Put all 60 of the NHL’s goalies together on the same ice, watch them move and make a few saves, and 59 look like accomplished variations of each other. Then there’s Price.

He moves only when he needs to move. At every other moment, crouched and coiled, his feet, his body, remain still. Even during pregame anthems, as teammates and opponents pump and rev, their skates bouncing from side to side, Price’s face, his skates, are unmoving. Quiet feet, quiet mind. But when the game begins, when a pass snaps from one stick to another in front of him, he shoots across his crease on his knees as if riding a cushion of air, ricocheting about like a disc in an air-hockey game; upright, his arms tight to his sides, the between-the-legs gap known as the 5-hole shut.

It is a sight to see. This year, Price is almost sure to win the Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s best goalie, and the Hart Trophy as most valuable player. And yet, for this Canadiens team to win the franchise’s 25th Stanley Cup and first since 1993, it is not enough.

-Ken Dryden at the Wall Street Journal where you can read more on on Carey Price and the Canadiens.