Angela Price's latest Carey Price revelation has Canadiens fans talking
Carey Price was minutes away from a moment Canadiens fans have dreamed about for years. Angela Price confirmed it Monday night on Instagram.
The reveal came through her Instagram AMA, shared widely after the /r/Habs account reposted it on X around 7 PM Monday.
The question was direct. Was there ever talk of Carey carrying the torch if the Habs went deeper in the playoffs? Her answer was even more direct.
Booked. Not pitched. Not discussed. Booked. The Price family had logistics locked in for a Stanley Cup Final return that never came.
Montreal got two rounds. They knocked off Tampa Bay in seven, then outlasted Buffalo in seven more. Then Carolina happened.
The Carolina beat that erased a Bell Centre moment
Martin St-Louis watched his group lose 4 straight in the Eastern Conference Final. The Hurricanes outscored the Canadiens 16-5 across four games. The series ended May 29 in Raleigh.
That 1-6 loss in Game 5 didn't just end a season. It cancelled a flight itinerary that would have lit up the Bell Centre in a way nobody could script.
Picture it. Lights dim. Spotlight on the tunnel. Carey Price walks out holding the torch for the first time as a former Canadien at a Cup Final. The building would have come apart at the rivets.
Instead, the room went quiet after Carolina ran the Habs out of their own building in Game 4. A 4-0 home loss in front of fans who showed up expecting magic.
The "next year" line is the part that lingers. It is hope, sure. But it is also a quiet admission that this group was closer than anyone outside the room realized.
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Kent Hughes built a roster that finished 48-24-10 and pushed within three wins of a Final. He now has to find another level. Carolina exposed where the gap still is.
What does St-Louis do with a top six that went scoreless in two of the last three games against the Hurricanes? That answer shapes the entire offseason.
The Price torch idea is not dead. It is parked. And the pressure to actually deliver it now sits on every player who pulls on the bleu, blanc et rouge in October.
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YESTERDAY
MAY 29, 2026
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Taylor Hall | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Logan Stankoven | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jackson Blake | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Seth Jarvis | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cole Caufield | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Eric Robinson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Sebastian Aho | - | 1 | 1 | |
| William Carrier | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Lane Hutson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Alexander Nikishin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Andrei Svechnikov | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Frederik Andersen | - | - | - | |
| Josh Anderson | - | - | - | |
| Zachary Bolduc | - | - | - | |
| Alexandre Carrier | - | - | - | |
| Jalen Chatfield | - | - | - | |
| Kirby Dach | - | - | - | |
| Phillip Danault | - | - | - | |
| COMPLETE STATS | ||||