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Road to 315: Could Carey Price be the one to take over from Jaroslav Halak?

Yesterday, Carey Price won his 307th regular season game as a member of the Montreal Canadiens. This is Part 2 of a 10-part series looking back at Price’s career through the lens of various milestone victories he’s recorded. Each iteration will be posted after one of the final 10 victories it takes him to pass Jacques Plante as the winningest goalie in Canadiens history.

Win #61: October 9, 2010

It’s easy to forget now, in the wake of the Olympic gold, the World Cup, the Vezina, the Hart, the Pearson, and the Jennings, but Pierre Gauthier’s decision to trade Jaroslav Halak and bet the farm on Carey Price in the summer of 2010 was, well, shocking.