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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Oct 8, 2024 11:24:54 GMT -5
«They asked me if a coaching position or a role in player development might interest me. Maybe eventually, but for now, I have young children. I want to make sure I'm there for them-it's important to me. But when the time is right, I'd definitely be interested in that type of role.»- Carey Price
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Post by Skilly on Oct 8, 2024 12:02:32 GMT -5
When Vancouver or Utah asks, he will say yes
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Post by Tankdriver on Oct 8, 2024 12:09:09 GMT -5
When Vancouver or Utah asks, he will say yes I was thinking Seattle? Doesn't he own a home there or his wife's family is from there (Washington State)? |
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Post by Skilly on Oct 8, 2024 12:13:41 GMT -5
When Vancouver or Utah asks, he will say yes I was thinking Seattle? Doesn't he own a home there or his wife's family is from there (Washington State)? I forgot about Seattle. Add Seattle to the mix Price’s heart is not in Montreal. |
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Post by Cranky on Oct 8, 2024 12:36:21 GMT -5
Price is waaaay to busy collecting more money per year then 10 Canadians in their entire lifetime.
At least he's working real hard...signing those checks.
Price is dead to me. I was suspicious of his sudden "illness" which of course resulted in a nice early, immensely lucrative retirement.
I blame BargainBin for that contract that Price was NEVER going to honour.
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Post by seventeen on Oct 8, 2024 14:59:33 GMT -5
Nooooooo. Price strikes me as the Gretzky type....a genius at what he does but completely unable to pass it on because that skill is not passable.
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Post by seventeen on Oct 8, 2024 15:07:24 GMT -5
I was suspicious of his sudden "illness" which of course resulted in a nice early, immensely lucrative retirement. I blame BargainBin for that contract that Price was NEVER going to honour. I disagree. I think Price would love to play, but that the knees and perhaps hips just won't allow it. I was out for a walk a few months ago, up a hill on a paved road with about a 10 degree grade. Feelin good. Sun was shining, body felt fine, but my lungs felt like they needed to stretch a little, so I jogged up the hill, the length between two rural telephone poles (80 metres?). Next day, my knees hurt and kept hurting until even today. I am very careful with them because if I twist to any extent at all, I think my ligaments are going to go. Now Price is half my age but he has also pushed his knees much harder than I ever did and pumping all those painkillers in the 2021 run, I am sure, caused irreparable damage to those knees. Hockey players don't abandon that game unless they realize they really can't compete anymore and that's where Price is IMO. At least I feel like Price is a Hab. I don't feel that at all about Weber and I doubt he does either. Effing Bergevin wrecked 3 careers with that move. |
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Post by Cranky on Oct 8, 2024 15:46:02 GMT -5
Price signed the contract in 2018 and collected...
2018...15m
2019...15m
2020...9.75m
2021...13m
2022...he's now down to 7-8 million. How convenient.
Knees and his problem would not and did not appear all of a sudden. He lost most of the year in 2015-16 when he tore the medial collateral ligament (MCL) in his right leg. He wanted to tough it through and probably got an addiction to pain killers. It was clear and apparent when he signed that huge contract that he was a huge risk. Also the terms did not fall from the sky. It was front loaded on purpose.
I doubt Hughes would ever sign a contract like this. The moment Prices agent presented it, it would raise the hairs on the back of Hughes neck. I know I would look at it and wonder...why so front loaded for 4 years?
The reason Price got what he got was not some brilliant plan, it was pure blackmail on the worthless BargainBin who had no plan other then to depend on Price. There was no effort to draft a goalie and develop or trade for one BEFORE talking contract with Price. We are laughing at the Bruins with Swayman, trading Ullman before signing Swayman. Well, we did FAR worse with Price. BargainBin got a career 30 year old backup goalie that presented no threat to Price.
I don't believe in Santa, Easter Bunny or funny looking contracts...
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Post by drkcloud on Oct 8, 2024 17:14:27 GMT -5
How quickly we forget..
Say what you want about Price's contract, he only got what Berg was willing to pay.
And he left EVERYTHING on the ice when he wore the jersey, including his health. He'll always be on my short list of favorite Habs
He was a Hab through and through. Dedicated to the team if not the city. He's a BC boy and lives in paradise
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Post by jkr on Oct 8, 2024 17:52:16 GMT -5
We have to stop blaming the players in these situations. Yes, Price and Gallagher aren't earning their deals but those deals were offered by Bergevin and approved by Molson. They bear most of the responsibility.
It was MB who gave an injury prone goalie a deal for max dollars and term. Same goes for Gallagher. Everyone could see that he was going to break down and that the back half of that contract would be a disaster. Yet MB rewards him for past performance with a deal that would make you think that Gallagher could go on forever with his reckless style of play.
Were these guys supposed to say no to those offers? Would you? Yes, these guys have mad a lot of money but they have paid a price. They are young men but their bodies have broken down and their long term health outlook is not great. I don't know if I could make that bargain.
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Post by folatre on Oct 8, 2024 19:08:15 GMT -5
The contract was a classic Bergevin blunder, overpaying a guy who had already racked up serious injuries and was obviously on the back nine of his career when he signed it. But I cannot really blame Price.
The guy was elite. Unfortunately, he was battling a degenerative knee problem in the last 2-3 seasons he played and there was no way to 'earn' the money on that bad contract. But my impression was that Price loved playing the game and appreciated what it meant to be the man in net for the Montreal Canadiens.
Do I care if he ever works or does not work in coaching or player development for the Habs? Meh, I really do not.
