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Galchenyuk was understandably integrated slowly when he was just 18 and gradually built his game up until two years ago when he scored 30. Even if a bunch of those goals were scored towards the end of that season when the Habs were basically eliminated and therefore the intensity was at a lower level during those games, 30 goals is 30 goals. Last year he was doing great until he got injured. Now let's face it, he has been horrible (with a few exceptions) ever since. It's not the coaches, it's not his line mates, it's him. He's mentally fragile since and is not showing a high enough level of intensity and desire for the coaches to have confidence in him. I'm disappointed, because the fans and the organisation had a lot of hope that he would solve our problem we have had at center for the past 25 years or so. He just doesn't have the hockey IQ to play center. He either works his way out of his funk, which I now have doubts that he's able to, or we move on and trade him, which is what I would do if we could get decent value. If not, let's stop trying to find who's responsible for his poor quality of play, HE is responsible. Let him play wing and hope he gets some confidence back and leave him alone.

Coaching change? His offense has dried up because the effort isn't there. He takes the majority of his shifts off. He's turned into another floater. All this blame on the coach.. what's CJ supposed to do? The Habs have been trailing a lot this season.. you don't give more ice time to minus players.

Just an opinion, but I 100% blame Chucky. Nothing is given in the NHL. You have a bad week you likely get less playing time. You gotta play out of it. He didn't like being on the fourth line? He should have performed to get off of it. His start to this season has been brutal. He seems uninterested, lazy. You don't get back to the top line playing like he is. Want to be a Center? Dominate on the wing. Win some face offs when your Center gets tossed. He doesn't do either. He's making it too easy on the coaches to play him where they are. He's one of the most talented players on the team. His play needs to reflect his talent.

They put him at centre and he tore it up. Played his ass off and scored 30 goals. He was rewarded for his hard work and results by being demoted. He is simply not the type of player that CJ likes. If CJ could have 23 Plekanecs on the team he would. Chuck is not blameless but the majority of this belongs at CJ's feet.

Time to move on, friend. Let's get the thread back on track.

Statistically he improved year after year, and was close to a PPG pace before getting hurt last season.

Chucky has been the topic of debate well before CJ even came. There were talks of MT misusing him. Yes, he scored 30 but he was a -8. AS good as he was putting the puck in the net, he was still on the ice more often when the other team was scoring... not that it was always his fault, obviously, but it's still a telling stat. (Pacs scored 30 that year and was a -10. ) The next year he regresses to 17 and is a -5. This year he is a -2. Any coach likes + players. I'm a Chucky fan. I just think he hasn't handled it very well. He seems mopey, down in the dumps. He doesn't have a defined role because he hasn't earned it. I'd trade him for Duchy and get a player with a more defined role.

I lay most of the blame at the feet of the Habs organization! Chucky had 30 goals playing at center, and suddenly he's not good enough to be a center. They've moved him around so much, that the kid doesn't know where to play anymore. Once again, the Habs will ###### up a good young player and he'll end up being traded away!