Confirmed with Link: Carey Price Elected to Hockey Hall of Fame

[HabSgt]

Welcome to hockey Valhalla Pricer, your seat is next to Ken Dryden & Georges Vezina.

Thanks for all the hockey memories.

 

[Lshap]

Well deserved. Incredible player. Wonder if he'll have his number retired by Habs. Id say it's already de facto retired but he'd be the first I believe without a cup. It's a tragedy he never had any offensive help.

Definitely well deserved. Now let's see if this management decides to retire his jersey.

I still think he'll get the jersey retired. He certainly deserves it. But it's not guaranteed.

Look at it this way: If you played for the Habs at any point from the 1940s through the 1970s you got at least one Cup ring just by being on the same roster as Montreal's elite talent.

Time to jettison the idea that winning a Cup is the standard for having your number retired. I doubt it ever was. It was just a happy coincidence that if you played for Montreal long enough you'd end up winning one. Yeah, every name hanging from the rafters won a Cup – back then, every single Montreal Canadien did.

Carey Price meets every possible criterion for having his number hanging in the rafters. The only thing his career lacked was lucky timing.

 

[Habs]

does it increase his rookie card value? got a psa10

If that bum Lindros got invited, the HOF is fair game

 

[StCaufield]

Even a heartbreaking career deserved the HOF. Deserved so much better

 

[Habs10Habs]

Look at it this way: If you played for the Habs at any point from the 1940s through the 1970s you got at least one Cup ring just by being on the same roster as Montreal's elite talent.

Time to jettison the idea that winning a Cup is the standard for having your number retired. I doubt it ever was. It was just a happy coincidence that if you played for Montreal long enough you'd end up winning one.

Carey Price meets every possible criterion for having his number hanging in the rafters. The only thing his career lacked was lucky timing.

I totally agree with you. Times have changed and with there being more teams. The Stanley Cup criteria should not be a factor imo. I'm not saying everyone should have their jersey retired for Montreal. I was a huge Gallagher lol kidding Koivu fan. As well as he did for the Habs, considering the horrible teams he played on. He didn't do enough to receive any consideration to having his jersey retired.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Look at it this way: If you played for the Habs at any point from the 1940s through the 1970s you got at least one Cup ring just by being on the same roster as Montreal's elite talent.

Time to jettison the idea that winning a Cup is the standard for having your number retired. I doubt it ever was. It was just a happy coincidence that if you played for Montreal long enough you'd end up winning one. Yeah, every name hanging from the rafters won a Cup – back then, every single Montreal Canadien did.

Carey Price meets every possible criterion for having his number hanging in the rafters. The only thing his career lacked was lucky timing.

Yep.

Not many players can say they were the best player in the league at one point. Carey Price can.

He qualifies.