Blues trade Jake Allen to Montreal

[CarltonTheBear]

Canadiens acquire Jake Allen and a 7th-round pick in 2022 from the Blues in return for a 3rd- and 7th-round pick in 2020.

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— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) September 2, 2020

Allen had 1 year left on his deal with a AAV of $4.35mil.

Habs get a quality back-up so Price doesn't have to play 81 games. St. Louis opens up some room for Pietrangelo.

[Deebo]

14.85M in goaltending next season for the Habs.

[CarltonTheBear]

Holy crap Jake Allen had a .927 save percentage this season??? In just 24 games but still who would have expected that.

[herman]

Wait, goalies are that cheap

[CarltonTheBear]

Wait, goalies are that cheap

*whispers very, very, very, very, very, very quietly*: I woulda considered doing that trade

[Frank E]

14.85M in goaltending next season for the Habs.

Yeah, that's some interesting use of cap space.

[herman]

The Allen trade would seem to mean that the Blues are working toward an extension with Pietrangelo, but my understanding as of today is that they are not even close. #stlblues

— Jeremy Rutherford (@jprutherford) September 2, 2020

[herman]

Wait, goalies are that cheap

*whispers very, very, very, very, very, very quietly*: I woulda considered doing that trade

um yeah. It was only 1 year left and Jake Allen is 30 and has a history of badness, but still.

[CarltonTheBear]

14.85M in goaltending next season for the Habs.

Yeah, that's some interesting use of cap space.

Still leaves them with about $12-14mil in cap space with only Domi left to re-sign. And despite his recent agent change after the season he had he's not getting a massive deal.

[bustaheims]

Weird landing spot, considering the cap, but, reasonable value in terms of assets. Montreal has some cap space to play with, but a big chunk of that is likely required to re-sign Max Domi and Victor Mete.

[CarltonTheBear]

Should note too considering how compressed next season will likely be teams having two capable goalies is going to be very important.

[Guilt Trip]

Wait, goalies are that cheap

*whispers very, very, very, very, very, very quietly*: I woulda considered doing that trade

So you'd dump Freddie for a 3rd rounder and get Allen as a replacement so we could save 650K?

[CarltonTheBear]

Wait, goalies are that cheap

*whispers very, very, very, very, very, very quietly*: I woulda considered doing that trade

So you'd dump Freddie for a 3rd rounder and get Allen as a replacement so we could save 650K?

Who said anything about trading Freddy for a 3rd?

[L K]

Weird landing spot, considering the cap, but, reasonable value in terms of assets. Montreal has some cap space to play with, but a big chunk of that is likely required to re-sign Max Domi and Victor Mete.

Their "playoff" appearance aside, they are supposed to be rebuilding a bit here too so it isn't like they need to go out and sign a bunch of guys in the offseason to try and be ultra competitive.  It's one year for Allen and its a guy you hopefully feel comfortable enough to let Price not play 65 games with or whatever the equivalent is going to be during the compressed season.

[Guilt Trip]

Wait, goalies are that cheap

*whispers very, very, very, very, very, very quietly*: I woulda considered doing that trade

So you'd dump Freddie for a 3rd rounder and get Allen as a replacement so we could save 650K?

Who said anything about trading Freddy for a 3rd?

Curious then. What would expect Freddie to get? You must feel that Allen wouldn't be much, if any of a downgrade to make such a move and he basically brought in a 3rd. Leafs can't keep both.