If Canada wins on Sunday, do you think Carey Price deserves the MVP?

[Habsawce]

Price even saying playing behind the D made it really easy when asked if this is the best hockey of his career.

Don't get me wrong, Price was great when he needed to be, he just wasn't needed to be great that often with way our team played defensively.

What was he supposed to say? Man my team sucked, they're lukcy I'm here or they'd have finished 8th?

 

[CanadienShark]

Rask was better, Price was a close 2nd.

Rask was most certainly NOT better.

 

[illpucks]

As a Canuck fan, the Luongo thing is moronic. He isn't as good as Price is anymore even outside of these games. Coaches shouldn't make decisions based on what is owed to an athlete, even if it's just on a hunch, it should be on who they have more confidence in moving forward.

He had a shutout in his only game. It's not moronic at all. He has a 0.00 GAA and 1.000 S%

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

Price wasn't mvp, no one was for Canada. But to say Luongo or Smith would have done the same is really downplaying how great he was this tournament. The guy was perfect.

Luongo was perfect aswell, and he faced quite a few quality scoring chances in that game, more so than Price did today IMO.

So same could be said.

My point is, Price was great when he needed to be, but he just wasn't needed to be great that often, and with the calibre of goaltending Luongo & even Smith can provide, they could have been great in those moments too.

You realize that Price had zero margin for error right? If Price's GAA was even 1.00, hell if it was even 0.75 Canada was playing for Bronze.

What are you talking about? So your saying he was great because he didn't choke on the couple decent scoring opportunities he faced every game?
And I disagree, there was some margin for error with the way we shutdown Sweden, and even the USA, they weren't getting anything in the last 2 periods.

Carey Price is so collected and sound thats how he is. He just gives full confidence if he only had a respectable defense in montreal. He did an enormous job to control of his rebounds wich removed lot of pressure to our defensemen.

Yeah thats what I like about him, just so calm & cool, instill confidence in the rest of the team IMO. His rebound control was great and didn't give away any good opportunities off shots that shouldn't create them.

Price made like 10 game saving stops the last two games. **** off with that ****. Theres not many goalies that couldve done what he just did regardless of the defense.

...... You must not having been watching the same tournament as the rest of us.

 

[Frank Drebin]

As a Canuck fan, the Luongo thing is moronic. He isn't as good as Price is anymore even outside of these games. Coaches shouldn't make decisions based on what is owed to an athlete, even if it's just on a hunch, it should be on who they have more confidence in moving forward.

Agreed. Thanks for posting that.

 

[crowi]

Good win for the old guy.

 

[habscup*]

Price was great, what he did was amazing. Not seeing much action and then bang bang great chances and he stopped them, was great with his rebound control and positioning. He was perfect save for that goal where he and the defenseman had a miscommunication.

 

[illpucks]

Rask was most certainly NOT better.

Rask was sweating bullets and keeping Finland in the game vs Canada. If only he was there vs Sweden it would be TC vs Finland. TC would still win but it would be 1-0 and Rask would save 39/40 shots and Price would face 20.

 

[CanadienShark]

Shocked that Selanne got the MVP.

 

[Frank Drebin]

You Luongo fans can **** off. Im going to sleep

 

[Shareefruck]

He had a shutout in his only game. It's not moronic at all. He has a 0.00 GAA and 1.000 S%

And the coaching staff had more confidence in Price overall. Crying over it is moronic.

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

What was he supposed to say? Man my team sucked, they're lukcy I'm here or they'd have finished 8th?

No, I'm just saying. He's projecting the same thing I'm saying, he was outstanding when tested, but wasn't tested often.

Doughty. I think Price had to make 1 save in the final period? He played extremely well, but he didn't have a whole lot of work to do. And that is absolutely no knock on Price, regardless of what anyone thinks. I was totally confident with him in net.

Mike Smith could have won behind that d.

Not that Price didn't make some key saves for Canada. He played great, but it's hard to say he was the key piece behind that d.

Agree 100% with these 2, this is where I'm coming from aswell.

 

[Riddum]

Price even saying playing behind the D made it really easy when asked if this is the best hockey of his career.

