What Carey Price said about Jacob Fowler is turning heads in Montreal

That's why Price's answer on a recent Never Offside with Julie & Cat appearance landed the way it did.

When he was asked which current NHL goalie reminded him of himself, he went straight to Fowler.

It's surprising on the surface because Price almost never hands out that kind of comparison lightly.

In Montreal, it also hits a nerve fast because the market has spent years looking for the next long-term answer in the crease.

But once you look at Fowler's start, the answer tracks. He has already gotten a taste of the NHL spotlight, and he's done it in a market that doesn't let young goalies hide for long.

Fowler has played 12 NHL games so far, going 5-5-2 with a 2.69 goals-against average and a .902 save percentage. He also already owns 1 shutout, which is a strong early marker for a 21-year-old goalie learning on the fly.

That line matters because Price knows exactly what the Bell Centre crease can do to a goalie, good and bad.

He broke in young, carried massive expectations, and still became the standard by which every Canadiens goalie gets judged.

Price's career numbers still read like franchise history. Over 712 NHL games, he posted 361 wins, a 2.51 goals-against average, a .917 save percentage, and 49 shutouts.

That's the part that gives his Fowler remark real juice. This wasn't just a former Canadiens goalie talking up a prospect.

It was the winningest goalie in team history putting his stamp on a kid who's already being watched from every angle in town.

Martin St-Louis and the Canadiens don't need Price to validate Fowler internally, but it still changes the conversation outside the room.

Fans hear Price say that, and the pressure around Fowler climbs another level.

The tricky part is what comes next. A good first look in the NHL is one thing, but staying steady through rough patches, travel, and the noise of a Canadian market is where young goalies really get tested.

That's where Price's perspective matters more than the headline itself.

He understands the rhythm of that market, the swing from hype to panic, and the way every start can turn into a referendum on the future.

Fowler hasn't earned Price comparisons over a full body of work yet.

He has earned something else: enough poise in his first 12 NHL games to make Price see a familiar calm in the crease.

And in Montreal, that kind of endorsement doesn't just make noise for a day.

It sticks, because now every Fowler start comes with Price's words riding shotgun.

Here's a look at Jacob Fowler's NHL debut back on 11 d?c. 2025, recording 33 saves and leading the Habs to the 4-2 victory over the Penguins.