Carey Price, the defending Hart Trophy winner, the best player on the team, which as of this writing sits first overall in the NHL standings, is an awfully hard player to replace. With injury sidelining him for the next six weeks, the question isn’t whether his absence will hurt the Montreal Canadiens.
The question is: How much it will hurt?
"Carey met with doctors on Saturday, and on Sunday I was able to confirm that he'd be out at least six weeks." - Marc Bergevin
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) November 30, 2015
The answer to that question will be dictated for the most part by the play of backup goalie Mike Condon.