Jul 7, 2021; Tampa, Florida, USA; Montreal Canadiens Carey Price. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price was unprotected in the expansion draft earlier this week but was not selected.
The goaltender has five years left on a contract that carries a $10.5 million cap hit. Though that would have been a big ticket to take on, the Seattle Kraken were rumoured to still be interested and the ownership group gave the green light to general manager Ron Francis to take Price.
However, the Canadiens announced just days before the draft that Price had a very complicated injury going on and was going to need to be seen by a specialist on Friday and they couldn’t update the medical report until then.