Jesus Price, can we get some respect here?

Anyone who envisioned Cristobal Huet backstopping the Blackhawks to a Stanley Cup must have forgotten that Huet’s favourite position is “chilling” on the bench with a ball cap.  Puck Daddy was almost on the money this morning:

More than a few pundits and fans that have Committed To the Indian this season have done so despite Huet, who has never won a playoff series and never served as a franchise’s clear-cut No. 1 starter without a David Aebischer or a Nikolai Khabibulin to do half of the season’s work. It’s all a bit like predicting “The Godfather Part III” would win Best Picture despite the presence of Sophia Coppola in the cast.

Aebischer and Khabibulin weren’t the only pieces of the equation to Huet’s run of being second best, though.  Carey Price was the reason why Huet was traded to the Washington Capitals from Montreal.

Price, the Saviour loves drinking, fighting, and smoking almost as much as I do.  I respect him for that, but his immediate future is bleak with the Habs’ banged-up blueline.