Habs Fan in Edmonton

Agreed, Gallagher does deserve to be treated with respect despite his declining play. He has been a warrior with this team and players notice how teammates are treated. Whether he has a no trade contract is almost irrelevant as he is untradeable anyway.

He had a pretty quiet night last night, just a goal and an assist.

He has 6.5 million reasons not to retire. A buyout is the far more likely scenario.

Always loved Gally, still works his butt off but 3 goals in 40+ games is just not good enough. He is not helping the team, a little sad to watch. Fortunately just 1 year left on his contract.

That sounds way too simple and sensible.

What is going on with the Rangers? Could be sellers at the deadline. Panarin is a UFA, who would be interested?

It is, I missed his last assist which was actually quite impressive as he showed excellent speed coming down the wing. I watched the highlights and as usual his shooting is outstanding, his slapper and wrist shot are elite. Even when he doesn't score his shot is almost always on the net. Could he score 50 as a defenseman? It seems like 40 is a slam dunk. Plus the Tigers have Andrew Basha back from injury which gives them a boost. If they had McKenna they would be really tough to beat but then maybe Pickford wouldn't be able shine as much. He is the man on that team.

Pickford finished with 3 goals and 1 assist, but no fights so no Gordie Howe hat trick just a regular hat trick.

Agreed, I just don't see a role for Veleno when Evans comes back. Blais has played well, Veleno has worked yard but .....

Plus Bryce Pickford has 2 more goals so far, game not over. He's having a decent year (30 goals in 37 games).

Only for other teams

I know some wondered at the beginning of the year whether Kapanen would stick with the team. Looks like he has earned a spot.

A win would put the Habs 9 points up on the Panthers, a big game!

There are a lot of things we are not certain with regarding this young team as we have had only 5 playoff games for most of the players to judge whether someone is a playoff player. Tremendously unfortunate Newhook got hurt as he was off to the best start of his career and maybe it was going to be a break out year for him. Or maybe not.

I thought the Habs had an excellent period, weren't rewarded for it but that's the way it goes sometimes, have to keep pushing.