The Open: Could Brendan Gallagher Help Set an Example?
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The Open as well, bringing people back to Vancouver.
Yes. Like Conor Bedard. Conor Bedard, exactly. They're not even talking to contracts. You know what? You should listen to Frank's hit. Now, Frank didn't say... He said, we don't know exactly what's going on. Be careful.
Josh is losing it behind the glass.
This is so bad. We can't do this. I know.
We really want to. He did this to himself. Yeah, he mentioned it. He knew what city he was on in. It was like the last question to kind of throw away as I'm going to use that against them. I mean, we'll see what happens with Bedard. I'm curious to find out, though, will he sign a long term deal or is it going to be a shorter term deal? And I think if it's a shorter term deal, I think that tells you a lot about what he feels about that situation. And not saying he's for sure coming home to Vancouver, but we can dream, can't we?
Yeah, but it's just more like step one is like exiting Chicago. Yes. And if there's like a five-year deal sign, boy, alarm signs start to go up real fast.
Yeah, and the thing is like he has such little leverage as an RFA. And it's one of those situations where the team can match whatever offer sheet anyways if they get to that point. So it's like he has no recourse here, right?
We joke. But in theory, Chicago never has to pick up the phone to get him signed.
Yeah, they don't have to do anything.
They can just like, oh, you signed an offer sheet somewhere? Cool, we match.
Yeah, so I think if he doesn't want to sign long-term, like he can drag the process out and play chicken with them and then maybe... you know, Chicago bends and goes a shorter-term deal and whatnot, but I can't imagine that Bedard's getting traded this year, next year, or the year afterwards. Like, we'll see what happens as time goes on, but it's still something to keep an eye on. Is it a long-term deal? Is it a shorter-term deal? I think that will at least inform us on what his intentions may be in a few years.
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But that's pretty much it. The local boy who might be on the verge of coming home... Now we're there. And I'm not even sure he's on the verge of coming home, but he certainly sparked the debate today. It is Brendan Gallagher. And I think at this point, anybody who is a Canucks fan, and if you've heard about it, you know that Brendan Gallagher met with the media and so did the Habs and the GM, Ken Hughes. They both said that his time in Montreal is essentially done and that he's going to have a say in the process. in terms of where he's going to go. And Gallagher said that he'd love to play in Vancouver, potentially, if that's something that does come to pass this offseason. It does not mean a deal is imminent.
It doesn't mean that he will for sure be a Vancouver Canuck. But based on what was said today, and based on the Canucks' need for some veteran presence, and perhaps, maybe, just maybe, wanting to reach the cap floor, if they say move out of Jake DeBrusque and more off the roster, then you could still use a Brendan Gallagher type. My question right now, there's a couple questions we have. The first one is, what would it cost to get him in the first place? And then the second question is going to be, how much do you want to dedicate to veteran leaders contract-wise and salary cap-wise as you go through a rebuild?
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