Montreal Canadiens‘ star goaltender will take part in the NHL/NHL Players’ Association joint player assistance program.Carey Price will be stepping away from the team while voluntarily taking part in the program, the league said Thursday.General manager Marc Bergevin told reporters that he wants to respect Price’s personal life and that the Hab will be absent from the club for at least 30 days.“I think that going to get help shows a lot of courage,” Bergevin said. “And at the end of the day I sincerely believe everything will go back to normal.”Bergevin said that he isn’t thinking of Price, the goaltender, but of “Carey Price, the human being.” Carey Price likely to miss Habs’ season opener as he recovers from illness, surgery The news.