You’d think with a $10M starting goalie you’d go a little cheaper on the backup.
Haha you would think, you would really think so....
How many years? How many Niemis, Kinkaids, Scrivens have gone through now? Where's Halak?
This is Price's first solid (ish) backup in I don't know how many years. We have Primeau coming up. Jake's term is short, contract is moveable.
This provides flexibility and a goalie situation we haven't seen in MTL in many years. Also, condensed schedule coming up.
Finally, to your suggestion - what's the alternative? Sign yet another goalie on Kinkaid's level for 1-2M and hope Primeau comes in sooner than later? Nah. Bergevin has all his core forwards making between low 4's and high 6's in their prime years, he's building the anti-Dubas with no possible $7M forward on the team. Welcome to the Bergevin experiment where we roll three 2nd lines and pay $13M for goaltending.