There’s still a strong chance the Canadiens will trade the 37-year-old former goaltender before the 2025-26 season begins. However, there’s one key detail holding things up: a final bonus payment.
Price is due a $5.5 million signing bonus on September 1st, part of the $7.5 million he’s set to earn in the final year of his contract. Once that bonus is paid, any team acquiring his contract would only owe him the remaining $2 million in actual salary—making the deal more financially appealing. #montrealcanadiens #nhl #hockey
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So what do you think? Are we about to see Carey Price officially become a former Hab? Let me know your thoughts in the comments.
That Chris Kreider incident was so unfortunate.
If the Canadiens did the trade is if they’d get something back, not the other way around ! Why wait all those seasons to end up paying anyway ?
It’s also the last season teams can do LTIR shenanigans for the playoffs, they would be crazy not to profit from such a huge LTIR AAV contract on its last year as well.
It's just a formality for the purpose of solidifying cap space, like they did with Shea Weber. He'll never play again and he will always be a Hab.
I'm still confused on this? Need a clearer explanation.