Carey Price will soon be the highest-paid goaltender in hockey.
The Montreal Canadiens signed the 29-year-old to an eight-year extension that reportedly carries an annual cap hit of US$10.5 million.
That will surpass Henrik Lundqvist for the top annual mark in the NHL with the New York Rangers netminder currently holding $9.5 million on the cap annually.
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Price’s new deal doesn’t kick in until the 2018-19 season.
Price, a native of Anahim Lake, B.C., has one year left on a six-year deal signed in July 2012 which carried an annual cap hit of $6.5 million.
He was due to become an unrestricted free agent next summer.
Price won the Vezina trophy winner as the league’s top goaltender in the 2014-15 season and has the highest save percentage (.923) since the start of the 2011-12 season.
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