump Gallagher's contract??...
That contract will age badly, for sure, but it won't be a Cap problem for the Habs, not with the huge chunks of Cap space potentially coming off the books every year for the next four years. This year alone, with contracts ending for Drouin, Byron, Allen and Dadonov, it's 16.775M potentially off the books. Most, if not all of those contracts should be gone by trade deadline.I voted no, but I hesitated. The tiebreaker was the unprotected part. There's a decidedly non-zero chance this pick turns into a superstar through a top 5 or top 10 pick.
Right now, Gallagher's value is at its lowest. A decent season or two, and his contract isn't as bad, and it's 2 years shorter by then, too. Once the cap starts rising (and with inflation as it is, it will move up quickly), it might be a tolerable deal for a 3d liner with some leadership. And I don't expect that cap room will be critical to keeping anyone until its last year or two, and by then it's 50-50 that he'll be LTIR, or just that with a higher cap the cost of moving that deal is less.
It's unlikely without money coming back. Surely Arizona is on Brendan's no-trade list....so, pretty simple question here...would you trade the unprotected 2023 1st we got from Florida to dump Gallagher's contract??...