Where's love of his peers. Like not being on Top 3... I guess IMHO, he did pretty well in this 2018/2019 season. I'm reseeing again the Pricer that I knew before. That being said, I accept their decisions tho.
Yes it was reassuring to see Price play well again.
He's sacrificing his personal career prime years. On being on an bubble team. Without showing off that he's bigger than our organization. Just being humbe as always. Or that he's the best goalie of the world.
What you are praising as some noble act of sacrifice from Price is merely expected normal behavior from a professional athlete who has chosen to extend his career in Montreal for a very lucrative amount. He made a choice to stay in Montreal for money. It would be pathetic if he was acting bigger than the team after choosing to sign here. He had the chance to get out if it was so bad here. Now he must act like a professional. Not sure why you're setting the bar so low for him. The habs don't owe him any special treatment or consideration aside from his contract.
As for him being humble. I thought his answer to what he would say to UFAs to convince them to sign in Montreal was pretty revealing :
"I would tell them that
obviously my window is growing smaller and I really want to win more than ever, so I think that should be a pretty good indication of how bad we want to win here" -Carey Price
I cringed when I read that. Talk about buying into your own hype. Does he think of himself as a Hasek, Roy or Brodeur that players should want to sign in Montreal before Price's window is over ? I would only excuse a comment as silly as "my window is growing smaller" with real legends which IMO Price is nowhere near of. Also quite the sale's pitch : UFAs, come one come all, sign here for 7 years quick since my window is growing smaller. But it's ok he wants to win more than ever, so I guess it proves how the whole team automatically does as well, it's only logical and not self-centered at all.
Not too sure how he's humble aside from saying the usual empty platitudes about how his teammates are playing well when he himself has a good game. At any rate, being humble is not very important. He can brag all he wants if he wins us a cup.
What's the difference between Price and Lunqvist/ Rinne/ Brobovsky/ Dubnyk /Bishop /Vasilevsky /Holtby /Quick/Etc? One is not on the same situation than them. Producing miracles and help the team to be where they don't necessarly deserve to be. It's the indispensable player of the 1909. The foundation stone. If he collapses the whole team falls. All this franchise is build on him. Price let us a chance to win and steal games. He's more criticized than the other players whose their job is to score goals. Alone, he can't transforming the Montreal Canadiens into a contender. He's a goalie ffs. But in Montreal we depend on him. What he has done over the last nine years is superb...
Some of these goalies are also playing or have played on bad teams. Brobovsky won the vezina while his team missed the playoffs a few seasons ago.
As for Price collapsing and the whole team falling, just look at the blackhawks. If your #1 goalie gets injured for the whole season and you have a crappy backup, even good teams will fall. It's not unique to Price or the habs.
