Jake Allen always very honest and thoughtful:
“I will never replace Carey Price. I won’t fill his shoes, I don’t have that talent. But I have experience and I’ve built my career with consistency “#CH– Patrick Friolet (@PFrioletRDS) October 1, 2022
As my colleague Felix Forget analyzed yesterday, Allen says he’s ready to mentor the youngsters and help the rebuild go smoothly. Another element of Jake Allen’s press conference that also got attention was when CH #34 said he clearly wasn’t there to replace Carey Price.
WATCH #GoHabsGoalie explains why he didn’t want to leave Montreal, even though he could have gotten more money elsewhere https://t.co/QmWjo9ub3Q –
TVA Sports (@TVASports) October 1, 2022
Here is the full quote from Jake Allen’s comments about Carey Price.
Allen’s statement clearly shows that the Carey Price era is now over and that Price has most likely already played his last game with the CH, so Allen is clearly showing that he knows he is not the CH’s goalie of the future, but simply the transition goalie.
In short, it’s really good news for Kent Hughes and his team to have a solid transition goalie like this.