"Price played the entirety of his 712-game NHL career with Montreal, posting an overall .917 SV% and 2.51 GAA. One of the most decorated netminders of his generation, Price was the first goaltender to win all of the Hart Trophy, Vezina Trophy, Ted Lindsay Award and a share of the William M. Jennings Trophy in 2015. He's also earned the most wins (361) by a Canadiens' goaltender in franchise history."
"Price's wife Angela was asked on social media earlier this week how she would feel about the Canadiens trading Price's contract, and responded that she "[p]robably [feels] the same way most of Montreal would feel... But ultimately, you want what's best for the team." By trading Price, the Canadiens got back a 22-year-old blueliner in Laroque. The right-shot defender - who was drafted in the fourth round, 103rd overall, by San Jose in 2021 - has yet to make his NHL debut."
"This is the final season of Price's eight-year, $84 million contract, and after the Canadiens paid him a $5.5 million signing bonus on September 1, they were more easily able to ship off his $10.5 million cap hit to a trade partner in San Jose. Montreal was $5.9 million over the NHL's salary cap before Friday's transaction. PuckPedia projects the Canadiens now have $4.56 million in cap space available with Price's hit off the books."
Carey Price was traded to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for defenseman Gannon Laroque and a 2026 fifth-round draft pick. Price has not played since April 29, 2022, after a torn meniscus and subsequent surgery limited him to five games in 2021-22 and placed him on Long-Term Injured Reserve. The trade moves the final season of his eight-year, $84 million contract and shifts his $10.5 million cap hit off Montreal after the Canadiens paid a $5.5 million signing bonus. Price finished a 712-game Canadiens career with a .917 save percentage, 2.51 GAA and franchise-record 361 wins.
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