Player Discussion Carey Price - You're Richer Than You Think Edition

[Lafleurs Guy]

He looked fantastic last night in VAN

Since the last Boston game the team has played better defensively. We’ve gone back to being boring. Unfortunately the scoring isn’t what it was but at least it’s not chaos in our own zone.

 

[Doxinoctae]

Watching him play last night was like he was a different guy. Totally engaged and seemed almost uncharacteristically energetic.
Not to open up this old nugget, but if I'm Seattle, I'm making calls daily to MB to see where they are in dealing Price to them.

that would mean that Price can become expendable at the seattle draft?

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

that would mean that Price can become expendable at the seattle draft?

I doubt Price would waive to go there. I think he'd waive to go to a contender.

Right now though, there's no way MB trades him while there's even a hint of us making the playoffs. Price is his only chance. If we fall out of it, I wouldn't be surprised if he's dealt at the deadline.

 

[Tuggy]

I doubt Price would waive to go there. I think he'd waive to go to a contender.

Right now though, there's no way MB trades him while there's even a hint of us making the playoffs. Price is his only chance. If we fall out of it, I wouldn't be surprised if he's dealt at the deadline.

Really? You wouldn't be surprised if he gets dealt at the deadline?

I would be beyond shocked if he gets dealt during the season.

If Price ever gets traded, it would be in the offseason. It wouldn't be a straight forward trade.

 

[ahmedou]

He's like a pure Montrealer to me. Since Price got drafted and played with us he's been blamed, bullied, crucified, hated, rejected for the most part. Despite that, he sacrified everything to stay here. Still saving this franchise. We owe him a lot.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Really? You wouldn't be surprised if he gets dealt at the deadline?

I would be beyond shocked if he gets dealt during the season.

If Price ever gets traded, it would be in the offseason. It wouldn't be a straight forward trade.

Price in Colorado gives them a great shot at multiple cups. They deal us back their three million dollar goalie and picks/prospects and we eat some of his cap.

Then again we are talking about MB. You are right, forget what I said.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

He's like a pure Montrealer to me. Since Price got drafted and played with us he's been blamed, bullied, crucified, hated, rejected for the most part. Despite that, he sacrified everything to stay here. Still saving this franchise. We owe him a lot.

Love the guy. But we’d be doing him a favour.

 

[MasterD]

He's like a pure Montrealer to me. Since Price got drafted and played with us he's been blamed, bullied, crucified, hated, rejected for the most part. Despite that, he sacrified everything to stay here. Still saving this franchise. We owe him a lot.

What the **** has he sacrificed to be here? He got 84 Million $ to be here! He got everything given to him on a silver platter! First they traded Huet away to make room for him, then they traded Halak away to give him space and peace of mind, then they overpaid him... Single-handedly got MT fired (good thing, admittedly).

He still has the balls to cry in the media every 2-3 years that he can't go do his grocery shopping anonymously.. give me a break. Trade the bum already, we're clearly not winning anything while his window is still open.

 

[LeHab]

While Price had a bad November this season and last, overall that is actually his best month.

Split	Value	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	PIM	TOI	EV GA	PP GA	SH GA
Month	October	101	57	33	10	246	2958	2712	.917	2.47	6	8	5970:41	172	62	12
November	111	61	37	13	271	3468	3197	.922	2.44	11	6	6654:11	198	61	12
December	111	55	42	13	271	3177	2906	.915	2.50	1	10	6499:37	201	59	11
January	85	40	33	11	218	2546	2328	.914	2.61	5	2	5011:02	153	60	4
February	98	46	38	10	226	2781	2555	.919	2.35	11	13	5759:28	166	50	10
March	109	59	36	11	266	3361	3095	.921	2.49	9	6	6398:38	202	60	4
April	36	17	16	3	89	1020	931	.913	2.57	2	2	2076:26	60	24	5

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[jiboy]

Price versus Van had a positive body language and he got involved a lot with the puck early in the game. His position on first goal against was great (stood up) and he stayed focus after.

 

[BLONG7]

What the **** has he sacrificed to be here? He got 84 Million $ to be here! He got everything given to him on a silver platter! First they traded Huet away to make room for him, then they traded Halak away to give him space and peace of mind, then they overpaid him... Single-handedly got MT fired (good thing, admittedly).

He still has the balls to cry in the media every 2-3 years that he can't go do his grocery shopping anonymously.. give me a break. Trade the bum already, we're clearly not winning anything while his window is still open.

You just proved his point...Habs fans, eat their young, and their goalies...lol

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Price versus Van had a positive body language and he got involved a lot with the puck early in the game. His position on first goal against was great (stood up) and he stayed focus after.

Goalies adjust their play based on the team in front of them. As pointed out in an earlier post, he'll play deeper in the net if he's not confident about the team not stopping the cross ice pass. By doing this he can cheat a bit to make those saves, but it exposes him on shots from the slot...

Can't remember who the commentator was who said it the other night but the team has tightened up and it's allowed Price to play a more solid game. Before, it was like the wild, wild west.

The real problem is that we have such little talent on the blueline right now that we have to adjust the play to be boring. If we don't, our blueliners get eaten alive and it's chaos for our goalies. Now that things have settled down a bit, it greatly helps.

We're still gonna get killed in San Jose though. I don't know what's up with that, but we just get destroyed by the Sharks.

