Sorry but 1 player doesn't separate a lottery team from a 2nd place team. Not even Wayne Gretzky or Hasek
how do you figure they are a lottery team?
n 2014-2015 Montreal was:
20th in Goals For/Game
25th in Shots For/Game
21st in Shots Against/Game
23rd in CF%
20th in FF%
And yet, despite being out shot and out-possessed by almost every team, and scoring less than 2/3rds of the league, they are
1st [Tied] for Goals Against/Game
5th in 5v5 Goals F/A
Without Carey Price, the Canadiens are no better than 20th in the league, and more than likely worse than that.
They are a legitimately
BAD team without Carey Price.
Their GAA and goal diff is 100% the by-product of Carey Price's ungodly save percentage.