Eklund: Jake Allen Traded To Montreal. Pietrangelo Signing in St Louis? (e3) Buzz@1

PeterAngelo quarantined in Saint LooooiuS

Carey Price on the move?

Habs gave up a 3rd, so it wasn't a dump by the Blues........

Why else would Montreal do this? 4.35 Million cap hit next year

Great for Montreal. Will ease the load on Price who shouldn't be playing more than 45 games a season.

Price to Toronto rumors coming up. Nylander/ Andersen going the other way.

Ek needs to talk to a source to believe this is a Salary Dump?

Bigger question is why did Montreal give the Blues a 3rd for essentially doing them a favour?

tarasenko coming next!

A 3rd is nothing for a capable goalie who seems to have rediscovered his game in my opinion. The question I would ask is why is Montreal tying up so much money in goalies. I guess Allen does only have a year left though.

Smart move by both teams. Alex Pietrangelo going no where.

15M for goalies next year.. seems like a lot. At least Allen only has a year left and then Primeau comes in

Wait I'm soooo confused, Petro to Leafs was E5.

tarasenko coming next!
- Ales_Nevsky

Listening.

Steen is next to be moved so they can sign Pietro.

Carey Price on the move?

Habs gave up a 3rd, so it wasn't a dump by the Blues........

Why else would Montreal do this? 4.35 Million cap hit next year
- TheGame316

He will flip Allen me thinks. Hopefully not to the Leafs. May be to a team in Alberta.

Smart move by both teams. Alex Pietrangelo going no where.
- FLAMESTR

yup I believe that as well

Ek needs to talk to a source to believe this is a Salary Dump?

Bigger question is why did Montreal give the Blues a 3rd for essentially doing them a favour?
- TheGame316

They traded away one of the best backup/1B goalies in the league for basically nothing so they could save four million. What else would you call it?

Was the better goalie this year between him & Binnington and overtook him in the playoffs. Seems to have settled nicely into that back up role over the last couple seasons and has shown he's able to step up if the starter is struggling. Look at them numbers




Legit back up - check




And on top of that Bergy cucking the queefs of Piets is a huge W




Still lots of work to do

Let's start the Price to Calgary rumors

I dont think Steen goes anywhere i believe he will retire before being traded.


We have enough money to sign Pietrangelo now without moving anyone else

They traded away one of the best backup/1B goalies in the league for basically nothing so they could save four million. What else would you call it?
- Hunkulese

Exactly. Id guess Blues would give up a 2nd right now to get him back if they had the cap space for Pietrangelo.

Exactly. Id guess Blues would give up a 2nd right now to get him back if they had the cap space for Pietrangelo.
- bluenote31

Ehh i don't know. I think they like Husso and want to give him a shot. This is purely cap related. Jake was great teammate and backup. Be happy he won a cup and now gets to play for his home team growing up. Army again able to extract extra value in trades like this was very nice.

Ek needs to talk to a source to believe this is a Salary Dump?

Bigger question is why did Montreal give the Blues a 3rd for essentially doing them a favour?
- TheGame316

Habs needs to rest Price during the season. Habs also need to expose a goalie with enough NHL experience for the expansion draft. I wouldn't be surprised if the extended Allen for that purpose as they don't have one available now that can be exposed. Price cannot be exposed as he has non-movement clause.

MTL has plenty of picks. They could easily afford a 3rd round for Allen.

That is indeed a lot of cash spent on the goalie position.

The full trade is Jake Allen and a 7th round pick in 2022 to Montreal while the Blues receive a 3rd and a 7th round pick in the upcoming draft.

I dont think Steen goes anywhere i believe he will retire before being traded.


We have enough money to sign Pietrangelo now without moving anyone else
- bleedblue2007

Dunn being a RFA will be getting a raise. Petro will get a raise, rest of team is relatively unchanged.

Tarasenko will be on LTIR so we have his cap hit to start season so if needed.

The Coyotes have a fan base EK