Guest Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Our golden boy once again. Team better step up for him in Vancouver. They owe him big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Saved our bacon,,,AGAIN!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennifer_rocket Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Carey was definitely our best performer this evening. Even this early in the season is there any doubt that he will be our MVP when the season is over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaas Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Carey was definitely our best performer this evening. Even this early in the season is there any doubt that he will be our MVP when the season is over? He was (obviously, or he wouldnt have been called) good before the olympics but since returning its like he's a different player. You have to wonder if being around all those superstars helped him to finally realize just how good he really is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MergenTatara Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 The sole factor keeping a lacklustre team alive so far . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HabsRuleForever Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 Just rename the Molson Cup the Carey Price Cup.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habsisme Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 If we can get this team going and Carey keeps playing anywhere near the level he's playing now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest habs1952 Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 If we can get this team going and Carey keeps playing anywhere near the level he's playing now... Price is gonna be mentally exhausted by March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstStar Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 Price is gonna be mentally exhausted by March. Well, habs decided to keep Tokes to give Carey some time off. He was good in his first game, 2nd a tad shaky, but the team in front of him weren't up to the task either. We knew and actually had confidence in Budaj when he played in Carey's place. The issue with Budaj was, he'd be good when needed for the odd game, but any string of games and he'd unravel. Still don't know if Tokes will continue his strong play or if the growing pains will start to show. If we can keep Carey's games down to 55-60, there's no reason why a 26 year old should be burnt by April. The problem is we only have a sample size of what Tokes can do. He could be as solid as he was in last season 3rd round or be like any other young tender and have some not so spectacular games. The Budaj/Price duo made me think of the Roy/Hayward duo of the late 80's/90's. Hats off to tokes for what he did last spring, but still not convinced he can do it in his rookie season through 20-25 games. I'm not saying this as a knock against him, it's just simple fact that young/unproven tenders have ups and downs. Especially when they're not being played on a regular basis. That was the great thing about Budaj, he knew his role and was actually good when he only played on the odd occasion, but tokes at the lower levels has always been a starter (or almost always been). Where Budaj thrived with less playing time, I think Tokes may struggle. I really like the kid, but not expecting him to be as solid as Budaj has been (with the exception of last year, when he replaced Carey after the Olympic break). Again, the more budaj plays, the more he looked like he did in Colorado, the less he plays, the better he looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennifer_rocket Posted November 11, 2014 Report Share Posted November 11, 2014 I thought this was kind of interesting. I didn't know where to post it. http://www.tsn.ca/yost-a-new-way-to-measure-goaltending-performance-1.132438 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted November 17, 2014 Report Share Posted November 17, 2014 Named second star of the week. The NHL announced on Monday that Canadiens goaltender Carey Price has been named the second star of the week. Price posted a 3-0-0 record with a 1.33 goals-against average, a .950 save percentage and one shutout as the Canadiens won all four of their games last week to improve their record to an NHL-best 14-4-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenhhead Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 Steady as she goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semantics Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 Bruins (and Rask) --- "we can't beat that Carey Price". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habsisme Posted November 25, 2014 Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/in-the-nhl-save-percentage-is-a-team-stat/ interesting read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manatee-X Posted November 25, 2014 Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/in-the-nhl-save-percentage-is-a-team-stat/ interesting read Indeed it is! On the one hand the article comes to a pretty obvious conclusion - I don't think that it's a stretch to say that the eye test can pretty easily determine that Boston has been a better defensive team than Edmonton. On the other hand, though, the question isn't always 'is one team better' but rather also be 'how much better are they?' In other words, is goalie X playing better or worse than expected on team A? And more importantly, if I'm team B, which goalie can I get that is going to actually improve my team? The most interesting point to me was when they mentioned that Scrivens was a perfect match for the Kings because he stops a higher-than-normal percentage of 'clean' shots, while the Kings system resulted in them giving up mostly clean shots. If this sort of research goes far enough I could see teams taking this stuff into account when shopping for a goaltender (e.g. my team's system has tended to give up a lot of one-timers, let's look for a guy who's mobile or whatever and has had success against those shots). It also makes you wonder about other 'synergies'. Halak in his big playoff run comes to mind. We gave up an awful lot of shots against Pittsburgh and Washington, but with a few exceptions (was it game 5?) it wasn't really that he was making heroic saves so much as he was making a huge number of more routine saves. I wonder if there's some element of what this article was hinting at in that situation - was Halak just very good at stopping the sorts of long-distance shots that we were giving up all the time back then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennifer_rocket Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Hopefully the team gets him the win tomorrow in Chicago. He's played well for us this season, and last night was a pretty pitiful team effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs_93 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 You can't say enough about Carey Price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Came to play tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Last 6 GP,,, 1.33 GAA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramcharger440 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 they say to win your best players have to get the job done....I am glad our best player is our goaltender! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BizarreReverend Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Lights out lately...over the past couple of years, Carey has really solidified himself as one of a elite few, both in the NHL and in Habs lore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennifer_rocket Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 He's really pulling his weight lately. He's in that mode where you just truly believe he's not going to give up more than 2 goals in regulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roy_133 Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Well since he won't get another start in 2014 I guess but it was a pretty great calendar year, there's been a lot of talk about Carey on this forum going back to the day he was drafted, I can remember some of the 200 page goalie debate threads and really, going back to that 2013 playoff loss to Ottawa there was a lot of questions he needs to answer but it seems like he's finally found and maintained that level. Just for fun I did a little quick math on the 2014 calender year, 36-18-3 .925 in the regular season, an Olympic Gold and flawless Olympic performance and a playoff run to the East final, including upsetting the Bruins without actually losing a playoff series. I think he's the best in the world right now, truly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs_93 Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 I think he's the best in the world right now, truly. IMO, There's an argument to be made about there being a "big three" (Lundqvist, Rask, and Price). Others might want to put Quick and/or Rinne in there, as well. But I think you're right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTed3 Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 I'd have a hard time arguing there's someone better than Carey right now. Rinne and Lundqvist have been very good for longer, and Quick has been a big-game goalie in the NHL. I think Rask has been exposed a bit this year as being a good goalie but one whose status has been amplified as a product of the system he plays in. I'd have to think that if you asked 30 GM's to choose a goalie for their team, no strings attached, the majority would be opting for either Price or Quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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