Brendan Gallagher can't wait to get back to work.
The 24-year-old's barely taken any time off this summer, training in British Columbia after playing for Canada at the World Championship. A week of golf, a couple of days to get over some jet lag, that's it. Otherwise, Gallagher's all about the coming season - and he's looking forward to it.
"I think everyone's starting to miss it," Gallagher told canadiens.com's Matt Cudzinowski. "You start to get antsy around this time of year."
A superpest, Gallagher's going to have some competition as the most agitating Canadien, thanks to the addition of Andrew Shaw.
"Bringing in a guy like Shea Weber who has won gold medals, Shaw who has two Stanley Cups, and (Alexander) Radulov whose had a lot of success no matter where he played, getting to play with those guys is something I'm excited about."
Gallagher said that after a tumultuous 2015-16 season in Montreal, it's now on the players to do their jobs.
"The exciting part is that everyone starts with zero points in the standings," Gallagher added. "Last year doesn't matter anymore, unless you're the Pittsburgh Penguins. Everyone starts from scratch and you go from there."
The Canadiens are tied for first, in other words.
