Yes. Though thing is while you are still considered a strong skater, and do go from A to B in a really good speed, I can tell you that this can be fixed. Ryan McDonagh was already known as a good skater in his draft year but I can tell you that the had A LOT to work on his technique. Geez, he was turning on one side better than an other. And guess what....he did. But I still notice that there are still some things to work on. Gally will do as well.
I have heard that the event he finished tops at the combine is the event that best predicts skating potential. And I do agree, some good coaching with technique and he can be a stud. No doubt he's fast once he gets going, he just needs to learn how to get going quicker...
Pacioretty has developed quite well int hat regard as well. (another guy who showed off the skating "potential" at the combine)...
I'm not a big fan of tanking, because of the message it sends to the team and undermines the essential will-to-win that you want to have in these professionals.
That being said, I CAN see a team taking a longer-term look at winning. I'd like to see the Habs focus mostly on youth development this year - giving the younger players more chances to play, more time on the ice at critical times, having the older players focus more on mentoring the younger ones, working on the details of coaching systems, etc - than purely on winning, where you shorten your bench and simply put your now-best players on the ice, play lock-down defensive hockey, rush players back from injury, etc.
That is way different than tanking IMO, and something that the whole team could be on board with.
Maybe that's even something Gomez can positively contribute with?
The end result would be one of two things: either being very impressed with what our youngsters can do, or a high draft pick in an apparently awesome draft class.
Please quit the tanking talk.....not one person in any NHL organization, ever thinks that way
...outside of maybe Pittsburgh with a week left in the season when they realized Mario Lemieux was on the line....and even then all they really did was play there back up goalie and a couple/few prospects in there last game or two.
No coach ever told the players 'lets lose...we will get the 1st pick....oh and by the way, good chance a good amount of you players won't be back...cause I mean you guys are a last place team...oh and there is also a good chance me and my staff won't be back...cause I mean we coached a team to last place...but hey...lets lose'
These people's jobs are on the line year in and year out.
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Please quit the tanking talk.....not one person in any NHL organization, ever thinks that way
...outside of maybe Pittsburgh with a week left in the season when they realized Mario Lemieux was on the line....and even then all they really did was play there back up goalie and a couple/few prospects in there last game or two.
No coach ever told the players 'lets lose...we will get the 1st pick....oh and by the way, good chance a good amount of you players won't be back...cause I mean you guys are a last place team...oh and there is also a good chance me and my staff won't be back...cause I mean we coached a team to last place...but hey...lets lose'
These people's jobs are on the line year in and year out.
No but it is normal for GM's to avoid plugging holes with high-paid UFA's when they're looking to build for the future. We don't need to put the backup goalie in to lose when you look at the type of roster we have. So in Bergies mind, is it worth it to spend 4-5 million on plugging the top-6 hole when all it will do is maybe boost us from 13th in the east to 11th?
I'm sorry if it's been discussed already but I'd like to know which NHL player (past or present) can be compared to Gally in term of skills, style of play etc... I honestly have no idea!
We've heard that Yapukov could be a bit like Bure, Forsberg like Alfredson etc... but nothing about him afaik.
No but it is normal for GM's to avoid plugging holes with high-paid UFA's when they're looking to build for the future. We don't need to put the backup goalie in to lose when you look at the type of roster we have. So in Bergies mind, is it worth it to spend 4-5 million on plugging the top-6 hole when all it will do is maybe boost us from 13th in the east to 11th?
This is correct.
It is for the coaches and players to say "every year we're trying to win the cup." It is for the GM's to decide when they get the backup to do so.
I'm sorry if it's been discussed already but I'd like to know which NHL player (past or present) can be compared to Gally in term of skills, style of play etc... I honestly have no idea!
We've heard that Yapukov could be a bit like Bure, Forsberg like Alfredson etc... but nothing about him afaik.
Thx for you input
Craig Button compared him to Ron Francis. Alot of other have said Jonathan Toews.
Hopefully Galchenyuk plays for Sarnia this year. He missed so much development time that it would be too much of a risk to have him play this season whether he has the talent or not. He's our highest pick in like 20 years, we can't afford to negatively impact his development.
I'm close to Barrie, hopefully will see him play against the Colts this season in the OHL.
