Montreal Canadiens’ Carey Price not back yet
Montreal Canadiens remain without goalie Carey Price since late November
Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports announced on Twitter on Wednesday, that it has been exactly six weeks since goaltender Carey Price was an active member of the Montreal Canadiens hockey club. He also says that there are no clear signs of when he will be back with his teammates.
Last time Carey Price played a game was 6 weeks ago today. We still don't know when he'll be skating again. #canadiens #tvasports
— Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) January 6, 2016
Goaltender Price is one of the best goalies in the National Hockey League. However, the Montreal netminder has not played in an active game since November 25 against the New York Rangers. A few days later, it was announced that he would be sidelined for six weeks for an injury that they were not disclosing. There were reports that the injury would not require surgery.
The Canadiens had won 17 of their 22 contests before the injury and were the occupants of the Eastern Conference penthouse. Nothing was going wrong at all. Since then, they have slid and have only won five of their last 17 contests.
Recently, head coach Michel Therrien was quoted as saying, “Carey Price’s rehab is going well, but he is not ready to get back on the ice just yet.”
Montreal has been playing with a series of backup goalies in the meantime, to avoid acquiring a costly netminder that will eat into their budget. They have been using Dustin Tokarski and Mike Condon in a duo tandem. Recently, the club went out to acquire Ben Scrivens from the Edmonton Oilers for troubled child, forward Zach Kassian.
The NHL Trade Deadline is February 29 and a lot can still happen. You can bet that if Price remains out longer and the Canadiens remain competitive, GM Marc Bergevin will be proactive to fix his hockey club.