Former coach rips Carey Price's influence on Habs

Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price will not be suiting up this season in all likelihood, according to general manager Kent Hughes. Unfortunately, the former Hart Trophy winner continues to suffer lingering effects from last summer's knee surgery. 

“The news about Carey’s knee is pretty discouraging in the sense that there hasn’t been any improvement throughout the the rehab process,” Hughes said. “All last season it obviously continued to create problems for him. This summer he went through the process of a shot to the knee, seeing if that would help. It did not.

Former Quebec Nordiques and New York Rangers bench boss Michel Bergeron, who currently serves as TVA Sports hockey analyst, let Price know exactly how he feels about the current situation. 

And Bergeron wasn't exactly flattering in his comments. Take a look below and decide for yourself. 

I"n Price's case, it's been too long," he said. "If he doesn't play this year, it'll be two years. Last year he played five games, that's not enough to maintain some fitness. You have to move on. Even though the Habs were in the Stanley Cup finals two years ago, we all know they shouldn't have been in the playoffs. But that was the pandemic and a different concept..."

"How many years have we been saying, 'the Habs are going to go as far as Carey is going to take them? We've fired five goalie coaches. Since Price has been in charge, he has always decided everything. He decided the fate of Michel Therrien. He's decided the fate of the goalie coaches. Can you have a separate captain? It seems to me that the boat is drifting away."

Is Bergeron out of line with his comments?