All the scuttlebutt right now is saying the goalie prices are high, history is meaningless in a bull market so if Hughes only wanted a 4th round pick, you'd think the trade would be done already. And, Allen isnt a UFA goalie he has term so the Fleury and Lehner comparisons dont fit. Jake has the same term as he was bought from St Louis and that cost a 3rd in a tighter/pandemic market.
Everything is pointing at the price tag being a 2nd plus because the market dictates the price as such is supply/demand.

What do you think the value is on Cayden Primeau right now?

Not much. He probably gets claimed off waivers tho. A 5th maybe which is about as valuable as Nico Daws in Jersey who's supposed to be as good as Allen according to someone lol

I wouldn't be so sure there's a team offering a 4th for allen.

How many teams want 34 year old allen at 4 mill next year.

I'm perfectly relaxed and yes it's certainly not wrong. I simply don't think GMCM is as dumb as most Habs fans do but even if he did make the trade it wouldn't make the consensus about SM being a bad fit wrong. It's pretty to easy to say 'wouldn't have happened' with previous cups when we can never know.

Zero chance Allen returns a 2nd.

Ok. You make a compelling case to trust some random person on the internet.
I heard the same thing at the 2022 deadline on Ben Chiarot while instead of looking at the market, posters used their own bias against the player.