Quoting: sensonfire
But Montreal did make the playoffs.
And Carey Price is still a world class goalie.
Arguably, the best of his generation.
Only thing that's standing in the way is the signing bonus due in a few days.
The thing is the Seattle Kraken are owned by the type of people that would light their cigars with a burning 100 dollar bill.
This is not rocket science.
No.. no he's not. He has been average since 2016-17 except for the playoffs. This is easy recency bias on all of your ends.
Quoting: OlegP
He's been super inconsistent in reg season since then but talent is still there. His playoffs record is legit elite.
Fleury had some absolutely dreadful seasons before Vegas grabbed him as well. Price has outperformed a pre 2017 MA Fleury.
The contract is a tough one but goalies dont drop off like skaters. Guys like Roloson and Thomas played some of their best hockey in their late 30s
Carey Price would enter there as the number 1 star of the franchise with family from Washington state and he spends time in the Summer there between Kelowna
Fleury only had a salary cap hit of $5.75 (8.33%) for two years. Price has a salary cap of almost DOUBLE that, $10.5M (14%) for five years. I would be absolutely shocked if Ron Francis says yes to Carey Price. Also Price has not outplayed a pre-Vegas MAF. Here are their respective goalie stats in the four years preceding their respective expansion drafts:
4 years prior--
Fleury: .915 sv% 2.37 gaa
Price: .900 sv% 3.11 gaa
3 years prior--
Fleury: .920 sv% 2.31 gaa
Price: .918 sv% 2.49 gaa
2 years prior--
Fleury: .921 sv%, 2.29 gaa
Price: .909 sv%, 2.79 gaa
1 year prior--
Fleury: .909 sv%, 3.02 gaa
Price: .901 sv%, 2.64 gaa
I stand persistently with Ben Bishop, Chris Driedger, and Casey DeSmith as my three goaltenders.