He was never good. Even in his best offensive seasons he was a drag on his line and his team. Talk about points all you want but you’re missing 99% of the the game of hockey.
Confirmed Signing with Link: [OTT] Alex Galchenyuk signs with the Senators (1 year, $1.05M)
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The Devilish Buffoon
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I dont hate the signing but if anyone is expecting more of an impact than Ennis brought, I think they will be sorely disappointed. He's not that good offensively other than on the PP and he has many, many warts to his game. To me, "successful" will simply be not being a frequent healthy scratch.
What if he comes in at around 10 Goals and 20 points and minus 10? Still beneficial.. its a cheap enough deal on short term which is a plus
Its fairly low risk and no term.. agreed. Some team was gonna give him a shot... at same time I wouldn't be shocked if he got bumped by mid season..time will tell
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If he can be a legitimate threat on the powerplay that alone makes it a worthwhile signing. The Senators were anemic on the powerplay last season
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Sens are by far the worst team on PP since Alfie left. I think were under 15% and no other team is within like 1.5% of us or something. That said, so long as he can take a regular shift without being a detriment to our team, I'm completely fine with him having a place. But he will need to do more than just contribute on the PP to stay in the lineup imo, and thats where I have my doubts. I do root for Galchenyuk though and I hope he has a great year & a great career.
NyQuil
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How is this thread still going?
Such an underwhelming move.
Such an underwhelming move.
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Because if people like the poster above, bumping it two weeks later...
low risk, low reward for us it’s not that exciting.
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A lot of Montreal fans with Galchenyuk baggage keep bringing him up for some reason.
If he is in anyone's top 6, they have much bigger issues !!
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Well, that's the thing. If he does not score, he is basically useless. He tries hard, but he is not a very smart player. Very meh positionning, useless defensively, good passer, but bad vision/decisions with the puck. So, unless he goes on a hot streak, he is a net negative. There is a reason 4 teams gave up on him.
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It's also the reason he was available and why we signed him to a cheap one-year contract that the team is perfectly prepared to walk away from.
If his name was Bob Smith I wouldn't be sitting here on 14 pages for 1.05M.
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Oh totally. Not saying it is a bad move for the Sens. It is a nothing move. A shot in the dark. If he performs, great. If he doesn't, well, it is over for him at the NHL level.
You are perfectly right that if he was not a guy who was drafted 3rd overall AND played most of his career in a major market, no one would care. Probably would not have gotten a main board thread.
I think people are bored
I see the vesey and bogosian thread are still going
must be the offseason
NyQuil
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Well, I just know there's going to be a whole host of fans waiting to say "Oh, look, Sens fans thought this guy was going to be amazing!" and the reality is that this is his last shot and we've had guys in that situation that panned out (Duclair) and guys that haven't (Filatov).
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10 goals and 20 points is a trip to the 3rd line or press box, not top six - even on Ottawa lol
Vesey got 16 pages. I mean Chucky was at least a high pick and we are still on 14!
We’ve reached a complete dead zone in this weird off season. Nothing to do but over analyze depth moves.
Chucky has just a wide range of perceptions. A guy like Matt Nieto for example - probably a more effective hockey player at this point but there’s little to debate. He’s gonna be a 25 point checking/defensive specialist. He is what he is and he’s shown it consistently throughout his career.
Chucky has still has some “potential residue” leftover from being a high selection and having a few good stat seasons which are now firmly in the rear view mirror and prior to a bad injury but that leftover residue leaves enough question marks to get peoples hopes up. I cringe every time people say he’s young because at 26 with wear on his knee he’s well past the prime statistical output age for one-dimensional offensive players. But he’s still infinitely more discussable than Matt Nieto or Mattias Janmark...even if a worse player.
We’ve reached a complete dead zone in this weird off season. Nothing to do but over analyze depth moves.
Chucky has just a wide range of perceptions. A guy like Matt Nieto for example - probably a more effective hockey player at this point but there’s little to debate. He’s gonna be a 25 point checking/defensive specialist. He is what he is and he’s shown it consistently throughout his career.
Chucky has still has some “potential residue” leftover from being a high selection and having a few good stat seasons which are now firmly in the rear view mirror and prior to a bad injury but that leftover residue leaves enough question marks to get peoples hopes up. I cringe every time people say he’s young because at 26 with wear on his knee he’s well past the prime statistical output age for one-dimensional offensive players. But he’s still infinitely more discussable than Matt Nieto or Mattias Janmark...even if a worse player.
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That's a weak argument. When he was scoring 19+ goals in 5 of 6 years (with the other being 17 in 61 games), if he had been replaced with the next best forward on the team (so the 13th forward on those teams), are you trying to suggest the team would do better? That isn't likely.
This is a guy signed for $1M on a 1 year deal. Good risk to take. Very little downside.
I am straight out telling you the Habs would have been better off with out Galchenyuk and his 30 goals. It's a fact.
2017-18 He had 32 goals and team leading -32, thats 55 more goals going against him at 5 on 5 and the worst SAT% with 48.9% of players with more than 55 games played (we are welcome to compare him to players below my arbitrary GP line) . He was factually a drag on near every single player who touched the ice with him:
Galchenyuk at his best is a walking, talking, garbage hockey player. If I was a GM, I wouldn't let Galchenyuk pay me a million dollars to be on my team.
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Galchenyuk's best run was when the Habs sold at the deadline. So maybe the Sens are a good fit for him. Probably might end up like Duclair where he gets more ice time on a team that has room for him in their top 6?
I remember when the Habs fell flat on their face and had room for Hudon to play. He had 30 pts and 10 goals in 72 games. Something about teams at the bottom who have room for players to play and they look good but when the competition is tough, they disappear. That's Galchenyuk's career so far
I think we have enough information to say it would be extremely lucky if other teams would give Galchenyuk a Vanek type value at the deadline another player who despite some good offensive numbers at some deadlines received little value.
