LAVAL, QUE. - The Montreal Canadiens are about to see if Alex Galchenyuk has what it takes to be a full-time NHL centre.
General manager Marc Bergevin made the surprise announcement Thursday that the 21-year-old, drafted third overall in 2012, will move from left wing to centre on one of the team’s top two lines.
“Centre is a hard position to learn and there’s a lot of responsibility, offensively and defensively,” Bergevin said at the club’s annual charity golf tournament. “There are signs our staff looks for and we felt that he wasn’t ready at the time.