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austin316

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I truly hope Carey gets the farewell he deserves. He deserves a proper send off from the Montreal crowd.

I also hope he becomes a member of this organizations development staff. He could really provide value.
 
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HabzSauce

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Pat Riot said:
easily 3rd best player in the league? Woah thats your opinion and I couldnt disagree more with you. When you look at the goalies that won the cup during his era , you can easily see that a goaltender doesnt tilt the ice like you think. Many teams won with pretty average goaltender.
The goaltending position in the new NHL is so overated by our fan base. I explain that with of our rich history in that position Dryden, Roy, Plante. Fortunately the new management group seem to knows that you dont put too much stock on your goaltending position and more in building a great team on the ice. Monty and Primeau can win you a cup, with the right team in front of them
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Price did tilt the ice though, heavily.

Just because teams won without elite goaltending doesn't mean jack when we're talking about what Price did for the Habs. I mean just look at 2021 for example and that was at the end of his career on a set of banged up knees. We likely get swept by TOR in the 1st round if it weren't for him

Dude was a gamer. Was voted best player in the world at one point lol which is absolutely insane for a goalie playing in an era with guys like Crosby/Ovi/etc

I agree in today's NHL it is better to focus on building a great team infront of the goalie but that doesn't mean goalies still can't tilt the ice. Especially come playoff time - look what Bob did for the Panthers last year
 
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QUOTE="nhlfan9191, post: 195016662, member: 107293"]
He gave us 8 years of elite goaltending being paid at a bargain before Bergevin gave him a retirement cheque. And he still took us further on that crippling contract everyone complained about then a lot of stars in this league have taken their teams in 2021.
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Get your fact straight … price was the 3rd most paid goalie in 2012-13 at 6,5m$aa. Rinne was 1st at 7m$. It wasn’t a bargain. Price was paid like a superstar for is entire tenure here. He got the royal treatment.
 
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CAUFIELD said:
QUOTE="nhlfan9191, post: 195016662, member: 107293"]
He gave us 8 years of elite goaltending being paid at a bargain before Bergevin gave him a retirement cheque. And he still took us further on that crippling contract everyone complained about then a lot of stars in this league have taken their teams in 2021.
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I don’t care what other goalies were getting paid, $6.5 million was not “superstar money.” All that shows is very few GM’s were paying goalies in accordance with what they were worth in that era. Price was getting paid between $2.75-6.5 million for 8 years and we did jackshit with it.
 
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JianYang

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austin316 said:
I truly hope Carey gets the farewell he deserves. He deserves a proper send off from the Montreal crowd.

I also hope he becomes a member of this organizations development staff. He could really provide value.
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I'm sure when the contract runs out, they will have something for him.

At the very least, he will get on the ring and have his pre game ceremony like koivu did.

The other guy who deserves it is markov. I gotta believe it's a matter of time.
 
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CAUFIELD said:
QUOTE="nhlfan9191, post: 195016662, member: 107293"]
He gave us 8 years of elite goaltending being paid at a bargain before Bergevin gave him a retirement cheque. And he still took us further on that crippling contract everyone complained about then a lot of stars in this league have taken their teams in 2021.
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Get your fact straight … price was the 3rd most paid goalie in 2012-13 at 6,5m$aa. Rinne was 1st at 7m$. It wasn’t a bargain. Price was paid like a superstar for is entire tenure here. He got the royal treatment.
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No matter how much he made.........................we were a joke of a team without him.
Bottom of the barrell every time he was hurt. We were nothing, without him playing. It's in the numbers................
The team that is being BUILT now years later, is what he truly deserved, and instead he got DD as his #1 centre......noting during those 10 years, made any sense. Bergevin laid it all on the goalie and it did not work.
Price deserved better. The FANS deserved better.
 
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Redux91

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Mrb1p said:
Anytime I see this thread I feel dread
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It's actually the opposite for me lol
Any time it pops up there's a little voice in the back of my head that used to be just straight up in love with Carey going "COMEBACK??" :laugh:

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Redux91 said:
It's actually the opposite for me lol
Any time it pops up there's a little voice in the back of my head that used to be just straight up in love with Carey going "COMEBACK??" :laugh:

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I would run through a brickwall if that happened. A true WWE moment.

I still hope it happens in a game 7 OT one of these days. We're in the 1st round, win the first three then we get tossed around to 3-3. 44 years old.Corey Perry forces OT for us. McDinklewit is in the nets, he's the fourth string goalie from Syracuse but it's all we got.

OT starts and the lights go off. The lights go on and McTwinklewit disappeared. The lights flash again and we get a bell toll. CAREY IS STANDING IN NET WITH THE RED PADS READY TO GIVE UP 0 GOALS TO WIN THE SC.

(This is like the 12th times I've wrote a similar scenario now, I think I need to give up the dream)
 
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I wonder what Carey is thinking about right now...


Just looking at his pads in his garage...
 
GHJimmy

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I miss the good price, season of 2014-2015 was the time where almost every night price played it was always fun, I think it was his best season by far in terms of stats

I wished he won the cup
 
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