A relevant statement by a former Canadiens player concerning Carey Price
On 98.5 Sports, former Montreal Canadiens forward Benoit Brunet defended the Sainte-Flanelle goaltender Carey Price. He posted a photo that suggests that he played his last game in Montreal last season.
Even though there is no confirmation that he will retire, number 31 can count on the support of some hockey men. This is the case when it comes to Benoit Brunet.
During a discussion with Mario Langlois, Benoit Brunet came to the defense of the Canadiens' goaltender. He argued that Price never had the chance to have a concession player in front of him. Alexei Kovalev played with Montreal, but he was at the end of his career. It's hard to say that the organization's first choice in 2005 was able to take advantage of an offensive cushion on occasion.
It's hard not to compare him to the best goalie in the NHL for the past three or four years, Russian Andrei Vasilevskiy. The Tampa Bay Lightning goalie can give up a bad goal or his team can fall behind 1-0, and he knows that big guns like Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov and Victor Hedman will work their magic to get back in the game.
Carey Price often performed small miracles, but the Canadiens could not give him a realistic cushion to allow him to aspire to the big honors. His prowess, however, allowed the CH to live a Stanley Cup final in 2021. Without him, the Habs would have been eliminated in five games against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
He stood up to one of the two most dynamic offensive duos in the NHL in Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner. Then he swept the Winnipeg Jets and his team defeated the mighty Vegas Golden Knights. In the final, the club in front of them was simply too strong.
If Carey Price stops wearing his pads, he will have been one of the greatest in front of the net for the Canadiens. He will never have lifted the Stanley Cup, but that's not because he didn't try. He never had the resources in front of him to do it...
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