from Brendan Kelly of the Montreal Gazette,

The Habs’ game plan for several years has been simple — and simply wrong. Pray that Carey Price performs his usual miracles and hope that’s enough to win. That’s not a good plan. In fact it’s no plan at all. So maybe that’s where Bergevin kick-starts the radical change. How about taking a long hard look at the idea of trading Price?...

Bergevin should sign Price this summer. It would be a huge mistake to wait until summer 2018 when his contract’s up. If the GM doesn’t sign him, it’ll be a distraction all season. Remember the season Steven Stamkos’ contract was coming up for renewal? It was all anyone talked about all season.

So sign Price to the big deal and then wait until the right moment to deal him for something great, like John Tavares plus a top draft pick.

Why trade Price? The most important reason is that the team is not winning with him. I remember years ago my buddy Simon Boisvert, a former pro scout and current filmmaker, told me the Capitals should trade Alex Ovechkin. Why? Because great as he is, they’re not winning with him. Well same thing with the Canadiens and Price.

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