Did Carey Price live up to his 8 year, $84M contract?

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2014 history lesson / reminder: Tokarski played adequately. Not sensational, but adequate. He wasn't why they lost to the Rangers; it's entirely possible the Rangers would've beaten them regardless. And the Habs would have had zero - repeat that, z-e-r-o - chance in the SCF versus either the Hawks or Kings. I take it none of us have forgotten that the WCF that year was arguably the best playoff series of the decade and it was widely believed before it even started that it was going to be the true SCF that year. Nobody but nobody gave either the Rangers nor Canadiens a prayer against whomever won the West. Rightfully so as it turned out. Those Hawks and those Kings were both good enough to three-peat had history turned out differently, but of course they had to go through each other in 13 & 14 so neither of them ultimately did.

Carry on.

Tokarski was a very clear downgrade to Carey Price. That's not even debatable. Of course it's possible NY may still have won with Price in nets, however it's also possible that having a superior goalie like Price would've been the difference for Montreal.

But yeah... I agree that whether it was Montreal or New York, LA would've likely won the Cup.

 

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Tokarski was a very clear downgrade to Carey Price. That's not even debatable. Of course it's possible NY may still have won with Price in nets, however it's also possible that having a superior goalie like Price would've been the difference for Montreal.

But yeah... I agree that whether it was Montreal or New York, LA would've likely won the Cup.

I had to re-check the stats, but between the 5 games in 12-13, 13-14 the Habs played the rangers, Price had 4 wins, 1 loss and 3 shutouts, only allowing 2 goals, in those 5 games, one of the losses was a 1-0 game, one of the wins was 3-1. No doubt in my mind the Habs win with a healthy Price, the finals were a different story though.

Carey Price 2012-13 Stats per Game - NHL - ESPN

The 2012-13 NHL season stats per game for Carey Price of the Montreal Canadiens on ESPN. Includes full stats, per opponent, for regular and postseason.

www.espn.com

 

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Price led a team that had no business making it into the playoffs all the way to the Stanley Cup finals.

I think he did fine.