Wouldn't it make more sense to trade Allen to NJ? Minny has Gustafsson in net with Flower backing him up.

Gus is currently on IR but he'll be back eventually.

Devils do not need Pearson. If they are healthy, the top 9 is hard to push anyone out of.

As far as goaltending, this doesn't help the Devils at all. Give no idea of a goalie the Devils should get.

Col will pass yet again on Monahan who gets crushed in shot share, scores 50% of his points on the power play, and isn’t a great skater or in other words a smaller RyJo.

If you want the hawks to take vanecek you can send over a 3rd round pick with him. No reason to take a cap dump for free especially when you're one of the very few teams that have cap space.
Also there's zero chance Allen gets a 2nd. They'd be lucky to get a 3rd for him.

The consensus among the Avalanche fanbase is that Monahan is no fit with the Avs. Value wise your 2026 2nd round pick is better than the 2024 1st round pick that’s going on here tho.

Tanner Pearson plays goalie?

Avs decline Monahan. He's simply not a good fit.

COL has had ample opportunity to bring in Monahan if they wanted. They haven't.

Based on how aggressive Chicago has been with utilizing cap for value, is a third round pick sufficient to take Vanacek’s two years? I believe he is 3.8m to 4.8m overpaid over that time frame. the balance is NJ can probably keep him as dead cap space OR try to bury him in the AHL. If no one claimed Samsanov or Comrie, they aren’t claiming him.

Pair with Mrazek and get a better pick than you’d expect for Mrazek alone?

I could see mrazek for vanecek and a 2nd

I’m not a Devils fan. They can go after whoever they want. I’m tired of Devils fans coming here saying “we don’t want Allen.” The main point is that there’s enough data on Vanacek now.
He’s not a fit. They need to upgrade.

Minnesota has Gustavsson as their starter and Wallstedt in the AHL so they need to massively overpay for a worse goalie because...? Just another ACGM that pays no attention to the other teams.

Those injuries are trickery for goalies. You can give him all the time he needs to heal. But if I were Minny, I’d make that move as much for next year as for this one. Your goalie position is secure.

Playoffs, not regular season. You need 4 lines to win a cup.

I agree that Jersey probably needs to add a pick to dump Vanacek’s contract. We’ll see what happens.

A 2026 2nd is close to a 2024 3rd. Allen probably goes to whoever offers the best draft pick at the deadline. Time will tell what that ends up being. No point making too many assumptions now, probably depends on the injury situations of multiple teams at that point.

Massively overpay? A 2026 second rounder. Take a look at all of Minnesota’s second rounds picks since 2011. Jordan Greenway. Average at best. And…*crickets*…

Jersey needs better than Mrazek too…

That has nothing to do with anything. A team with two better goalies in their system already isn't going to overpay for a $4M third string goalie.

You made a bad proposal. Take it in stride, do better next time. No need to get so defensive.

History says the only goalies that return a 2nd round pick are elite but old goalies like fleury or elite but has a screw loose goalies like lehner. Allen is the type of goalie that gets a 4th unless a team is desperate, their gm is stupid (edmonton), and there's no other goalies on the market. Then he might return a 3rd.

It's just not available this season.

Give Wallstedt time…he’s waivers exempt until 2026-2027. He should be playing every night in the AHL until it’s clear that he’s ready. You gotta be careful with young goalies.
Fleury probably isn’t back next year. Allen has one more year. If Wallstedt is ready at the start of 2025-2026, then great, you don’t sign Allen again. If Wallstedt is ready at the start of 2024, then that is a REALLY good problem to have.

Monahan was always going to be a trade deadline day move for cap space reasons. So your point is moot.

If there is one thing that is abundantly clear on this site, it’s that the consensus is often wrong.

It's a pass.