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Post by PTH on Oct 15, 2017 13:36:59 GMT -5
I know his salary this year is still $6.5MM. I expect more from a guy who's going hamstring us in many ways. I have never been critical of Price before, even when he was struggling as a young goalie. But he's a vet now. He's allowed a bad game now and then because he's human. Against Buffalo he gave us .956 goaltending and then it was .714, .920, .880 and .818. Two games out of 5 where we got at least average goaltending and one could say he helped steal game #1. Thats just not good enough, despite whatever scoring woes the team has. I'm sure that in all the predictions for the season, no one suggested Price was going to provide anything but .930 goaltending. We've seen it often where a player signs a lucrative contract that guarantees his financial freedom (another topic entirely since I'd think $6.5MM does that quite nicely for me), and then coasts for a year or two. I didn't think Price had that mentality but maybe it's just human nature I predicted he is likely to get injured this year ... Might be a good thing though I was wondering who should be getting season-ending injuries to force us into a minor retool. I wonder if Patch could get something nagging to ruin his season and sour his relationship with the fan base, I don't want us re-signing him, I'd rather see what he can get us out there. It's kind of sad that I'm willing to assume that we won't be contender for at the very least 3-4 years, when Weber, Price and Pacioretty are in their peak seasons, because we lack other top-end talent. ------ A 30-game Price injury might allow us to develop Lindgren and make him into a tradeable commodity rather than just another goalie prospect. Or, if we play Montoya in too many games, maybe it helps us to tank. ------ Even though the Drouin trade was IMO a good one, the fact that I don't see us winning in the medium term makes it hard to swallow the 3 year age difference between Drouin and Sergachev. Before we can contend, Drouin will pass his peak. And if he produces, that doesn't help us tank.
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Post by PTH on Oct 15, 2017 13:38:00 GMT -5
Just about never saw that in Montreal. I always assumed the coaches thought both were likely to get out of position for a hit. I think Ellis is out for a bit Thanks for the info. But I think I *never* saw those two on the ice for our team. Like, ever. So it's strange to me if they're paired, however briefly, elsewhere.
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