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The Canadiens and Brendan Gallagher will talk about a contact extension this summer and the feisty winger said it will take more than a boatload of money to get his signature on a new deal.

“You have to have priorities, you have to understand what’s important for you,” Gallagher said Thursday in a conference call from his off-season home in the Vancouver suburb of Tsawwassen. “It’s always been about winning to me. Everyone loves having money and everyone loves being in a good city and these are things that are important, but you have to understand what’s most important and, for me, that’s winning.”

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If you think that sounds like Gallagher wants out of Montreal, you would be wrong. When asked whether he thought it was possible to win with the Canadiens he replied: “I definitely do.”

While he said it was discouraging to miss the playoffs in each of the past two seasons (and heading for a third miss this season), he expressed confidence in general manager Marc Bergevin’s vision and pointed to the development of youngsters like Nick Suzuki as a sign that the Canadiens are headed in the right direction.