Canadiens get goalie Jake Allen from St. Louis

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Canadiens get goalie Jake Allen from St. Louis

The Montreal Canadiens have acquired goaltender Jake Allen from the St. Louis Blues, adding a proven netminder to join forces with Carey Price.

The Habs sent a third-round pick and a seventh-round pick this year to the Blues for Allen and a seventh-round pick in 2022 on Wednesday.

Allen was 12-6-3 with a 2.15 goals-against average and .927 save percentage this season for the Blues.

The native of Fredericton, N.B., was 2-1-1 with a 1.89 GAA and a .935 save percentage in five playoff appearances for the Blues.

The move will clear up some cap space for the Blues as they work to re-sign pending free agent defenceman Alex Pietrangelo. Allen has one year left on his contract, with a cap hit of US$4.35 million.

 

[odjickfan]

Good deal for both sides. Blues will have money available and a couple of deep draft picks. Habs have a bunch of money left and showed during the playoffs that the young stars are progressing and that now might be the time to win with Price and Weber aging.

 

[Docrinki]

Was not expecting this. Great back up for Habs. Only 1 year contract. No harm. Third round pick for a goalie of his caliber is outstanding. Hope he is happy.

 

[creasecollector]

This definitely came out of nowehere!

 

[OilersRule]

Interesting trade... in due time I guess we will see how this sways in one teams way.
I wonder if they are going the draft route and maybe picking Askarov in the first round as their new goaltender of the future.