He won a Stanley cup and proved that he was a No Name goalie that could win and be really good without getting a Ridiculous Salary . And Asham is not that good of a scorer . Sure a good grinder but it ends there . And Moore gets greedy and wants more that what he is worth .
Seriously... I think the Habs should try to lock him down at a reasonable rate for a few years before he becomes a superstar - If I was GM I'd pitch a 5 year deal averaging 2.5m per ($12.5m ttl)...
p.s. I can't wait to read on these pages over the next couple of years how most of you current Price-doubters were actually his biggest fans and knew he would be great etc...
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He won a Stanley cup and proved that he was a No Name goalie that could win and be really good without getting a Ridiculous Salary . And Asham is not that good of a scorer . Sure a good grinder but it ends there . And Moore gets greedy and wants more that what he is worth .
First of all, don't you think he was put in a pretty favourable environment to succeed? Chicago had incredible depth on both forward and defense, probably the best in the league, so good that they had to purge a 1/4 of their active roster.
Secondly, of course he didn't have a ridiculous salary, he was signed as a 26 year old rookie to a near base level contract. He is now an unsigned RFA, and it remains to see what he will receive this year after winning the cup.
Niemi may cost more next year than Price.
Lastly, you state you want Belanger as a "gritty 3rd liner" and then conclude that Asham doesn't score enough goals. Hate to break it to you, but Belanger doesn't score many goals either, and is not even remotely "gritty". A good player perhaps, but not gritty nonetheless. I consider Asham a superior 3rd liner at this point in their careers considering the upswing of his career, and his impressive playoff performance.
And plus There is no way that Niemi is going to sign for more then price because they still haven't made him the clear cut # 1 goalie . AND The Hawks don't have the cap space to offer him a big contract .
And plus There is no way that Niemi is going to sign for more then price because they still haven't made him the clear cut # 1 goalie . AND The Hawks don't have the cap space to offer him a big contract .
Well Niemi's arbitration hearing is on Thursday so it won't be too much longer before we know how much he will be getting.
If he is the starter he's getting 1 - 2.5 million $ a year . If not about 1 million a year .
Don't under estimate the amount of money a player can get in arbitration. Niemi has some good arguments in his favour. He had a great GAA at 2.25 and a decent SV% 0.912. He had the best Winning% of all goalies (not counting the few goalies that played less than 10 games) and won the Stanley Cup. Now Chicago will have some good arguments also with the depth and strength of their entire team but I'd be surprised if he doesn't get 3mil or more but you never know. Now that doesn't mean Chicago will accept it but an arbiter might very well award it.
He won a Stanley cup and proved that he was a No Name goalie that could win and be really good without getting a Ridiculous Salary . And Asham is not that good of a scorer . Sure a good grinder but it ends there . And Moore gets greedy and wants more that what he is worth .
He was sure a game changer with that sparkling
.875 save % in game 3
or maybe you are talking about his amazing
.867 save % in game 4
or you must be talking about his steller
.852 save % in game 5
Hmmm maybe you mean his barn blazing
.875 save % in game 6?
Seems to me it didnt really matter who was in net towards winning the cup.
I would give Price what he is asking for: 9 M for 3 y. They could always trade him if he doesn't play as expected , and I ma sure some tems will jump on him, anyway.
Carey Price needs to start acting like a professional and take his career seriously. Honestly, at this point, he's lucky he still has a NHL career after his questionable work ethic, terrible on-ice body language, altercation with a teammate, losing his starting job, and now asking for too much money. He didn't even work hard in practice until recently. I'm a fan of his but I'm def. wavering. I was disgusted he did an interview with Cabbie in the 2009 playoffs and it looked like he didn't even care. With any other franchise, I'm sure they would've already cut their losses with him...
I don't really feel sorry for him because Gainey has given him so many chances. There are no more excuses, this upcoming season could define the rest of his career. The only thing in his way is himself.
I'm starting to worry he's the Alexander Daigle of goaltenders. The lazy kid who never really wanted to be a professional hockey player, and he only did it because he was good at it.
Last edited by eightyseven: 07-28-2010 at 08:28 AM.
Off the meds again are you? You are the most ridiculous person to comment on this subject that I have seen. Atleast earl stuck to one side of the argument. Its like price punched your mom since the end of the season.
It really is unbelievable. This guy was bashing Halak all season long and saying what a huge mistake it would be to trade Price and now every post is questioning his character, work-ethic, and mental state. If he really believed all the stuff he's spewing now he wouldn't have advocated getting rid of Halak.
Carey Price needs to start acting like a professional and take his career seriously. Honestly, at this point, he's lucky he still has a NHL career after his questionable work ethic, terrible on-ice body language, altercation with a teammate, losing his starting job, and now asking for too much money. He didn't even work hard in practice until recently. I'm a fan of his but I'm def. wavering. I was disgusted he did an interview with Cabbie in the 2009 playoffs and it looked like he didn't even care. With any other franchise, I'm sure they would've already cut their losses with him...
I don't really feel sorry for him because Gainey has given him so many chances. There are no more excuses, this upcoming season could define the rest of his career. The only thing in his way is himself.
I'm starting to worry he's the Alexander Daigle of goaltenders. The lazy kid who never really wanted to be a professional hockey player, and he only did it because he was good at it.
