In 86 he was a rookie and basically stole the series against the Rangers, remember all of the saves in MSG in overtime? They should have won in 89 but the hockey Gods were smiling on Lanny Macdonald. I am not referring to Colorado, we never had anything like Sakic, Forsberg and company.
I have seen him play this season. So does that null and void all his other seasons? Yes, he was bad this year but there was a lot he was dealing with this year. He had the injury and then he was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome. I do believe he was injured again before X-mas and then the concussion later in the season. Yes, Price has the big contract but he earned it whether you agree or not. MB signed him so lets build around him. This defense is the worst I've seen it in a long time and we still need a number #1 center.
Not being able to score more than 2 goals against Martin Biron in the middle three games of that series sure didn't help.
You can't compare us to Toronto as they have a better team then we do. They can outscore most teams and not really need to worry about playing defense. They have a solid goalie in Andersen and yes he's faced a lot of shots because they have a poor defense! They will be exposed in the playoffs by the better teams. Whether you agree with me or not Price earned the contract. When Andersen's contract comes up for negotiation I'm sure he'll be making a hell of a lot more. MB could of traded him but didn't. So here we are. Currently we rank second last in the league in goals for and 7th last in goals against. Do you not think by addressing our bigger issue at hand (scoring goals) and adding another top 4 defense man that Price can bounce back? I'm not talking about the year he won the Hart but similar to the previous couple.uuummm yeah....because that has worked so well for the past 10 years? hasn't it?
quite blaming others for Price's faults...it's on HIM not the defense,
look at Andersen in toronto as an example, their defense is not a heck of a lot better then ours,
Andersen has faced more shots then any other goalie in the league, and puts up great numbers at 5 freakin million a season!!
And your telling me Price is worth DOUBLE THAT PAY because he had one good season and he "earned it"?
They used to share the Vezina, it was more a team thing, so Bunny had Kenny's Vezina.
He got those 4 sitting at the end of the bench with a towel around his neck watching Dryden play for the most part.
You mistaken my love for the Habs as a Price defender. I will always love this team, first and foremost...good times and bad. Also Price had a bad year but he's not over the hill dude. That said I don't deny for a second that this contract is massive and could bite us in the ass. I just don't wallow in the negative. This is the contract though, we can't change it. The year Halak took us to the conference finals Price sat and watched from the bench. He came back the next season with something to prove. What better time then next season to comeback with something to prove? Furthermore, Molson has already come out and said MB is safe. I'm with you front office changes are a must but they aren't happening so I'm moving on.
I went to one of the first round games against Boston, the one where Kordic dummied Jay Miller and Miller got knocked over by the accordion door outside the Bruins dressing room after he was sent off. They were showing the live feed on screens fitted behind the press box and everybody up in the whites and blues saw it happen and roared with laughter.
Wasn;t Don Awry traded to Montreal from Boston?Anyways I sure liked Ken Dryden.I remember Phil Espositos frustration trying to score on him calling him a f4%cken octopus.It used to be Dryden, but I hate politicians.
Ha **** it, I vote Dryden anyway. What was ironic at the time in 71, he was drafted by the Bruins and his rights were sent to the Habs. He ended up beating the Bruins of Orr, Espo etc pretty much all by himself. Bruins never traded with the Habs again after that, well except they couldn't help to send us Patrick Traverse some 30 years later.
