Quoting: DucharmetheDOMinator
Chiarot will land at least a 1st and 3rd, price is not just returning a 1st. He gets a 1st, a former 1st round pick that worthy of that selection (ex. Bourgault), a B goalie prospect ( konovalov)
And a 2nd or a B forward/defense prospect. So in this package of chiarot and price and I would add a 3rd, the Habs should get: Broberg, 1st, bourgault, konovalov, Lavoie. That's the price
they would never get close to that. If that was the fair market value for price seattle wouldve just selected him in the draft and moved him. The fact they didn't even want to touch that should tell you all you need to know.
I love price he's been responsible for pretty much everything positive that the habs have done i n the last 10+ years. but his contract, age and injury history is something every team will take into account. He had a great playoff one and showed that he still has some elite play left in him, but he also showed he cant take on a heavy load during the season which mean any team landing him will still want a decent backup on top of that. Most competitive teams could never have 14mil in goalies like the habs did last year because they have legit star forwards to pay which we've never had to deal with.
At best price may have another year or two left in him where he could perform while enough to be worth close to a 7mil cap hit for someone, but your perceived value that he would bring in a trade is way off in my book. Also Chiarot only gets a 1st if there not many LD available, Giordano gonna be the most sought after, i think habs will be extremely happy if they can pull a 1st out of a chiarot trade.