Carey Price was nonchalant when asked about his mammoth new contract.
"We just kind of banged one out," the star goaltender quipped to reporters Sunday, according to NHL.com's Arpon Basu.
Earlier in the day, the Canadiens signed Price to an eight-year extension worth a reported $84 million, making him the highest-paid goalie in the league and all but ensuring the 2015 Hart and Vezina Trophy winner will finish his career with the only organization he's ever known.
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Price didn't deny the notion that he should be among the highest-paid players in the league, and he clearly wasn't ready to put on another team's sweater after spending his first 10 NHL seasons with the Canadiens.
"I thought it would be too weird, I guess," he said, according to Basu, adding that he's "obviously ecstatic" to have the opportunity to close out his career with Montreal, via The Associated Press' Stephen Whyno.
The 29-year-old has one more year left on his previous deal and is now under contract until 2025-26.
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