Price is right; Habs lock up goaltender : 6 yrs/39mil

  The Habs have their man in the net.  If all goes well, we will not have another goaltender controversy in Montreal for the next 6 years.  New GM Marc Bergevin signed  goalie Carey Price to a six year, $39 million deal, making him the third highest paid goalie in the NHL after Nashville goalie  Pekka Rinne, and New York  Rangers  Vezina trophy winner Henrik Lundqvist. 
  While many, including Montreal Gazette writer Jack Todd, questioned  the length and  wisdom of such a deal;  I feel that locking down Price was an absolute necessity... even if  it was a bit too rich.  The time is now.  Price is only 24, and is a proven NHL goaltender who is only going to get better.  Price has the talent to be one of the top goalies in the NHL year after year.  I feel he can be a perennial Vezina candidate with the right team in front of him.  Todd makes several comments in his article; claiming both Kings Jonathan Quick and Canucks goalie Corey Schneider are both "far better" than Price at this stage in their careers.  While there is no argument with Quick; who  won the Stanley Cup and was the backbone of a suffocating Kings Championship team, but Corey Schneider??  Are you serious??  Far better??  He has played in 68 NHL games vs 271 for Price.  He has also played for far better teams than Price has; I feel this argument is utterly ridiculous.  Price is a Blue-chip prospect, a 5th over pick in the draft and I agree with Todd that his time is now!  Price has to solve his consistency issues and be a leader on the team.  I also think he should show some more emotion, anger, anything...but I don't think he lacks "fire in his belly"...  Price has shown he can win, as evidenced in the World Junior Championships. 
  We shouldn't expect Patrick Roy or Ken Dryden, or Jacques Plante...Price doesn't need that pressure, and those goalies also had legendary teams in front of them. But we should expect someone who will be the backbone of the team for the next six years, and I think Price is up for the challenge. I  don't think we should bring up comparisons to Jose Theodore either.  Even though Theodore caught lightning in a bottle and won the Hart Trophy as league MVP in 2001-02, his career fizzled after that and he is now an average NHL goalie.  I feel Price is far better than that, and Habs fans should be excited they have a top level goalie under contract for the next six years.  Only time will tell if it was  the right thing...  but I think Marc Bergevin paid the right price!