The Montreal Canadiens once had a pretty exciting young player. Alex Galchenyuk went third overall in the 2012 NHL Draft, and pretty quickly it became clear why.
It's now official: Brendan Gallagher is no longer a member of the Canadiens organization. The small forward has been traded to the Canucks, where he'll take on a mentoring role for a team in the midst of a rebuild.
Ivan Demidov is having a great rookie season. The young Russian forward, selected fifth overall in the 2024 draft, has scored 14 goals and 52 points in 68 games during his first full season in North America.
Are we talking about Alex Galchenyuk? The former Montreal Canadien was supposed to play in the NHL with the Coyotes this season… but like the franchise, too many bad decisions have meant that both are currently inactive in the NHL.
People love a good mid-round draft pick that pans out, and in the NHL you used to see those fairly often, but that’s obviously partially luck. If the Red Wings thought Nicklas Lidstrom was going to become a top-five defenseman in history, they wouldn’t have waited until the 53rd pick to take him.
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Alex Galchenyuk issued a statement on Tuesday afternoon that he is entering the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program, while also apologizing for recent disturbing behavior that led to an arrest.
After the police report from the arrest was made public, it appears the Coyotes made the right call in severing ties with the 29-year-old forward who signed a one-year, $775,000 contract with the team on July 1.
To the surprise of many on Thursday, the Arizona Coyotes announced they were terminating the contract of Alex Galchenyuk only days after agreeing to a free-agent contract with the forward. Now, details have emerged explaining the Coyotes' reasoning.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
Dzingel has two goals and four points in 11 games with the Hurricanes this season. The Chicago native spent four seasons in Ottawa before being traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2019.