Carey Price, the latest number one goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens, has been struggling in the NHL preseason. The Habs have played five of seven pre-season games thus far and Price lost in his first two starts. The Canadiens’ passionate fans were less than impressed, which caused Price to tell them to “chill out.”
True, it's only the preseason but a save percentage of .803 has people nervous. The games are meaningless and so are most of the performances. But with Price, you want to see some confidence. You want to see some saves. You want to see something, anything, to prove that Pierre Gauthier didn't make a huge blunder when he traded Jaroslav Halak to St. Louis. The Habs can't afford to repeat the dumb Patrick Roy trade.
Let's face it everyone gets booed in Montreal. The Habs fans will claim they are just passionate. I can think of better descriptions. The fans need to be patient and let the guy build some confidence instead of waiting for him to crash. Because that can become a self-fulfilling prophesy.
I hope I'm wrong but I just can't see this working out.
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