Carey Price's wife makes shocking announcement about his playing future
Yesterday, Carey Price's wife Angela Price was doing a Q&A on her Instagram where fans asked her about the family's plans for next season. Price missed most of last season before returning to play in 5 games for the Habs at the end of the season and has not skated at all this season. After his final start last season, Price admitted that he prepared like it could possibly be the last game he was going to play. Price and his $10.5M cap hit have been on LTIR all season, giving the Habs massive flexibility with their roster and cap space. He has 3 years left on his deal after this season and likely won't file his official retirement papers until it expires for two reasons. The first being that he will still collect his salary and the second being that with him placed on LTIR, it provides the Habs a tremendous amount of cap flexibility. We saw something similar with Mike Smith and the Oilers this season and in the past with players like Chris Pronger, Marian Hossa, Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg.
One of the questions that was asked to Angela was "Are you and the family going to be back in Montreal all next year?" Angela responded to the question saying, "It looks like we will making the move to Kelowna after this hockey season/ when Liv finishes school." Essentially confirming that Price's career is over at just 35 years-old. If that didn't provide enough of a confirmation, Angela was also asked if the family would be selling their Montreal home to which she responded by saying, "Yes we will."
Across 15 seasons in the NHL Price played in 712 games, starting 700 of them where he posted a 361-261-79 record accompanied by a .917 save percentage, 2.51GAA and 49 shutouts. Throughout his career, including his time in junior, Price was a winner, with only the Stanley Cup eluding him. He won gold at the 2007 World Juniors and was named tournament MVP, Olympic Gold in 2014, was the winner of the Vezina Trophy, William M. Jennings Trophy, Hart and Ted Lindsay awards in 2015, World Cup of Hockey Gold in 2016 and the Bill Masterdon Trophy just last season.
It is truly unfortunate that his career ended the way it did and he did everything he could to attempt to continue his career. It just wasn't in the cards. Not only was he an elite, generational talent between the pipes, but he was one of the most giving and inspiring players away from the ice, often seen doing charity work and meeting with young fans before and after games and practices. We can only wish him the best in his post-hockey life and hopefully he continues to be a prominent figure around the league.
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