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Originally Posted by Realtor 1
I always wanted him brought back and to play in the role he has played his whole career. Hartley saw him as a guy who should play the grinding role on the third or 4th line. Thats not his style and he didnt fit into Hartley's 2nd line plans.
When did he ever request a trade from SJ? If I recall it was a cap issue or they were going to trade him anyway and SJ mgmt was kind enough to get the deal done with the team he wanted to play for.
All the best to TJ wherever he ends up. The system/coach did not play to his favor however I have no doubt he will be signed by someone and get back on track as he lost a step a few years ago when Regher took him into the boards at the dome!
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1) The parts I've bolded here are not exactly true as Galiardi was tried a lot on the 2nd and 3rd lines for a good chunk of the season.
2) Galiardi averaged 14:41 minutes (that's at least solid 3rd-line minutes if not borderline 2nd-line minutes) over 62 games last year.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id...32014&view=log
The point is, he actually got plenty of opportunity all throughout the lineup on many different lines with many different players to be more useful last year, but sadly he sucked rather badly for the balance of the year.