Bounces due to come my way: Price
DAVE STUBBS, The Gazette
Carey Price isn’t losing sleep over the words he had nearly two weeks ago with defenceman Andrei Markov. The argument Markov sort of suggested didn’t happen. The one forward Brian Gionta flatly said didn’t take place.
What the Habs goalie does have a problem with, however, is that someone, presumably a teammate, “snitched,” taking the discussion beyond the dressing room.
“It happens all the time on a team, disagreements happen on the bench every period,” Price said after practice yesterday, closing the book on his exchange with Markov on Jan. 20 after the Canadiens’ 4-3 overtime loss to St. Louis.
Reports last Wednesday had Markov questioned Price’s heart, a charge not paraphrased but quoted verbatim.
The loss to St. Louis saw Price steamrolled by the Blues’ Cam Janssen when the goalie strayed far from his net to play a puck. He dropped his blocker and trapper and tried in vain to duke it out with Janssen, only Canadiens defenceman Roman Hamrlik preventing Price from earning his first career major penalty and surely his first fighting loss.
“I think he’s a pretty tough dude, so I’m not sure it was a good idea,” Price joked of Janssen, adding that he believes a goalie should be fair game if he wanders. “I’d like to (fight) eventually. But obviously, timing is everything.” On a more serious note, yesterday was the first time Price has addressed his words with Markov, one more example of sizzle over substance in reporting about the Canadiens.
“I don’t know why this was such a big deal. I’m sure everybody gets into a disagreement with their mom or dad, and they get over it. You saw it with the hug last week (Price playfully embraced Markov last Thursday at the end of practice). We’ve moved past it.
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