LeBrun says he thinks the Canadiens will be patient with Galchenyuk. He also said that the Devils came close to acquiring Galchenyuk this summer but the Habs pulled out.
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“And I think the Canadiens plan to be patient with him. I know everyone is saying, ‘Just trade him. Let him have a fresh start.’ Well, the Oilers did that too with a guy named Justin Schultz because his confidence was shattered at one point in his career and the Oilers just said, ‘You know what? It’s never going to happen here for him.’ So they gave him away for three pucks and a hockey stick to the Pittsburgh Penguins, and he’s now a $5 million player.
“So it’s not ideal to trade a guy when he has no value, or he’s at his lowest value. I think they nearly traded him this summer. I think the Devils were in some pretty heavy talks with the Canadiens. The Habs I think pulled him back because they were like, ‘He’s worth more than this.’ And I don’t know what they would have got from the Devils. And right now, his value is even lower after a poor start.
“So I think one day they will trade him, but what they want to do is bring his value back by having Alex Galchenyuk return himself, by being the guy that they think he can be. And right now he’s just not that at all.”
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