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I like the idea of reclaiming Allen, and I can see why swapping him for Anderson makes sense for Ottawa. Zack Smith has no place on the Blues 4th line though, and you are asking the Note to take on two more years of salary for a guy who has nowhere to play. That is not a good move from St. Louis' perspective. The Blues certainly would like to move Allen, but if you've watched STL in the past 6 weeks, Allen is not nearly as bad as he was during the first part of the year. He's just simply not cut out to be a number 1 goalie, but when he is a 1B or backup, he is pretty solid.
Perhaps you tweak your trade to Anderson and your 2019 2nd for Allen. I think that gets this deal done.