State of the Mtl Canadiens goalies:
Let's be honest Bergevin and Molson do not have the balls to go through a rebuilt so trading the face of the the franchise is not an option for them. If Price decides to walk away next summer so be it but i can still see him sticking around and sign for 8 more years.
Montoya has 2 more years on his contract. He'll definitely play the next one in MTL, not sure about the 2nd.
Lindgren will play next season in Laval, first call up in case of injuries. Whether he replace Montoya or not in the 18-19 season or gets a last season in the AHL we'll need to wait to see. He will definitely replace Montoya in 19-20 as Price's back up
McNiven will probably play a last season in junior at 20y old (not sure of the restriction for 20y old and the AHL), maybe play for Team Canada. In the 18-19 season he'll make the jump to the AHL either as Lindgren's back up or #1 if Lindgren goes to back up Price. He'll play at least a 2nd season in the AHL in 19-20.
So i don't see a pair of Lingren/McNiven at least until the season 20-21 but the most likely scenario is that one of them gets traded if nothing happens to Price until then.