Gallagher drawing on past experience to navigate Canucks’ rebuild

Nov 2, 2026, 9:02 PM ET|Comments (0)

from Sportsnet, by Iain MacIntyre,

VANCOUVER — In the National Hockey League, Rome never gets built in a day, although the Vegas Golden Knights managed it in one season.

But for actual rebuilds, no one has done it faster in the last decade than the Montreal Canadiens, who went only three years without playoff appearances before emerging with a talented, young (and sustainable) team that is on the cusp of becoming a legitimate Stanley Cup contender. And, really, most of the reconstruction took only a couple of seasons since co-architects Jeff Gorton and Kent Hughes went to work only halfway through the 2021-22 campaign.

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