Not solely did veteran Habs ahead get engaged, he additionally shot a 1-under-par 71 on the Morgan Creek Golf Course in Surrey
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Getting engaged wasn’t the one milestone second for the Canadiens’ Brendan Gallagher this summer season.
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“You recognize what, I shot beneath par in golf this summer season for the primary time in about 5 years,” Gallagher mentioned when he spoke with the media final Friday on the CN Sports activities Advanced in Brossard. “I’m telling everybody, in order that was in all probability my different spotlight.”
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Gallagher spent the summer season at his low season dwelling in Tsawwassen, B.C. In July, he proposed to his girlfriend Emma Fortin — who mentioned sure, or perhaps oui.
Fortin is from Ste-Julie on Montreal’s South Shore and has been courting Gallagher for about two years. Fortin and her household have been serving to Gallagher enhance his restricted French.
On the finish of final season, Gallagher spoke about how Fortin helped him get by what was a tough season through which he broke his proper ankle twice. Gallagher was restricted to 37 video games, posting 8-6-14 totals because the Canadiens missed the playoffs for the second straight season.
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“I really feel actually good,” Gallagher mentioned after Friday’s training-cap scrimmage. “It’s the one actual constructive concerning the season ending early is you’re in a position to get to work (on low season conditioning) a bit bit faster. For us proper now it’s about simply type of feeling your method again into it. I really feel good. Camp goes actual quick, goes by actual fast, and also you simply attempt to benefit from on daily basis.”
Gallagher has seemed excellent to date at coaching camp. He was on a line with prospect Owen Beck and Rafaël Harvey-Pinard for the primary couple of scrimmages and was with Kirby Dach and Sean Monahan for Sunday’s Purple vs. White intrasquad sport on the Bell Centre.
Gallagher was given the night time off for the primary preseason sport Monday on the Bell Centre in opposition to the New Jersey Devils.
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“I believe he’s enjoying rather well proper now,” head coach Martin St. Louis mentioned about Gallagher. “His compete stage is at all times there. I really feel like he appears extra environment friendly on the ice as a result of he’s getting plenty of touches. I’m completely happy for him.”
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Gallagher turned 31 on Could 6 and his 5-foot-9, 182-pound physique has taken an actual beating throughout his 11 seasons within the NHL with the Canadiens. He’s heading into the third season of a six-year, US$39-million contract with an annual salary-cap hit of US$6.5 million, which makes him the workforce’s third highest-paid ahead behind captain Nick Suzuki (US$7.875 million cap hit) and Cole Caufield (US$7.85 million).
Former Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin compensated Gallagher for what he had executed previously — together with 31 objectives within the 2017-18 season and 33 objectives in 2018-19 — whereas Suzuki (by Bergevin) and Caufield (by new GM Kent Hughes) had been compensated for what they may do sooner or later.
Gallagher appeared to be on his solution to a 3rd straight 30-goal season in 2019-20 when he had 15 objectives in 40 video games earlier than struggling a concussion that ended his streak of enjoying in 229 consecutive video games. He completed that season with 22 objectives in 59 video games. Since then, Gallagher has solely 29 objectives over the past three seasons whereas being restricted to 128 video games.
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One factor won’t ever change about Gallagher irrespective of how banged up his physique could be. Nobody works tougher than him, whether or not it’s in a sport, a observe or a training-camp scrimmage. That dedication and work ethic is what drove him to maintain enjoying after breaking his ankle whereas blocking a shot through the Canadiens’ 14th sport final season. He performed eight extra video games on the damaged ankle earlier than sitting out 13 video games. He then returned to play three extra video games earlier than breaking the ankle once more and lacking 32 video games.
Gallagher seemed good at the beginning of final season when he was wholesome. Regardless of scoring solely two objectives in his first 14 video games earlier than breaking his ankle the primary time, he was getting numerous possibilities and he additionally had two assists within the sport earlier than breaking his ankle. If Gallagher can keep wholesome this season, I wouldn’t be shocked to see him rating 20-plus objectives, though his 30-goal seasons are in all probability a factor of the previous since he’s not a first-line participant on a younger, rebuilding workforce.
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As for his golf sport, Gallagher shot a 1-under-par 71 this summer season on the Morgan Creek course in Surrey, B.C.
“Chipped in for eagle on gap 2 and I knew it was going to be a superb day,” Gallagher mentioned with a giant smile.
However breaking par wasn’t straightforward.
“I used to be battling my method,” he mentioned. “I obtained nervous. I bogeyed 17 after which I drove it within the bunker on 18 and I used to be a bit bit in hassle. However I scrambled for my par.”
Gallagher wasn’t the one Canadien to get engaged this summer season. So did Jake Evans and Josh Anderson, together with former Canadien Joel Edmundson, who was traded to the Washington Capitals on July 1.
“No person actually talked about it (beforehand),” Gallagher mentioned. “It simply type of occurred.”
It will likely be attention-grabbing to see what occurs with Gallagher this season and what number of objectives he can rating if he stays wholesome.
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