Brendan Gallagher has been traded to the Vancouver Canucks from the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for future considerations. Montreal retained 50% of Gallagher's $6.5 million cap hit, which includes $4 million in salary. Gallagher has one year remaining on his contract.
Gallagher, 34, played 911 games for Montreal, scoring 246 goals and 487 points. He expressed a desire to move on from the Canadiens after an emotional end-of-season media availability, and Vancouver marks a return to his roots in British Columbia.
