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Originally Posted by fleury
To me, you can never have too much skill. While ideally I'd bring in skilled guys over 6'2", if they're resilient for the playoffs, can take a hit, and 5'10", bring them in. The old days of pure "truculence" without skill is almost over. Tatar and Zuccarello would be good choices. Gallagher while an agitator is simply inconsistent game to game in the playoffs and Shaw is simply a grinder, so no to both.
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Gallagher has 21 points in 40 playoff games, pretty decent considering who he has been saddled with. He is a heart and soul player who gets under the other teams skin and with Gaudreau feeding him the puck has is a shoo in for 30 goals a year. The Habs won't move him anyhow so it doesn't matter.