Don't get me wrong, Price was great when he needed to be, he just wasn't needed to be great that often with way our team played defensively.

Price is one of the most humble dudes out there. And playing behind the Habs' defense vs Team Canada must have been quite a shock for him lol.

 

[Mrb1p]

Price can never win

 

[CanadienShark]

Rask was sweating bullets and keeping Finland in the game vs Canada. If only he was there vs Sweden it would be TC vs Finland. TC would still win but it would be 1-0 and Rask would save 39/40 shots and Price would face 20.

Keep telling yourself that. Price had two consecutive shutouts against arguably the two toughest teams in the entire tournament, and let in a single goal against the bronze medal winner. Price was clearly the best goalie in the tournament, judging both by watching games, and the stats test.

 

[ziploc]

I have no problem with Selanne winning the MVP.

 

[Karl Eriksson]

Price was amazing. I say it here for the record:

I will never criticize or doubt him again.

 

[Shareefruck]

No, I'm just saying. He's projecting the same thing I'm saying, he was outstanding when tested, but wasn't tested often.





Agree 100% with these 2, this is where I'm coming from aswell.

To be fair, ANYONE behind any halfway decent defence on a winning team would regurgitate that exact quote

You're right, but pointless to even bring that up, IMO

 

[illpucks]

And the coaching staff had more confidence in Price overall. Crying over it is moronic.

No, I am just responding to a post saying that Luongo wouldn't do what Price did. He most certainly would. Coaching staff will choose the younger goalie 9 times out of 10 just ask Team USA.

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

You Luongo fans can **** off. Im going to sleep

Lol, have a good sleep then.

Keep telling yourself that. Price had two consecutive shutouts against arguably the two toughest teams in the entire tournament, and let in a single goal against the bronze medal winner. Price was clearly the best goalie in the tournament, judging both by watching games, and the stats test.

He faced tougher challenges against Latvia & Norway than he did USA & Sweden.

I think Rask was better than him aswell because Rask had a monster impact on where Finland got, there was absolutely no chance they would have placed 3rd without him.

Price can never win

He just won the gold medal. And had a great tournament.

Price is one of the most humble dudes out there. And playing behind the Habs' defense vs Team Canada must have been quite a shock for him lol.

Yeah no kidding, made his life easy, and he made life easy for them with his outstanding rebound control.

Its going to be an adjustment for both Lu & Price heading back to there NHL teams after playing behind that team defense.

 

[nashthevash]

As a Canuck fan, the Luongo thing is moronic. He isn't as good as Price is anymore even outside of these games. Coaches shouldn't make decisions based on what is owed to an athlete, even if it's just on a hunch, it should be on who they have more confidence in moving forward.

Agreed. Those still talking about Luongo need to shut up asap as they simply look like complete idiots at this point.

 

[ziploc]

Here's the tournament All-Star team:

Goalkeeper: Henrik Lundqvist, Sweden
Defenseman: Erik Karlsson, Sweden
Defenseman: Drew Doughty, Canada
Forward: Teemu Selanne, Finland
Forward: Phil Kessel, USA
Forward: Mikael Granlund, Finland

But Price named top goalie of the tournament. Not sure how that is different from the tournament all-star team. Karlsson named top D, and Kessel named top forward, which is a travesty.

 

[icerocket]

Keep crying nucks fans.

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

To be fair, ANYONE behind any halfway decent defence on a winning team would regurgitate that exact quote

You're right, but pointless to even bring that up, IMO

I think if someone had a huge impact, like Rask did, and was asked that question, he would say he felt great about his game, aswell giving credit to the team defense.

But I agree, it doesn't really mean anything.

 

[Shareefruck]

No, I am just responding to a post saying that Luongo wouldn't do what Price did. He most certainly would. Coaching staff will choose the younger goalie 9 times out of 10 just ask Team USA.

"he most certainly would" is said with too much certainty. Who knows if he might have miffed on some of the chances that the opposition had.

I think either Luongo or Smith COULD have gotten a similar result and WOULD have been just fine, but I don't think it's a given-- Price was perfect.

I wouldn't give him the MVP either though