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I had a series of long arguments on HF boards trying to get some sense out of Price stans. What came of it was I produced a list of goaltenders who were realistically available, and a list of steep, but realistic returns for Price's remaining year. I couldn't get anyone to agree with me that Bishop (who was available for a 4th) and Dallas' first last year would be preferable to Price.
Judo's going to Jennifer Lawrence me about that deal, but that's the point: people wouldn't even accept THAT deal instead of Price at a billion dollars.
It's honestly a bit of a cult. Like, Price fans DEFOO for real.
List was: Bishop, Raanta, and Gibson (Gibson + Theodore for Price). Every single one of these goaltenders have destroyed Carey this year. I never thought I'd be so right. I was preparing to argue that the gap between Carey and these guys wasn't large enough to justify the contract. Now I get to straight up be correct. It's liberating.
I think the whole country got Price fever during that stretch when he won the Gold in Sochi then had his incredible 2015. I still give him a bit of benefit of the doubt in that he has had a porous defense and almost no 2-way forwards in front of him, but now his contract is actively preventing that from happening. With the amount they overpaid him you could pretty much bring in an entire 4th line or 3rd pairing. There is no relief in sight, they do have a bunch of picks but most of those kids won't (shouldn't*) see the NHL for a couple years. We'll see what Bergevin can fuck up by then.