so, good post. im that guy.
Here is the thing, and this is a fault of mine - its not that he didnt have good runs later... in fact, my whole stance has very little to do with Carey Price himself, or as a goalie. Its that, after those poor runs which ran basically the first half of his career, nobody held his name to task for them. I remember, because I was watching for it. So, when he finally started to play well it was just swept under the rug. I remember hearing how he was going to be so good that chucking a red hot Halak to the side made perfect sense. And then when he failed to live up t9 the promise, and for a good long time, it never ever was brought up. Its like everyone was holding their breath and when he finally had his big year it was "there we go, told ya so"
He was a good goalie, I just have never seen anyone ever be given the kid glove treatment like him. I think even Bedard is starting to get a bit of heat, now, in comparison, and he is really young and the hockey experts went embarassingly all in on him in their predictions. Price's grace period was unlike anything ive seen, but i could also be wrong/forgetting someone/have focused in too much on him.... i dunno, i dont dislike the guy, though, so i dont think im that biased in this case.