How do you know he is asking for too much money? Maybe Gauthier is trying to lowball him. Unless you are part of negociations you don't really know.
I think he "gew up" a lot last year when Halak went on a tear, he was forced to work harder, deal with not being "the man" and it showed him there is more to being an NHL than just showing up on game nights. Hopefully we see the benefits next season.
And plus There is no way that Niemi is going to sign for more then price because they still haven't made him the clear cut # 1 goalie . AND The Hawks don't have the cap space to offer him a big contract .
Sure he said he wants to come to Montreal... he scared to death he will be out of a job. Why didn't he say that when he was 22 or 23? To me, that article is a bunch of bull... If it really was "his dream" he might of tried before this year... What a bunch of bull.
Off the meds again are you? You are the most ridiculous person to comment on this subject that I have seen. Atleast earl stuck to one side of the argument. Its like price punched your mom since the end of the season.
While this guy is absolutely ridiculous, I still think it's funny how you guys weren't saying he was "off the meds" a couple of months ago, when he was bashing Halak, even going as far as saying he wished Halak would fail and fall apart in the playoffs so the management "doesn't commit the mistake of trading Price".
His pro-Price comments a couple of months ago were just as biased and ridiculous as his anti-Price comments right now. Still, people say Habs fans on these boards hate on Price .
While this guy is absolutely ridiculous, I still think it's funny how you guys weren't saying he was "off the meds" a couple of months ago, when he was bashing Halak, even going as far as saying he wished Halak would fail and fall apart in the playoffs so the management "doesn't commit the mistake of trading Price".
His pro-Price comments a couple of months ago were just as biased and ridiculous as his anti-Price comments right now. Still, people say Habs fans on these boards hate on Price .
It's not because he bashes Halak or Price that people think he's "off the meds", it's because he's flip-flopping between bashing Halak and praising Price, to questioning everything about Price.
As another poster said, Earl the Blues Fan for example sticks to praising Halak and hating Price. I disagree with him, but it's his opinion, and he sticks with it. He's not some crazy attention-seeking bandwagon poster like this guy.
While this guy is absolutely ridiculous, I still think it's funny how you guys weren't saying he was "off the meds" a couple of months ago, when he was bashing Halak, even going as far as saying he wished Halak would fail and fall apart in the playoffs so the management "doesn't commit the mistake of trading Price".
His pro-Price comments a couple of months ago were just as biased and ridiculous as his anti-Price comments right now. Still, people say Habs fans on these boards hate on Price .
Oh hohoho you got me. I didnt know I had to inform you I didnt care for what he said and 9 times out of 10 I just skip over his post as soon as I saw the name. He had enough people telling him what he was saying was silly. Atleast then he was consistent, then one morning he woke up to take the complete opposite side after the trade.
It's not because he bashes Halak or Price that people think he's "off the meds", it's because he's flip-flopping between bashing Halak and praising Price, to questioning everything about Price.
As another poster said, Earl the Blues Fan for example sticks to praising Halak and hating Price. I disagree with him, but it's his opinion, and he sticks with it. He's not some crazy attention-seeking bandwagon poster like this guy.
Earl definitely is a pearl when it comes to things like this.
Carey Price needs to start acting like a professional and take his career seriously. Honestly, at this point, he's lucky he still has a NHL career after his questionable work ethic, terrible on-ice body language, altercation with a teammate, losing his starting job, and now asking for too much money. He didn't even work hard in practice until recently. I'm a fan of his but I'm def. wavering. I was disgusted he did an interview with Cabbie in the 2009 playoffs and it looked like he didn't even care. With any other franchise, I'm sure they would've already cut their losses with him...
I don't really feel sorry for him because Gainey has given him so many chances. There are no more excuses, this upcoming season could define the rest of his career. The only thing in his way is himself.
I'm starting to worry he's the Alexander Daigle of goaltenders. The lazy kid who never really wanted to be a professional hockey player, and he only did it because he was good at it.
You went for being an embarassing fanboy to an annoying hater.
Are you really serious? How the hell wouldn't Carey Price have an NHL career?
BTW, all those reasons you quoted are either unproven or 1 time incidents. Funny how you also bring up the Cabbie interview one year later. Who cares about this crap?
You don't know him, his personality, you know nothing about his contract negociations and what is going on behind the scenes. You are delusional, or bored.
I would give Price the qualifying offer and tell to show us what he can do. This guy has been a dissapointment from the beginning. My choice was Halak because he his no lazy bum.
40-16-10 2,30 ,920 in his first 66 regular season NHL games say otherwise. Check the bolded part in the last post I quoted.
Gawd I can't wait for the No-Dicks to come back, so all you pseudo-Habs fan in sheep's clothing can GTFO.
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Originally Posted by habsjunkie2
Hopefully the Nordiques return so you don't have to be associated with the habs anymore.
OMG, passion. From what side of the bed did you wake-up from?
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Originally Posted by Horatio Caine
Maybe you'll we right. It seems that an agent said something like you:
Per Richard Labbe's Twitter
"Un agent vient de me dire que 2ans/5M pour C.Price, c'est juste. "À ses 100 premiers matchs, il a une meilleure fiche que Fleu, Bro, Luongo""
translation : An agent told me that 2 years at 2,5 per is ok. "After his first 100 games, he has a better record than Brodeur, Fleury and Luongo"
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