Carey Price: “Discussions should begin this week”

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Crédit: MONTREAL, QC - APRIL 21: Carey Price #31 of the Montreal Canadiens follows the play during the NHL game against the Philadelphia Flyers at the Bell Centre on April 21, 2022 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Photo by Vitor Munhoz/NHLI via Getty Images)

Carey Price hasn’t played since 2022, but he’s still part of the Canadiens organization. That may no longer be the case in the coming days.After paying the goaltender a final bonus of $5.5 million, the Canadiens may now attempt to trade his contract to another NHL team. According to David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period, negotiations to trade Price’s contract have not yet begun, but are expected to get underway later this week.

Kent Hughes may already be feeling his way around the league, but for now, there are reportedly no concrete negotiations. This season will be the last under Carey Price’s contract, which weighs in at $10.5 million on the team’s payroll. Montreal has put Price’s name on the injured list in recent years, but getting rid of this contract would give Kent Hughes more room to maneuver. The hardest part for the general manager will be finding a dance partner. Frank Seravalli is aware that it would be a good idea to part with Price’s contract, but he believes that very few teams will be in the “running” to acquire the contract.

[content-ads]According to CapWages, nine teams currently have more than $10 million in salary cap space. Not all of them will be interested in acquiring Price’s contract, but that means there should be buyers. The Habs are currently over the salary cap by just under $5 million. Trading Price would be the missing piece to afford a second-line center.

If offers from other teams aren’t attractive enough for Kent Hughes, however, the Canadiens’ general manager could decide to retain the goaltender’s rights and put him back on the long-term injured list as in recent seasons. [spacer title=’Overtime’] – The Bruins wish it were true.

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