Tuesday's game against the Los Angeles Kings marked the return of Phillip Danault to the Bell Centre. The Quebec center left the Tricolore this summer to join the Kings, who offered him a lucrative $33 million contract for the next six seasons.
On the other hand, Maxim Lapierre's hypothesis is very interesting. According to him, it is Brendan Gallagher's contract that drove Danault out of Montreal. Remember that Marc Bergevin gave a contract of 39 million over six years to Brendan Gallagher last fall, which corresponds to $6.5 million per season.
Lapierre believes that this was a sentimental decision by Bergevin based on what Gallagher has brought to the CH in the past and it was in no way based on what he can bring to the team in the future. So, by spending so much money on Gallagher's contract, it took away Bergevin's leeway to negotiate with the Danault clan.
