Player Discussion Carey Price - Moving Home Edition

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[Mrb1p]

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Man Carey please stop youre ruining my life

 

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[CHfan1]

I didn’t know this but Gainey said that if Minnesota didn’t take Pouliot at 4 that would have been Montreal’s pick instead of Price.

 

[WeThreeKings]

I didn’t know this but Gainey said that if Minnesota didn’t take Pouliot at 4 that would have been Montreal’s pick instead of Price.

Yeah, this was well reported.

Then Gainey had to make a choice between Price and Marc Staal.

 

[CzarDemidov]

Tony Marinaro is such a damn bad interviewer

 

[Quatre Vingt Treize]

I didn’t know this but Gainey said that if Minnesota didn’t take Pouliot at 4 that would have been Montreal’s pick instead of Price.

Heard that too, lucky they took Pouliot. Shows the ineptness of Timmins.

 

[Adriatic]

Tony Marinaro is such a damn bad interviewer

Awful. Can't speak correctly in any language lol

 

[Le Tricolore]

Heard that too, lucky they took Pouliot. Shows the ineptness of Timmins.

I don't think many people had Price ahead of Pouliot. I wouldn't put that on Timmins at all.

 

[dackelljuneaubulis02]

I don't think many people had Price ahead of Pouliot. I wouldn't put that on Timmins at all.

Too bad Benny never put it together those first 20-30 games he was a stud though

 

[the valiant effort]

Better Pouliot than Brule

 

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[Adriatic]

So funny when he said that lol.

 

[BLONG7]

Better Pouliot than Brule

I remember........Pierre Mcguire, said when Gainey drafted Price, and PM says what a huge miscalculation in judgement by the Montreal Canadiens...............he was positive they would take Brule. He couldn't stop talking about what a terrible pick Price was for the team. LOL
Brule was terrible.........Pouliot was decent......




I am also reminded at the time, all 19 TSN guys picked the leafs over the habs in da playoff............Price says hold my beer.

Price made alot of analysts look like idiots...........Price is pure class and always seems to say the right things.

A HOF career wasted by the bum Bergevin.

 

[Quatre Vingt Treize]

I don't think many people had Price ahead of Pouliot. I wouldn't put that on Timmins at all.

I don't know, Pouliot was pretty bad. A lot of stars were on the board

 

[Le Tricolore]

I don't know, Pouliot was pretty bad. A lot of stars were on the board

Sure, 20 years later. But back in 2005, Pouliot was considered a high end prospect and he went where he was projected.

Price went earlier than most people expected (see Pierre McGuire's insane reaction when he was picked, for example)./

 

[Mrb1p]

Man Carey is so chill and soft spoken. Hes got spice, hes got class, hes funny. Love that dude.

 

[Quatre Vingt Treize]

Really liked when Gainey mentioned Florida teams having an advantage

 

[CharleyHorse]

I remember........Pierre Mcguire, said when Gainey drafted Price, and PM says what a huge miscalculation in judgement by the Montreal Canadiens...............he was positive they would take Brule. He couldn't stop talking about what a terrible pick Price was for the team. LOL
Brule was terrible.........Pouliot was decent......




I am also reminded at the time, all 19 TSN guys picked the leafs over the habs in da playoff............Price says hold my beer.

Price made alot of analysts look like idiots...........Price is pure class and always seems to say the right things.

A HOF career wasted by the bum Bergevin.

No doubt Pierre’s take aged like milk, but at the time it wasn’t crazy, and hindsight is 20/20. The Habs had Theo and Huet and badly needed scoring, preferably from the center position (some truths stand the test of time: death, taxes, and the Habs needing a center). Brule was a top prospect and would've filled an obvious need. PM was like why the f*** would you draft a goalie when you already have 2, and can't score worth a damn. His logic fit the Hab's context in 2005.

I will say, however, that ever since Brule flamed out, and seeing how great Anze Kopitar is with LAK, he later started saying he would've taken Kopitar over Price. Until 2019, PM was still banging that drum, less after the 2019 run. Yeah, hindsight's 20/20 - for all.

Loved Price in 2019 - suck it Toronto Sports Network

 

[Habs]

I didn’t know this but Gainey said that if Minnesota didn’t take Pouliot at 4 that would have been Montreal’s pick instead of Price.

what a douche-canoe Bob would have been

 

[Habs]

No doubt Pierre’s take aged like milk, but at the time it wasn’t crazy, and hindsight is 20/20. The Habs had Theo and Huet and badly needed scoring, preferably from the center position (some truths stand the test of time: death, taxes, and the Habs needing a center). Brule was a top prospect and would've filled an obvious need. PM was like why the f*** would you draft a goalie when you already have 2, and can't score worth a damn. His logic fit the Hab's context in 2005.

I will say, however, that ever since Brule flamed out, and seeing how great Anze Kopitar is with LAK, he later started saying he would've taken Kopitar over Price. Until 2019, PM was still banging that drum, less after the 2019 run. Yeah, hindsight's 20/20 - for all.

Loved Price in 2019 - suck it Toronto Sports Network

 

[ahmedou]

Carey Price on Maple Leafs Elimination Day: "Nobody likes to see the Maple Leafs lose more than me!"

 

[JianYang]

I didn’t know this but Gainey said that if Minnesota didn’t take Pouliot at 4 that would have been Montreal’s pick instead of Price.

Yes, this has been speculated before but its the first time we heard it from the horse's mouth.

It just goes to show what a crapshoot the draft can be. The conventional pick would have been Gilbert Brule at 5 but it sounds like the Habs had Price as the bpa, and it sounds like they had staal next.

 

[CharleyHorse]

what a douche-canoe Bob would have been

We should now (and throughout Price's tenure), give thanks to Minnesota for saving the Habs from themselves.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Price would've been invincible in St Louis. Hitchcock's teams were so strong defensively.