A protracted-tenured Montreal Canadiens ahead is on the transfer.
The Canadiens dealt Brendan Gallagher to the Vancouver Canucks, Sportsnet’s Eric Engels reported on Monday.
Montreal will retain 50 per cent of Gallagher’s wage and obtain future issues from the Canucks in return.
Gallagher, 34, is on the books for one final season at $6.5 million and can turn out to be an unrestricted free agent on the finish of the 2026-27 marketing campaign. He has a modified no-trade clause.
Chosen by Montreal 147th general within the fifth spherical of the 2010 NHL Draft, Gallagher has spent the vast majority of his grownup life with the Habs, suiting up for 911 regular-season video games and 79 playoff video games.
By no means the most efficient participant on the scoresheet — tallying 246 objectives and 241 assists over his 14 seasons — Gallagher was higher identified for his grit, perspective and management throughout the Canadiens’ locker room.
“He’s some of the particular people, moreover teammates, that I’ve ever acquired to play with,” Cole Caufield mentioned of his veteran chief.
Gallagher’s final look in purple, white and blue got here on Could 3 in Sport 7 of Montreal’s first-round sequence towards the Tampa Bay Lightning. He was a wholesome scratch for the rest of the Habs’ playoff run as they beat the Buffalo Sabres in seven video games, then misplaced to the Carolina Hurricanes within the East Closing.
As a result of Gallagher has a modified no-trade clause, he had some selection about the place he’d wish to go because the Canadiens look to dump his contract. Although he advised reporters that, if it had been as much as him, he’d keep in Montreal for the remainder of his profession, he did say that he’d welcome a return residence to Vancouver if the chance is introduced to him.
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