Carey Price is opening up about splitting his attention between his daughter's ball games and the Montreal Canadiens' playoff run last season.
A quote from the goaltender resurfaced yesterday morning through an r/Habs post on X, and it captures exactly what that spring felt like around Montreal.
“If I didn't watch a game, I was probably at my daughter's ball game. But even there, I had the (Canadiens) game on my phone, trying my best to watch them both at the same time.”
- Carey Price
He was trying to watch both at the same time. How many parents have lived that exact split-screen moment during a huge playoff game?
It is a bit like driving with one eye on the road and one eye on a text message. Something eventually blurs, and Price did not care.
Here is the twist. Price is not even on Montreal's roster anymore. He is now retired from professional hockey, but he'll always be a Montreal Canadiens.
Why that quote hits different for Habs fans right now
The Canadiens finished last season 48-24-10, racking up 106 points and landing sixth overall in the league under Martin St-Louis.
Montreal outlasted Tampa Bay in seven games, then outlasted Buffalo in seven more. That is two full grinders just to reach the third round.
Carolina ended it in five games. Still, a run that deep is exactly the kind of hockey that keeps a guy glued to his phone at a ball diamond.
St-Louis built a roster that made grown men split their attention between family and fandom. That is not a small thing in a market like Montreal.
Whether this group can push past a third round next spring is the real question now. Price will probably be watching that one too, phone in hand.
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