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The Montreal Canadiens must find a way to win with Shea Weber and Carey Price

By Omar L

CALGARY, AB - DECEMBER 19: Montreal Canadiens Goalie Carey Price (31), Right Wing Brendan Gallagher (11) and Defenceman Shea Weber (6) celebrate their 4-3 overtime win over the Calgary Flames during an NHL game on December 19, 2019, at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, AB. (Photo by Brett Holmes/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
CALGARY, AB - DECEMBER 19: Montreal Canadiens Goalie Carey Price (31), Right Wing Brendan Gallagher (11) and Defenceman Shea Weber (6) celebrate their 4-3 overtime win over the Calgary Flames during an NHL game on December 19, 2019, at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, AB. (Photo by Brett Holmes/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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MONTREAL, QC – NOVEMBER 20: Shea Weber Montreal Canadiens Carey Price (Photo by Vincent Ethier/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

Both players have term on their deals where Price and Weber are signed until 2026. As scary as that sounds to some capologists out there, it’s not an easy avenue for the Montreal Canadiens. Weber isn’t only a veteran defenceman, he’s their team captain. Price isn’t only a star goaltender, he’s the face of the franchise.

At the same time, it doesn’t sound as if either are eager to move on anyway. Both have shared their love of the city, and its fans and Weber drove that point home again in St. Louis ahead of the All-Star festivities saying:

"I want to stay in Montreal. I am not someone who gives up. When I start something, I want to finish it. The goal is the Stanley Cup…It means a lot to me, and I’m sure it’s the same for Carey, knowing that she’s part of this organization’s plan for the future… [translated]"

There isn’t any other option for the Montreal Canadiens, they must find a way to win with both of them.

Throughout Price’s tenure as a Hab, there’s been one line that has held true: The Montreal Canadiens live and die by the play of Carey Price. That does add an enormous amount of pressure, and we’ve seen how his “mortal opposed to god-like” play has dealt him a lot of the blame for the team’s performance.

Weber, on the other hand, is having an incredible year with the Habs having already tied his point total from last season with 32 games to go. The slow lapses we saw on a more consistent basis at the beginning of the year are gone, and the 34-year-old looks driven and committed to getting the team into the playoffs.

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