Price wasn't rushed...
He dominated every league(WHL, WJC, AHL) he has ever played in and collected tons of accolades.
He dominated while backing up Huet. Leading to the Huet trade. Yes he did blow up by the playoffs that year, that was bad. I doubt that has anything to do with him being rushed though. He probably wouldn't learn much more playing in the AHL anyways.
He dominated the 1st half of the centennial season up until the allstar game. that was bad. thats where the maturity rumours started happening, which is entirely plausible, but the fact remains that he shouldn't have ever been considered for a demotion to the AHL.
he's dominating now.