Source: Projected timeline revealed for Carey Price’s return

Before the 2021-22 season kicked off, the Montreal Canadiens announced that star goalie Carey Price left the team to voluntarily enter the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program.

His former goalie coach Stephane Waite was quick to specify what might be troubling his former player, being adamant that it had nothing to do with drugs or alcohol, but most likely with the amount of pressure he puts on himself to perform well.

On top of that, we all remember that Price put his entire team on his back through the postseason, leading the Canadiens to the Stanley Cup final, which ended in July with the Tampa Bay Lightning coming out champions.

This was a lot to handle and now Price away from the team for a minimum of 30 days but that it “could be longer.” GM Marc Bergevin, who was quite emotional when he made the announcement on Price, did say at the time that he believed Price will be back with the team this season.

Earlier this week, Waite was on air on the podcast Sortie de Zone from Radio-Canada and appeared to establish a timeline for Price’s return, based on what he knew. This is his quote translated from French:

“At the moment I have no news from Carey Price and I have not tried to contact him lately because I respect his progress. I expect him to be back by December. “

This means that, if everything goes as planned, we could see Price again with the team in the coming weeks for training and getting back into shape to rejoin the club. If Waite is correct. The Canadiens would greatly benefit from that news, seeing that they’ve only managed to win one game since the campaign started.

It is therefore possible that Price would be able to prepare adequately in order the net of Team Canada at the 2022 Olympic Games which will take place in February.

This is very interesting information from Waite. We will have to keep a close eye on this.