I dont want to get into this ethnic division thing, i deal with it everyday as son of immigrants living in Montreal. Of course you have to think that Montrealers will give more credit to Local talent, after all ... it is fair to give the job to an equal talent to a local.
I do not disagree that Price will be a great goalie, whether french, english, yellow ... does not really matter. Francophone players evidently have more pressure when playing in MTL, but it is also easier to identify with the team when you live here. Obviously, the habs have fans all over the globe, but the truth is that traditionally the Habs had the edge over the best Local players, and tradition paid off (thinking of the Richards, Beliveau and Lafleur but also the MTL anglo coaches: Blake Bowman) now all local players refuse to play in Montreal. And some of us would like to be able to see Vinny, St-Louis, or Luongo land in MTL to prove that it is not so bad.