13 team Keeper, top 8F, 4D and 2G count. 1pt G/A, 2pt W/SO.
Protect up to 500 points in a full season
(K) denotes keeper
Keepers:
F: Draisaitl, Thompson, Thomas, Zuccarello, Konecny, Marchessault Ehlers, O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Perron, Coronato, Seguin, Atkinson, Rossi, Michkov
D: Q Fox, Sergachev, Dobson, York, Hutson
G: Vasilevsky, Jarry, Levi
We've gotten away from the Price question a bit. I agree the Habs are probably not a playoff team next year barring a move for a legit #1 center and some real progress on the back end. So that being said, do I keep Price in my ESPN league (see sig) for next season. We keep 3 and I have McDavid and Matthews and Marner and Giroux up front. And I have Talbot who I think has a much better chance of a rebound than Price does.
12 team Yahoo Roto keeper (keep 3)
9 F, 6 D; roster 3 G max
G,A,PPP,SOG,BLKS,HITS - W,SO,SV%,Saves
F: B Tkachuk, Stutzle, Eriksson Ek, Necas, Konecny, Cooley, Boldy, Lehkonen, Tippett
D: Dahlin, Seider, Matheson, Durzi, Addison, Mintyukov
G: Hill, Husso
IR:
Bench: L Hughes, Merzlikins, Terry, Tuch
I think Bergevin's plan was to try to test the limits of how good Price is by making the team in front of him as terrible as possible.
I don't think he would ask to be traded but I would not be shocked if he was okay moving to Vancouver - I read/heard some rumours suggesting if he was moved that's one place he would ask to go. I'm not convinced he will finish his career in a Hab jersey. But as long as Bergevin is at the helm and desperately trying to squeak into the playoffs to save his job, Price will most likely not be moved. So we'll have to revisit this again next summer at the earliest.
12 team H2H Most Cats Wins; Keep 6/winner keeps 7; G A PPP +/- SHP SOG HIT BLK PIM // W SV GAA SV% SHO
3 C, 3 LW, 3 RW, 6D, 2G, 5 bench
C - McDavid, Crosby, Tavares
LW - DeBrincat
RW - Meier, Miller
D -
G - Jarry
I don't see how the Habs could possibly trade Price with his contract about to kick in. Even if they retain 20-25% it's still a beast of a CAP hit for a loooooong time. This severely diminishes any type of return the Habs would get for him, which would be a hard sell in Montreal. The press would eat Bergevin and Geoff Molson alive. The fans are still salty over Subban and Sergachev. This would be a PR nightmare for the Canadiens and would be the ultimate declaration of incompetence. How do you label this man your franchise player, sign him to a lifetime contract, then trade him a year later and pay 25% of his remaining salary to boot?!
The only way Price could justifiably be traded is if he demanded a trade or publicly caused friction via the media. Then it's "on him" and the organization is "just trying to do what's best for the team", a la Patrick Roy. And I definitely don't see that happening. It's not in Carey's DNA and he's too smart for that nonsense anyway.
Well if he doesn't demand a trade, (whether he means it or not, he will have to be good with the fact that the Habs will stink/rebuild for many years to come. His stats will suffer and value diminish. The older he gets the less Montreal gets if they deal him. That was a bad contract for both parties involved (ok maybe it was nice for Price$$) but what I'm saying is that for a goalie as good as Price to waste out his days in Montreal is sad.