The Montreal Canadiens triggered a series of debates with the latest 2019-20 NHLPA Player Poll marking Carey Price as the best goaltender in the league. It wasn’t only fans of other teams raising eyebrows at the vote, but Habs fans themselves thought the choice was funky. But it’s important to remember it’s the players who vote and Price getting the nod is more so a sign of respect and recognition than being dubbed the statistical king of the crease.
Price was the only on-ice winner of the player poll while the likes of Tomas Tatar, Youppi!