the sun said, it hurts to become

"I feel like there is no point being negative or down"

He did not want to be a burden.

This was back in 2022, back when Price still had a smidgen of hope that the obvious final outcome would not be the final outcome, back when Price saw the opening of training camp as inspiring, as a reason to maintain that smidgen of hope. But once that camp opened, and he was clearly not going to be a participant, he stopped using the Canadiens’ training facilities, and he stopped visiting their staff.

He did not want to be a burden.

The irony of that desire was clearly lost on Price.

Price lifting his no-movement clause to allow this trade to the Sharks gives the Canadiens somewhere in the vicinity of $5 million in cap space entering the season. It should, assuming the Canadiens don’t use it in other ways, be more than enough room for the team to absorb the performance bonuses that will surely be earned this season by reigning rookie-of-the-year winner Lane Hutson and current rookie-of-the-year favourite Ivan Demidov, potentially preventing the Canadiens from being dinged with a bonus overage next season.

It could not have been more appropriate that the one player most responsible for every ounce of success this franchise has known over the last 15 years was thereby tied to the two players who might be most responsible for any success this franchise will know over the next 15 years.

It was a perfect way, at a perfect time, for Price to stop feeling like a burden.

Carey Price had the burden of carrying the Canadiens, and is now no longer a burden to them

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