Brendan Gallagher is tired of rebuilding

The Canadiens don’t have a great hockey team right now. When will that change?

We’re all anxious to see when the players will be able to take the next step. And let’s just say that over the past month, the answer has become increasingly nebulous, hasn’t it?

This obviously frustrates fans, who expect more. But guys who had better years with the Canadiens must also, by necessity, expect more.

And that brings us to Brendan Gallagher.

Gallagher is the little warrior who has seen better days in Montreal. He’s the player who sees the end of his career approaching and tells himself he’d better win soon if he wants to drink champagne in the Stanley Cup one day.

And it shows in his recent comments.

In a recent Arpon Basu piece on team standards, it’s clear that Gally is fed up with the Canadiens losing games they could be winning.

On standards: https://t.co/aFxPrOf6h2

– Arpon Basu (@ArponBasu) November 6, 2024

Take yesterday’s game.

The Habs put themselves in a position to win, late in the game, but the Flames rallied and they won in overtime. And that obviously pisses Gally off.

That’s enough (escaping late-game advances).

We have young players, but they’ve been in the league long enough. We have expectations and we’re not going to use age as an excuse. – Brendan Gallagher

That’s saying a lot.

Gallagher, who couldn’t really give much more since the start of the season, talks like a guy who’s tired of rebuilding. He wants tangible results in terms of wins in winnable games.

Would I go so far as to say he wants to be… #InTheMix this season? I think he does. And I think he’s angry that he’s not, right now, given the last few years.

Will his teammates get the message?

Overtime

– Not to be missed.

The Canadiens will celebrate Shea Weber’s induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame on November 16!

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– Montreal Canadiens (@CanadiensMTL) November 6, 2024

– Is Jakub Dobes healthy, then?

The Rocket has reassigned goaltender Luke Cavallin to the Trois-Rivières Lions.

Goaltender Luke Cavallin has been reassigned to the Trois-Rivières Lions. pic.twitter.com/nBZPEfiTMy

– Rocket de Laval (@RocketLaval) November 6, 2024

– The Blue Jays’ solution: the trade market. [MLB Passion]

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