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Price, the NHL's reigning Most Valuable Player and Vezina
Trophy winner as the top goalie, has not had any setbacks in his
rehabilitation but the recovery was going slower than expected.
"We have to find a way to win without Carey Price," Montreal
general manager Marc Bergevin told reporters. "That's a fact."
Since losing Price to injury nearly two months ago, Montreal
have been in a freefall, going from a seven-point lead in the
Atlantic Division to one point behind New Jersey for the final
wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Price suffered a lower-body injury during a game in late October
that forced him to miss nine games. He was in his third game
back from that injury when he was again forced out of the
Canadiens lineup.
The 28-year-old Price, who won a gold medal with Canada at the
2014 Sochi Olympics, is 10-2 with a 2.06 goals against average
and .934 save percentage in 12 games this season.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Larry Fine)
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