Brendan Gallagher Thanks Bergevin for giving him a ''shot'' at the NHL

"Probably not a lot of general managers that would want to keep an undersized fifth-round pick around. "He gave me a shot."

"He's a man I can't thank enough. The loyalty that he showed us, everything he did was to help us players have success."

Bergevin became the Canadiens' General Manager in May 2012. After the lockout, Gallagher made his debut in his first training camp as coach.

"He's a player we want," Bergevin said. "He means a lot to our hockey team. You saw the playoff, he got crosschecked in the face and he wouldn't want to miss a shift, he didn't want to leave."

"This guy is everything you want about a hockey player. That's what I love about him. There's high maintenance, middle maintenance, low maintenance and no maintenance, and that's Brendan Gallagher. He's a hockey player through his bone and that's what I love about him."