Montreal Canadiens’ general manager Marc Bergevin happy with the game his prospect Galchenyuk has got
Alex Galchenyuk, the American forward who was recently signed by Montreal Canadiens of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL) has got enough time on the ice in the US National Junior team evaluation camp, just as Canadiens wanted.
Galchenyuk, who was one of the three top picks of 2012 NHL draft, being selected third overall in the first by Canadiens, had missed most of the last season because of injuries and some action and playing minutes was something that he wanted the most right
now.
18-year-old centre, two years back, at the age of 16, had played his first season in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) for Sarnia Sting and impressed everybody with his performance as he scored 83 points in just 68 games, with 31 goals and 52 assists to his
name.
But he suffered a knee injury which did not let him play 2011-2012 season, until the March when Galchenyuk could play just two regular season games. He also featured for them in six playoffs games and scored four crucial points, two of them being goals and
two being assists.
Even though he had spent a lot of time out of action because of injury and did not get into motion, but still he was ranked fourth in the Central Scouting among all the skaters of North America, before NHL draft.
Marc Bergevin, the general manager of Montreal Canadiens was very happy to select him after the draft and told that he was the guy that they wanted and he likes Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s native’s character, his sense and everything as he said,
"That's the guy we wanted," Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin said after making the selection. "I like his size (6-foot-1, 195 pounds), I like his character, I like his hockey sense, I like his vision, and I like his desire to be a hockey player”.
Bergevin also praised his love for hockey as he added,
"He's a big, talented centerman with great vision and his character is off the charts. I saw it in his eyes. Hockey is the most important thing in his life and nothing is going to stop him from being the best hockey player he can be."
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