 

[Perrah]

What the **** has he sacrificed to be here? He got 84 Million $ to be here! He got everything given to him on a silver platter! First they traded Huet away to make room for him, then they traded Halak away to give him space and peace of mind, then they overpaid him... Single-handedly got MT fired (good thing, admittedly).

He still has the balls to cry in the media every 2-3 years that he can't go do his grocery shopping anonymously.. give me a break. Trade the bum already, we're clearly not winning anything while his window is still open.

What a crock of shit this one is. Halak wasnt going to re-sign to platoon again.

He could have kept both, but Halak indicated in a conference call that would have left both unhappy.
"I think they did the best thing they could do — keep one goalie and give the other one a chance to play most of the season," Halak said from Slovakia. "It’s best for everyone that I was dealt and can start on a new beginning."

Habs trade Halak to Blues for two prospects - Sportsnet.ca

 

[Milhouse40]

While Price had a bad November this season and last, overall that is actually his best month.

Split	Value	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	PIM	TOI	EV GA	PP GA	SH GA
Month	October	101	57	33	10	246	2958	2712	.917	2.47	6	8	5970:41	172	62	12
November	111	61	37	13	271	3468	3197	.922	2.44	11	6	6654:11	198	61	12
December	111	55	42	13	271	3177	2906	.915	2.50	1	10	6499:37	201	59	11
January	85	40	33	11	218	2546	2328	.914	2.61	5	2	5011:02	153	60	4
February	98	46	38	10	226	2781	2555	.919	2.35	11	13	5759:28	166	50	10
March	109	59	36	11	266	3361	3095	.921	2.49	9	6	6398:38	202	60	4
April	36	17	16	3	89	1020	931	.913	2.57	2	2	2076:26	60	24	5

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

I think it's just a lazy analysis to say that Price is just bad in November.

He played in 11 games in last November.
In the first 6 games he was 92.2% with a record of 4-1-1....was that bad?

All it took for some to panic is a stretch of 5 bad games (Well, there's was one game in those 5 that he was okay, so it's more like 4 bad games)…...and many twisted everything to put him down.
This is mainly why we can't have nice things in Montreal.

 

[Milhouse40]

What the **** has he sacrificed to be here? He got 84 Million $ to be here! He got everything given to him on a silver platter! First they traded Huet away to make room for him, then they traded Halak away to give him space and peace of mind, then they overpaid him... Single-handedly got MT fired (good thing, admittedly).

He still has the balls to cry in the media every 2-3 years that he can't go do his grocery shopping anonymously.. give me a break. Trade the bum already, we're clearly not winning anything while his window is still open.

Many seems to forget that Halak, prior to his good stretch with Habs, did ask for a trade.

 

[Wats]

What a crock of **** this one is. Halak wasnt going to re-sign to platoon again.



Habs trade Halak to Blues for two prospects - Sportsnet.ca

Ironically, he basically has made his career on being a quality 1A/1B

 

[MasterD]

What a crock of **** this one is. Halak wasnt going to re-sign to platoon again.



Habs trade Halak to Blues for two prospects - Sportsnet.ca

Of course Halak wanted out, there was no way he'd be #1 on this team, even if he had played better than Price.

 

[ahmedou]

What the **** has he sacrificed to be here? He got 84 Million $ to be here! He got everything given to him on a silver platter! First they traded Huet away to make room for him, then they traded Halak away to give him space and peace of mind, then they overpaid him... Single-handedly got MT fired (good thing, admittedly).

He still has the balls to cry in the media every 2-3 years that he can't go do his grocery shopping anonymously.. give me a break. Trade the bum already, we're clearly not winning anything while his window is still open.

Mental health sacrifice. For further information, go to Bell Let's Talk.

 

[Perrah]

Of course Halak wanted out, there was no way he'd be #1 on this team, even if he had played better than Price.

So Halak wasnt traded for Price's peace of mind then. He was traded because he wanted to be traded if he wasnt going to be the #1.

 

[nhlfan9191]

Of course Halak wanted out, there was no way he'd be #1 on this team, even if he had played better than Price.

Pretty sure Halak’s agent was running his mouth before his big playoff run that there wasn’t enough room for both goalies past that season.

 

[Perrah]

Pretty sure Halak’s agent was running his mouth before his big playoff run that there wasn’t enough room for both goalies past that season.

Walsh complained during the playoff run that Price's picture was on a playoff ticket, that was printed long before Halak took the reins.

 

[Mrb1p]

Ten seconds into watching Carey Prices highlights

"He looks like he constantly saves his team, occasion after occasion"

Yep, hire this man as GM because he's figured out in ten seconds what Bergevin couldn't in a decade.

 

[nhlfan9191]

Walsh complained during the playoff run that Price's picture was on a playoff ticket, that was printed long before Halak took the reins.

I remember him making remarks before that. He tried to play dummy like he didn’t know his remarks would get that much attention. It was Price or Halak at the end of that season regardless. Halak wanted to be moved if he wasn’t the guy. The right move was made. Sucks Price became the top goalie leading to his contract with no team success years after the trade, but that’s management fault. We had Price at a good cap hit for 8 years. That’s on Bergevin.

 

[Beer and Chips]

He's like a pure Montrealer to me. Since Price got drafted and played with us he's been blamed, bullied, crucified, hated, rejected for the most part. Despite that, he sacrified everything to stay here. Still saving this franchise. We owe him a lot.

Sacrificed everything?

 

[Hullois]

40th in the league in GAA. 39th in save %.

Always looks like he doesn't give a shit.

Franchise player.