A report out of Vancouver breaks a story involving ex-Canadien Brendan Gallagher
Brendan Gallagher and head coach Martin St-Louis now look headed for a split that feels impossible to stop.
The latest sign came from Vancouver reporter Rick Dhaliwal, who revealed that Gallagher's camp is preparing to begin talks aimed at helping a trade get done.
That detail matters. It means Gallagher is no longer just waiting to see what the Canadiens decide.
He and his agent appear ready to work toward the same outcome as management.
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And that changes the tone around this story.
For weeks, Gallagher has been tied to the Vancouver Canucks in trade chatter.
When a Vancouver journalist is the one breaking news about movement on the player's side, it adds another layer to the noise.
Maybe it's coincidence. Maybe it isn't. Either way, the timing is hard to ignore.
The real turning point may have come in Game 5 of the conference final, with Montreal facing elimination and Brendan Gallagher left in the stands.
Game 5 may have changed everything for Brendan Gallagher
That decision from Martin St-Louis still lands hard. Gallagher was not going to flip a one-sided series against the Hurricanes by himself, and nobody needs to pretend otherwise.
But that wasn't the point.
In a moment like that, a veteran like Gallagher could have given the room one last push.
He could have dragged teammates into the fight and taken one more lap in the sweater he wore with pride for more than a decade.
That idea carried even more weight because the Canadiens were struggling to generate anything offensively. When the attack dries up, a coach's lineup calls get picked apart, and fairly so.
This is where the human side of hockey comes in.
Letting a respected veteran dress for one more game would have meant something inside that locker room, even if the bigger result stayed the same.
Instead, Gallagher's Montreal run now feels like it faded out from a distance, without the kind of ending that matched what he gave the franchise.
Now the focus shifts to what comes next, where he lands, and what kind of emotion follows him out the door.
At this stage, Dhaliwal's report feels less like background noise and more like the opening step toward Brendan Gallagher's departure from Montreal.
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YESTERDAY
JUNE 2, 2026
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Shea Theodore | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Brayden McNabb | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Brett Howden | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jalen Chatfield | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Tomas Hertl | 1 | - | 1 | |
| William Karlsson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jordan Staal | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jack Eichel | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mitch Marner | - | 1 | 1 | |
| K'Andre Miller | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Colton Sissons | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jaccob Slavin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Cole Smith | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Sebastian Aho | - | - | - | |
| Frederik Andersen | - | - | - | |
| Rasmus Andersson | - | - | - | |
| Jackson Blake | - | - | - | |
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