Carey Price Legacy will be permanently damaged

[ViD]

It seems that by signing the new contract and other shenanigans at Montreal, Price legacy will take a huge hit going forward.

Let me explain.

We all know that goalies are dependent on their teams and while goalies can steal games, in the long run their form highly depends on the team in front of them.

By signing this humongous by goalie standards contract, Price locked Montreal in serious cap issues that led them to lose key players.

At this moment Montreal is a disfunctional franchise and I don’t see it changing in the next 2-3 years.

Price is turning 31 this year and his game is not going to get better as he ages.

I think if Montreal problems continue, Price performance will not improve and his numbers might remain subpar.

If it happens, Price might go down in history as a goalie of 2014-2015 and nothing more.

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[Richard]

Legacy of what? Like, no offense, I can't remember a single great moment off the top of my head. Hell, I recall Halak carrying the Canadiens to the conference finals in '10.

I never got the Price hype. He was a good goalie but nothing that I'd lose my mind over.

 

[McBaevid]

Yea, what legacy? He had one amazing season, one season doesn't form a legacy

 

[ViD]

Legacy of what? Like, no offense, I can't remember a single great moment off the top of my head. Hell, I recall Halak carrying the Canadiens to the conference finals in '10.

I never got the Price hype. He was a good goalie but nothing that I'd lose my mind over.

He received a Hart as a goalie. Very rare occasion recently

 

[nilan30]

I think some fans here on HFboards place a much higher value on legacy than the players do. If I were him or any player I think bank balance upon retirement will be satisfying enough

 

[Beantown Beatdown]

Ya what’s his legacy exactly? Regardless of how the rest of his career plays out I still think he’ll be remembered as one the best goalies during his time.

 

[Vancouver Canucks]

Sounds like Luongo's story in 2009, but Luongo had a legacy; Price doesn't have one.

 

[Richard]

He received a Hart as a goalie. Very rare occasion recently

In all honesty I never gave "Carey Price" a thought when you played the Canadiens that year. I mean he was good, no doubt about it, but I felt that Hart trophy was more the result of playing for the Canadiens than anything else. The Canadian media especially are still looking for the next Patrick Roy. In fact, until you said that I had forgotten it completely.

 

[Vancouver Canucks]

In all honesty I never gave "Carey Price" a thought when you played the Canadiens that year. I mean he was good, no doubt about it, but I felt that Hart trophy was more the result of playing for the Canadiens than anything else. The Canadian media especially are still looking for the next Patrick Roy. In fact, until you said that I had forgotten it completely.

Personally, I find Rinne and Bobrovsky better goaltenders than Price and Lundqvist. The former are well-positioned and have athleticism at the same time.

 

[nbwingsfan]

Honestly might be the most overrated goalie of all time. Admittedly he had one amazing season, but other than that he has never been noticeably better than a number of other goalies every season. His playoff stats are also well below average.

He's no better than any of Rask/Holtby/Lundqvist/Rinne, etc

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Legacy??

He's not exactly Roy 2.0 here....

 

[SlapshotTheMovie]

I love how fast this board turned on price..... so good

 

[Jeti]

Wait, the Habs lost good players because of Price's deal?... What good players? There's no evidence that points to that as the reason for them low-balling Markov or that Radulov actually wanted to re-sign there. Even with those two they'd still be a bad team with lousy depth on both forward and D AND no star power aside from Patches, who should never be a team's best player.

 

[Spirit of 67]

Price might go down in history as a goalie of 2014-2015 and nothing more.

Well so far, that's really all he is.

What is this great legacy of which you speak?

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

His legacy is one great season. Nothing can take that away from him, but it is still only one season

 

[madinsomniac]

I mean Price won a Hart, but since 1954 only 4 goalies have won harts, One was Hasek, who won back to backs... the other three were Montreal Canadian Goaltenders... and one of those was Theodore... so I mean until there are some cups in that "legacy".. there really isnt a legacy.... Just a good goaltender who had a really great year once...

 

[YEM]

He's not exactly Roy 2.0 here....

he's the rich man's Jim Carey

 

[TheGroceryStick]

Serious question.
Which teams would trade for a "more cap friendly" Price? Who has the right team structure, opening and assets to entice?

 

[ColbyChaos]

Legacy of what? Like, no offense, I can't remember a single great moment off the top of my head. Hell, I recall Halak carrying the Canadiens to the conference finals in '10.

I never got the Price hype. He was a good goalie but nothing that I'd lose my mind over.

Price brought the Habs to the conference finals in 2014 when they had no buisness beating that Bruins team

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

well his legacy is being an average goalie that is feverishly overrated by his own fanbase who had a crazy 1 year run winning a surprise Hart.

Jose Theodore 2.0

 

[PuckSeparator]

The problem is that his new contract will affect his legacy if he's not able to live up to it (which he likely won't), but he signed that deal knowing full well that it would turn out that way (not that I wouldn't).

 

[Big McLargehuge]

You could fit his legacy into a wading pool, so...meh.

 

[who_me?]

Waht Legace?

 

[PepperKeenan]

I know of Manny Legace but I've never heard of Carey Price Legacy..

 

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