As did Radulov.
I think Pacioretty lacks motivation sometimes. He was pretty emotionless before Radulov joined the Habs.. Radulov passion revived Pacioretty and we saw him celebrating his goals with much more emotion.I think he needs someone to look up too cuz he's not that guy. I've never been a big fan of his game despite his great scoring abilities but I think he'd be a pretty good player if a joins a team that has better offensive star/center that he can play "under". He won't necessarily be better by scoring more goals but more implicated and motivated.
I also have a feeling Price had the same problem this last season and I'm not sure if he'd be that much better this upcoming season. The players are not stupid. They know when the team is just not good enough. Losing both Markov and Radulov, a long time vet and arguably our best offensive player last summer probably didn't have a good impact on both Pacioretty and Price. With all the rumors and last season debacle, Price's next contract kicking in, the horrible team that we will have, this next season will probably be even harder for Price and Pacioretty.. if he stays. A lot of people are already hating on them.. next year could be very ugly.