Angela Price talks about Carey and the expansion draft
If Marc Bergevin's decision to expose Carey Price to the expansion draft raised a few eyebrows, it was also very difficult for Price's wife, Angela, to live through emotionally.
The idea of moving back to their hometown (Angela is from Washington State and Carey was born in Anahim Lake in Western Canada) must have been very tempting for the couple. However, Carey's wife admits she was struck by a call from her husband's agent on July 20.
That's when she realized how heartbreaking it would be for her to see Carey in a different uniform.
"That's when it hit me. I looked at Carey in shock and told him he couldn't go to the draft show, put on the Kraken jersey and parade around in front of everyone," she wrote on her website.
"How disrespectful that would be to the Habs fans and the organization! We continued to discuss how, at the end of the day, it's a business and players are traded all the time. I understood that, but I still didn't think it was right."
"That's when I realized that even though playing in Seattle would make our lives so much easier, our heart - my heart - is with the Habs organization."
Angela confided that she was disappointed by the way the process unfolded, which made it even more stressful for her.
She would have preferred that the announcement of the injury suffered by her husband was done, before the main interested party lifts his no-movement clause, since this injury is the one and only reason that pushed Price to make this decision.
"I really hated that the decision to lift his [no-movement clause] was announced before the details of his injury were known," she said. "His injury was the only reason we lifted the clause and he was left unprotected. It hurt my heart to read that people thought we wanted to leave Montreal. I was so grateful when the information about the surgery came out the next day."
More fear than harm, then, in this case, as the Kraken chose to select defenseman Cale Fleury over Price. The only question is whether the Habs number one goaltender will be back in time for the start of next season, but Angela isn't worried about that. Her husband's knee should be "as good as new" in the expected time frame.
Source : TVA Sports
