Quoting: Jobarbeau
Okay yeah I understand where youre coming from but that Scandella trade was Bergevin taking advantage of an asset to get picks because the team wasnt making the playoffs. It wasnt his plan all along when he got Scandella from BUF. Time passes, things change. Maybe he'll trade Allen at the deadline if the team still doesnt make the playoffs and Allen's value has went up to a 2nd rounder. But that is never the plan in the beginning, to get a player and trade him right away for a better pick.
it was 6 days before the deadline....
we can speculate all we want, but there a few teams who need to solidify goaltending, and montreal has the cap room this year to do it.
He also did the same with Mason from Winnipeg, and got Armia for clearing their cap room.
He also shipped Fleishmann (on a 1 year) and Weise to Chicago for Danault and a pick that turned into Romanov.
Montreal's season depends on whether Suzuki and KK continue their playoff style hockey to carry the team offensively. Not whether we get backup goaltending for 1 year only.
Allen is gone after the season, can't see him wanting to be a backup.
The only way I see Allen staying, is if Montreal pulls a pittsburgh in the expansion and pays for Seattle to take Price (which is a possibility given he goes back to the west coast every summer and may waive to go there) and Allen serves as the stop gap until Primeau is ready.
it's definitely interesting, I still feel once the goalie market has settled at the beginning of Free agency, then if there are buyers, I see Allen getting shipped.