Yeah. Those are just haters. I never mention price's salary because he was put in a position to earn that. Back then, he made a mediocre team good because he was one of the best. I don't expect him to be a top 3 goalie anymore but somewhere in the top 10 but he can't even position himself there.
I know Allen can't handle 1st goalie duty, I only brought his name to answer those who use the excuse that Price sucked this season because of his defense but it still the same defense in front of Allen.
And if we simply analyze the goals, the softies, that Price let's in, it has nothing to do with bad defense. Its all on him. The 2 goals that went through his 5 hole tonight was no excuse. It was a must win game in a certain way, he made some good saves but the softies is a proof that he lacks focus. It's been quite some time that he's playing like this.
I expect Price to give us a chance to win every night, that's it. Whether that's a top 3, 5, 10, 20...changes nothing to me. Does he keep us in the games when we're being tramped on? Yes? Then he's doing his job.
You can expect some blunders as well, nobody is perfect, but they should be very limited. This is where the problem lies now with Price, he's letting in too many weak goals, which is weird because he routinely makes insane saves.
I disagree about the defense though. It's all part of the game. The Sens were moving the part from one side to the other all game for example, they did a very good job destroying our defensive box all night. When you do that, then things like that 4th goal can happen where it seems like Price anticipated a pass to be made across and when he realized Tkachuk was just poking it, he lost his footing.
Goaltending is not an easy position to analyse. People see a shot going in, they bitch about it...depending on the velocity they see from their living room, they decide whether or not it was an okay one to let in. Even if it's a perfect shot, some will still dump on the goalie.
I'm not making excuses for Price, he needs to be better. I think he's definitely improved since the start, he's making some really crazy saves that he wasn't doing earlier on, now he just needs to fix those blunders.