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Montreal Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher made a subtle move that was noticed by many. He appeared to settle the score with Niko Mikkola, right at the Bell Centre, following the stupid act Mikkola committed last Saturday.

Reminder of the incident in question:

In short, during the first period, several people noticed this:

“Gallagher just (ironically) shot the puck at Mikkola’s head.”

– Eric Engels, Sportsnet

“Brendan Gallagher just clearly targeted Nikko Mikkola with the puck right at center ice. Did you catch that?”

A move by Brendan Gallagher that is loved by Montreal Canadiens fans

Check out the footage here:

And you, do you also believe it was intentional?

Personally, I don’t want to unfairly assign intentions to Gallagher, but it really did seem like it wasn’t exactly an accident.

Let’s not forget how frustrated Gallagher was with Mikkola’s move last weekend, and number 11 was the first one to send a message to him.

A true teammate, Gallagher!

Mikkola, for his part, is being loudly booed by the Bell Centre crowd tonight.

We suspected it, but the $5,000 fine was only the beginning of the payback directed at the giant Florida Panthers defenseman.

Let’s hope he thinks twice next time before making such a dangerous, unnecessary, and ridiculous decision.

Story to follow by the end of the game.