Gallagher is one of the best 5v5 scorers in the league.
Happy to put all the drama to bed and lock him up. He’s important in the ice and in the lockeroom.
The RW position is secure for a long time.
I want to go back to a couple years ago.
Columbus and Montreal were deadlocked and winner of that game advanced to the playoffs.
Josh Andersen absolutely crushed us, while Domi largely disappeared. Josh then went on to do the same to Tampa Bay in which they ended up saying they did not have an answer for his style of play.
I think a lot of it has to do with Andersen having a defined position and is a player Montreal needed for a long time.
They probably figured that trading and paying a player that they know will have a defined role on the team than a guy who lost his position at centre to our up and coming youngsters and basically sulked about it for half a year.
I think it was a situation where Domi contract and the teams inability to find a suitable position for him in the line up led us to this point.
I shall reserve judgement on Andersen as I don’t know a lot about him but the fact we needed a power forward is a starting point.