Canadiens Legends Met Fans At Expos Cartes Sports Montreal - MASHAHER

While Carey Price spent 15 years playing for the Montreal Canadiens, the market isn’t saturated with his autograph. The netminder has an exclusivity deal with Frameworth Sports Marketing and didn’t stop all that often at the team’s training facility in Brossard to sign autographs for fans (unless there were kids in attendance, then he would). So when Expos Cartes Sports Montreal reached a deal to have the winningest goaltender in franchise history sign at the event, it was big news.

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Die hard fans wanting to get various items from their collection were over the moon when they heard the news, but many had no idea how much they would have to pay to get the goaltender’s graph. For an autograph on a single regular item (pucks, small photos etc..) fans had to pay $130, for premium items (jersey, oversized pictures etc..) it cost $200.

For those wanting to actually meet the legend, there was a VIP package available. For $1000, two people could get to meet the goalie, get a picture with him (printed 8×10, not autographed but you had a fast pass ticket to join the fast track queue to get it signed) and get two items (one premium, one regular) autographed one of them with an inscription as an inscription ticket was part of the deal. The package also included a Frameworth 20×29 Price Expo exclusive canvas, which he would sign and an unsigned Carey Price Fanatics jersey. If fans wanted anything else signed in the meet an greet, they had to buy extra autograph tickets at the price mentioned above.

There was also a Carey Price Expo package which included a regular and a premium autograph, an unsigned Price Fanatics jersey, one inscription ticket (to get a special mention added such as Go Habs Go, but there were restrictions, no milestone inscription was permitted) and one fast pass ticket (so you could go in the fast track line and not queue for as long a time).

Even at these prices, the event was a huge success and the fans involved were over the moon. Jean-Claude Tremblay, a lifelong Canadiens fans, who had a lot of pieces autographed (including the Price game-used Stanley Cup final jersey he wore on the picture above) was clearly having the time of his life. So was super fan and Habs cave owner Sunil Peetush who got Price’s graph on his Habscave jersey.