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Why? he just turned 26, he's a pure gem for the kids developpement. he's still a very valuable player to have on your team. i don't see gallagher decliner, he has a VERY VERY Similar development curve than Marchand, craziest part is they play the same kind of game, same size, same weight but Marchand has been playing with bergeron for years, i would realy like to have a crystal ball and put gallagher on the bruins along Bergeron and marchand on the habs and compare their stats. Gallagher was going HARD before his 2 hands injury wich led to a bad season...
marchand realy broke out in his 7th year, 6th fulled season. if you remove gallaghers bad season from his hand injury, their season are almost the same and this year and if he follows marchand trend he would likely pull 60pts this season and start being a ppg player after that. That would be when kotkaniemi and peohling would join. I realy wouldn't rule it out. kid isnt fancy but he's effective.
He takes a lot of abuse with his style of play, I would be surprised if his body doesn't start to wear down in say 4 or so years. We could suck for a long time and Gallagher might be our best trade chip. If the Avs called and said we want him and we'll give you the Sens 1st for say him and Petry at 50% you have to take it. That said this management team wouldn't do imo. They will try to limp into the playoffs and we'll trade Gallagher when he's broken down and way past his prime unless we get a new GM.