{"id":203734,"date":"2025-09-06T01:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T01:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/203734\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T01:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T01:23:10","slug":"canadiens-trade-carey-price-to-sharks-in-salary-cap-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/203734\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadiens trade Carey Price to Sharks in salary cap move"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shilton_kristen.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/>\n<p>Kristen ShiltonSep 5, 2025, 05:44 PM ET<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN.<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"4110452f-e35d-14fe-8fbb-cdb21e269149\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/team\/_\/name\/mtl\/montreal-canadiens\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a> traded goaltender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3231\/carey-price\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carey Price<\/a> to the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"8c0b5061-09c3-2e5c-529b-274a22d1b6bb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/team\/_\/name\/sj\/san-jose-sharks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose Sharks<\/a> on Friday, in exchange for defenseman <a data-player-guid=\"584ce3d5-136d-30b9-8f75-661074c8a100\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4894319\/gannon-laroque\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gannon Laroque<\/a> and a fifth-round draft pick in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Price hasn&#8217;t played in the NHL since April 29, 2022. He was limited to just five games in the 2021-22 season following surgery on a torn meniscus the previous summer. Price was placed on long-term injured reserve prior to the 2022-23 campaign and has remained there ever since. This is the final season of Price&#8217;s eight-year, $84 million contract, and after the Canadiens paid him a $5.5 million signing bonus on Sept. 1, they were more easily able to ship his $10.5 million cap hit to a trade partner in San Jose.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal was $5.9 million over the NHL&#8217;s salary cap before Friday&#8217;s transaction. PuckPedia projects the Canadiens now have $4.56 million in cap space available with Price off their books.<\/p>\n<p>Price played the entirety of his 712-game NHL career with Montreal, posting an overall .917 SV% and 2.51 GAA. One of the most decorated netminders of his generation, Price in 2014-15 became the first goaltender to win the Hart Trophy, Vezina Trophy, Ted Lindsay Award and a share of the William M. Jennings Trophy in a single season. He also earned the most career wins (361) by a Canadiens goaltender.<\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old&#8217;s family was preparing for a potential shift out of Montreal. Price&#8217;s wife, Angela, was asked on social media earlier this week how she would feel about the Canadiens trading Price&#8217;s contract, and responded that she &#8220;probably [feels] the same way most of Montreal would feel &#8230; But ultimately, you want what&#8217;s best for the team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>By trading Price, the Canadiens got back a 22-year-old blueliner in Laroque. The right-shot defender &#8212; who was drafted in the fourth round, 103rd, by San Jose in 2021 &#8212; has yet to make his NHL debut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kristen ShiltonSep 5, 2025, 05:44 PM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. 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