Very good piece. When I first heard the news of this trade I didn't understand why any team would trade for Jake Allen at 4.5 Mil. Especially with oncoming flat cap year. I would have thought that they could get teams to send them draft picks to take on bad contracts.
As Price gets older it is important that the Habs provide him with more rest. If Allen does perform, then he helps and Montreal has an asset to trade. If he doesn't perform then he isn't signed again and released at the end of the year, as it's a one year contract and Montreal has the cap space. The only other consideration: does it take away money that Montreal could use to sign a free agent or sign its own players to contracts? But again it's a one year contract. In one more year, one of the home grown goalies (such as Primeau) could be ready for the big time on a much more reasonable contract.
Very good piece. When I first heard the news of this trade I didn't understand why any team would trade for Jake Allen at 4.5 Mil. Especially with oncoming flat cap year. I would have thought that they could get teams to send them draft picks to take on bad contracts.
As Price gets older it is important that the Habs provide him with more rest. If Allen does perform, then he helps and Montreal has an asset to trade. If he doesn't perform then he isn't signed again and released at the end of the year, as it's a one year contract and Montreal has the cap space. The only other consideration: does it take away money that Montreal could use to sign a free agent or sign its own players to contracts? But again it's a one year contract. In one more year, one of the home grown goalies (such as Primeau) could be ready for the big time on a much more reasonable contract.