Of course, there are people here who think Price isn't that good so... If you feel that way, you might just not like any goalies and see them as a necessary evil.
Yeah, I'm thinking I'm one of those guys. Goalies are a necessary evil.
But also: It's too hard to predict goalies' success, to draft them in the first round, let alone 4th overall.
And: Goalie is not really as important a position as it was in the past, because
a) There's a lot more parity in quality of goalies now than there was in the past -- the best and worst are separated by very small differences in ability and stats, and
b) So many scoring chances are now shots from the point that go through a screen and get deflected at least once, either intentionally or unintentionally, and those shots are basically a crap-shoot, either the goalie is lucky enough to be in front of it, or he isn't, and a well-positioned cardboard cutout would do just as well as Cary Price would on those shots.
This isn't 1997 and there aren't a whole lot of break-aways, one-on-one scoring chances, and end-to-end action. If it was true that Carey Price was head-and-shoulders better than the average goalie, and also that goalie was an important position, then he would have more than an average of 2 playoff wins per year for his career.