Canadiens: 4 Things To Look Forward To In Final Season Stretch

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TAMPA, FLORIDA – JULY 07: Carey Price #31 of the Montreal Canadiens and head coach Jon Cooper of the Tampa Bay Lightning shake hands following the Lightning’s 1-0 victory in Game Five to win the 2021 NHL Stanley Cup Final at Amalie Arena on July 07, 2021 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /

Above is the last picture we have of Carey Price on an NHL ice. July 7th, 2021 after the Canadiens fell to Tampa Bay in 5 games of the Stanley Cup Finals.

That’s 9 months without having your #1 goaltender. After going through the NHL Substance Abuse Program along with a torn meniscus that took forever to heal, Price is finally ready to come back.

At least, that will be up to him.

The team has given him the green light to return to action after he has been working out full time with the team for a few weeks now, even travelling with his teammates during their trips to New Jersey and Toronto.

Now with Jake Allen once again being injured, the Canadiens have called up Cayden Primeau from Laval as an insurance policy. Samuel Montembeault will likely get the bulk of starts again but obviously the team would rather have Price in rather than an injured Montembeault.

It’s all up to Price at this point. So we’ll just have to wait until his season debut but at this point, it’s a matter of when rather than if.

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