World news – US – Who should be Canada’s third Montreal goalkeeper

February 8, 2020; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Montreal Canadiens goalkeepers Charlie Lindgren (39) and Carrie Price (31) during the pre-match warm-up against Toronto Maple Leaves at the Bell Center. Mandatory credit: Jean-Yves Ahern-USA TODAY Sports

Mark Bergevin has given Carey Price what it has needed for years: reliable backup. Many would argue that the Montreal Canadiens’ highest-paid player and « the best goalkeeper in the world » don’t need a reliable backup, but there are many layers to that conversation.. This back-to-back game has proven that ensuring a healthy and comfortable price can do wonders. This leads to the Jake Allen trade.

Trials with Ante Niemi, Charlie Lindgren and Keith Kinkade had polarizing effects on the dorm rooms, although they all ended with a period of the season in which Price would be running in each match. Overall, this is not a bad thing as it gives the team the best chance to win. Problems happen when fatigue sits, and the Montreal Canadiens were in the past as far from being 95 Demons as far as the defensive hulk.

Allen provides stability in the net, not only giving Claude Julian the option to play with him back-to-back but in the midweek occasional match. This will be all the more important given the fast and compact look of what we expect the 2020/21 NHL season to look like.

After the NHL and NHLPA board meetings, a possible schedule coordination was proposed that would see several mini-series and / or extensions of three matches appearing in four nights during the campaign. If that was the case, then Price and Ellen would be off limits. However, it is also in the world of possibilities as the league allows teams to carry three goalkeepers. The workload is one thing, but infections still happen, and having a third network monitor will ease some of the tension there.

Aside from Price and Allen, Habs has four goalkeepers under contract for next season (via Capfri Friendly):

Primeau is enjoying the seventh round pick of 2017 by the longest of the four with another year on his deal after this deal.

What happens with AHL will play a big role in this. Minors are targeting a start date of February 5, and if that is the case, the Laval missile would definitely want the Primo down as their number one.. Dimchenko could be another wrinkle option in AHL in conjunction with Primo.

The Russian free agent signed with the Montreal Canadiens in April and has not played any games this season. According to Andrew Zadarnovsky, his rights to KHL were traded from the Metallurg Magnitogorsk, which he played 14 matches for publication. . 906 ratio, savings to Avangard Omsk. It was September, and we didn’t see any of it on the ice. This may indicate his desire to play abroad this season in either the NHL or AHL.

Michael McNevin only saw Habs’s AHL. He was sometimes called up for support in the NHL but never played any games. Montreal Canadiens handed him what appears to be a final deal that proves this in September, which also made him a choice at Laval.

Then there’s Charlie Lindgren, who many initially thought would be the next « person » as a backup for Bryce.. Lindgren spent most of his days in AHL, although he did have long stints with the Habs. In particular, the 2017-18 season when he and Niemi took control of the injured Pryce. Lindgren played in 14 games that year, publishing a . 908 percent savings.

When Kinkaid wasn’t the answer this season, Lindgren found his way back to the Montreal Canadiens, where he played 6 matches. However, it wasn’t as beautiful as running a couple of years ago.

Let’s be clear, the third goalkeeper won’t play much, if not at all, but they still need to be able to perform if asked to do so.. This could make Lindgren the « comfortable » option..

Lindgren and McNiven were also part of Canadiens’ Phase 4 Return to Play roster, but only the former had NHL experience. Once again, management sees Primo as an essential part of the future, and will do nothing to grow it to spend most of the season watching from the press box..

Charlie Lindgren makes more sense, and if he can do better against a better defense team than he has before, he can be a safe solution in the event of injury.

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