[Fish on The Sand]

Originally Posted by ECWHSWI

meh, if not Budaj, next backup will be similar, can't expect much from goalies who arent talented enough to be #1 and who also happen to play 20 games or less per season.

Any goaltender with realistic hopes of becoming even a somewhat regular starter will avoid Montreal like the plague. When you have a workhorse like Price in net you know the backup will not be seeing much playing time. We are basically resigned to taking failed starters as a backup just because they still prefer a north american paycheque to going to europe.