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Post by habsgoalie27 on Oct 8, 2024 20:12:40 GMT -5
price carried our habs for too many years, imo he was a one man show,I bet he wishes he had 5 more years left in
him and 5 years younger with our up and coming talent
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Post by seventeen on Oct 8, 2024 21:50:56 GMT -5
The reason Price got what he got was not some brilliant plan, it was pure blackmail on the worthless BargainBin who had no plan other then to depend on Price. There was no effort to draft a goalie and develop or trade for one BEFORE talking contract with Price. We are laughing at the Bruins with Swayman, trading Ullman before signing Swayman. Well, we did FAR worse with Price. BargainBin got a career 30 year old backup goalie that presented no threat to Price. I don't believe in Santa, Easter Bunny or funny looking contracts... No need to convince me. No one dislikes Bergevin more than me. |
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Post by seventeen on Oct 8, 2024 21:54:39 GMT -5
. It was MB who gave an injury prone goalie a deal for max dollars and term. Same goes for Gallagher. Everyone could see that he was going to break down and that the back half of that contract would be a disaster. Yet MB rewards him for past performance with a deal that would make you think that Gallagher could go on forever with his reckless style of play. This is why I applaud paying players what they are worth. Or will be worth. Sometimes you make a mistake, but not paying people appropriately is a bigger one. Suzuki, Caufield, Guhle, Slaf, all are being paid for their productive years, unlike Gallagher. It's mindboggling that Suzuki's contract was negotiated by Bergevin.  |
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Post by habsorbed on Oct 9, 2024 0:15:24 GMT -5
. It was MB who gave an injury prone goalie a deal for max dollars and term. Same goes for Gallagher. Everyone could see that he was going to break down and that the back half of that contract would be a disaster. Yet MB rewards him for past performance with a deal that would make you think that Gallagher could go on forever with his reckless style of play. This is why I applaud paying players what they are worth. Or will be worth. Sometimes you make a mistake, but not paying people appropriately is a bigger one. Suzuki, Caufield, Guhle, Slaf, all are being paid for their productive years, unlike Gallagher. It's mindboggling that Suzuki's contract was negotiated by Bergevin. Suze's contract was not negotiated with MB. HuGo signed that. MB was the guy who was content with Drouin (remember him  ) being our highest paid forward at $5.5 million. |
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Post by Skilly on Oct 9, 2024 6:12:22 GMT -5
How quickly we forget.. Say what you want about Price's contract, he only got what Berg was willing to pay. And he left EVERYTHING on the ice when he wore the jersey, including his health. He'll always be on my short list of favorite Habs He was a Hab through and through. Dedicated to the team if not the city. He's a BC boy and lives in paradise I respectfully disagree that he was dedicated to the team. Carey Price was my favourite player on this team up until 2014. That's when it became apparent he was not dedicated the the Montreal Canadiens Carey Price played those Olympic Games knowing he had an injured knee. He did not reveal it until after the Olympics were over. Was that the start of his issues with pain killers? Who knows. But when he returned to Montreal, he missed the next 8 games recovering. Then he played really well up until Chris Kreider reinjured that knee on him. So, I've always wondered two things. What if MTL knew his leg was injured? Would he have been playing in those Olympics? (If I recall, he injured it during an Olympic practice). I've also wondered was he on pain killers after those 8 games he missed. He played really well when he returned. If that knee/leg was 100%, I don't think he gets injured in those playoffs. Besides 2021, 2014 was Price's cup year to lose. |
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Post by seventeen on Oct 9, 2024 12:23:33 GMT -5
This is why I applaud paying players what they are worth. Or will be worth. Sometimes you make a mistake, but not paying people appropriately is a bigger one. Suzuki, Caufield, Guhle, Slaf, all are being paid for their productive years, unlike Gallagher. It's mindboggling that Suzuki's contract was negotiated by Bergevin. Suze's contract was not negotiated with MB. HuGo signed that. MB was the guy who was content with Drouin (remember him ) being our highest paid forward at $5.5 million. Puckpedia has the date of the contract as Oct 12, 2021 and our friend Bergie was fired Nov 28, 2021. Something in my brain (hopefully not serious) seems to recall Bergevin signing that extension. |
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Post by seventeen on Oct 9, 2024 12:26:42 GMT -5
How quickly we forget.. Say what you want about Price's contract, he only got what Berg was willing to pay. And he left EVERYTHING on the ice when he wore the jersey, including his health. He'll always be on my short list of favorite Habs He was a Hab through and through. Dedicated to the team if not the city. He's a BC boy and lives in paradise I respectfully disagree that he was dedicated to the team. Carey Price was my favourite player on this team up until 2014. That's when it became apparent he was not dedicated the the Montreal Canadiens Carey Price played those Olympic Games knowing he had an injured knee. He did not reveal it until after the Olympics were over. Was that the start of his issues with pain killers? Who knows. But when he returned to Montreal, he missed the next 8 games recovering. Then he played really well up until Chris Kreider reinjured that knee on him. So, I've always wondered two things. What if MTL knew his leg was injured? Would he have been playing in those Olympics? (If I recall, he injured it during an Olympic practice). I've also wondered was he on pain killers after those 8 games he missed. He played really well when he returned. If that knee/leg was 100%, I don't think he gets injured in those playoffs. Besides 2021, 2014 was Price's cup year to lose. You may very well be bang on, Skilly. The flip side is that the 2014 team would not have won gold without Price doing his thing. Hard to criticize a player for feeling strongly about his country. The cost of that 'patriotism' may well have been his knees. Though, if they were bothering him at that stage, they'd probably bother him soon enough, whatever he did. |
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) being our highest paid forward at $5.5 million.