Idea

so bad.

your going to have to buy out cambell soup

gallagher plays on the team hes not negative value.,

Terrible trade for montreal

Kovacevic is the only positive value piece here and the habs are giving up a retention spot.

Gallagher at 6.5 is signifigantly better than campbell at 5. Gallagher atleast is still a excellent possession driving forward and individual chance generator (currently sits 33rd in the league in ixG). If they keep him away from dvorak he can pretty comfortably still be a 30-35 point guy at even strength which is excellent.

Campbell is straight up not a nhl goalie and makes everything more difficult as roster juggling a overpaid goalie is much harder than a overpaid forward

Unfortunate to say at this point as I’ve always been a fan of Gally but at 6.5 he is the very definition of negative value.



This trade is made with nothing but the future in mind for Montreal and the present for the Oilers. Campbell is a much easier buyout in the offseason than Gally while Ceci will only have 1 year left on his contract, if Mailloux or Reinbacher are ready come next season we use Ceci as a 7th dman. The retention spot used would be on a rental meaning it’s only for the rest of this season. The idea is to eat cap now as to free up as much cap as possible within the next year and a half to two years.

Buyout for Gally -333333/2.166667/4.666667/2.166667/2.1666667/2.1666667

Buyout for Campbell
1.1/2.3/2.6/1.5/1.5/1.5

And if they decide to bury another year before buyout
2.15/2.45/1.35/1.35

For me this deal would financially help a cup contender now while giving Gally a chance at a cup.
And would also give a rebuilding team financial help in the future while giving a bottom 6 roster spot to a young player.
Win/win.