But the Fredericton native had a nice bounce-back season in 2019-20, posting a .927 save percentage in 21 starts during the regular season and a .935 save percentage in four postseason starts. Even after trading Allen, St. Louis has just over $6 million in space under the $81.5 million cap ceiling. MONTREAL - Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin announced today that the team has acquired goaltender Jake Allen and a seventh … Blues trade goalie Allen to Canadiens for picks. Montreal acquired Allen, 30, and a 2022 seventh-round pick in return for a third-round pick in 2020 (previously acquired from Washington) and a seventh-round pick in 2020 (previously acquired from Chicago). Trading a longtime goaltender who lost his starting job could be the first step toward the St. Louis Blues keeping their Stanley Cup-winning captain.

In exchange, the Blues will receive a 2020 third-round pick (previously acquired from Washington in the Ilya Kovalchuk trade) and a seventh-rounder (acquired from Chicago in the Andrew Shaw trade) this year as well.

Allen, 30, was the Blues’ No. He has played all seven years of his NHL career in St. Louis and was the Blues' starting goaltender before the ascendance of Jordan Binnington in the 2018-19 season. Allen, 30, didn’t expect to be starting next season in St. Louis. The Jets release Le'Veon Bell. The Blues turned to Allen for their only two victories of the NHL restart, but coach Craig Berube still turned back to Binnington when his team was facing elimination. The … Jake Allen era in Blues' net ends with his trade to Montreal ... Trade him and don't re-sign Pietrangelo and you're down them, plus Bouwmeester and Edmundson from the Stanley Cup group. The St. Louis Blues have made a surprising move, trading backup goaltender Jake Allen to the Montreal Canadiens. Defenseman and captain Alex Pietrangelo is an unrestricted free agent, and both he and the Blues have expressed a desire to keep him in St. Louis. Trading a longtime goaltender who lost his starting job could be the first step toward the St. Louis Blues keeping their Stanley Cup-winning captain.

While the Jake Allen trade means the Montreal Canadiens are dedicating $15 million to their goalies, it doesn’t really matter.

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Allen played 24 games with the Blues in 2019-20 and posted a 12-6-3 record with a 2.15 goals-against average and .927 save percentage. All the other teams in the league were options in the way I saw it.”.

Jake Allen is on his way to Montreal, along with a seventh-round draft pick in 2022. The Jets release Le'Veon Bell. The Blues have 25-year-old Ville Husso ($750,000 AAV) potentially ready to backup Binnington, and the free-agent market will also have more cost-efficient options. Plus, Free Agency reaction. Allen had one more year on his contract at $4.35 million. Those were better numbers than Binnington had, but he still struggled to get playing time given Binnington led St. Louis to a Stanley Cup in 2019. The three backup goalies for the Canadiens last season went 4-6-3 with a .889 save percentage. Pietrangelo’s agent, Mark Guy, didn’t immediately respond to a message asking about the state of negotiations. “Had no idea where, for me. Between Price and Allen, they now have $14.835 million dedicated to their goaltending position. "I don't think we've made any secret that we'd love to get Alex signed, and I think Alex has made it know that he would like to sign here, so we're going to have to work through that. For St. Louis, the move also has important salary-cap implications.

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St. Louis received a third- and a seventh-round pick in this year’s draft and also sent a 2022 seventh-rounder to Montreal. The St. Louis Blues traded goalie Jake Allen to the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday, shedding cap space before a critical offseason. “I don’t think we’ve made any secret that we’d love to get Alex signed, and I think Alex has made it know that he would like to sign here, so we’re going to have to work through that. “This does show that our faith is that we’re going to take Jordan Binnington’s NHL career going back to January of ’19 through today and say there was a lot more positives than negatives and we believe he could be the man,” Armstrong said. Cimini on the Bell relationship. The St. Louis Blues knew they needed to make a move at goaltender going into the offseason. © 2020 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. The key to the deal is getting Allen’s $4.35 million cap hit off the books to potentially keep Pietrangelo in the fold.

“Family’s here, I grew up here as a player and as a person. Montreal acquired Allen, 30, and a … Top 10 best free agents still available: Where will Mike Hoffman, others sign?

The Blues traded goaltender Jake Allen to the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday in a move that clears valuable salary cap space to try to re-sign captain and top defenseman Alex Pietrangelo. Cimini on the Bell relationship. “This is the only place I know professionally,” Pietrangelo said. Jake Allen is on his way to Montreal, along with a seventh-round draft pick in 2022. Pietrangelo, 30, who lifted the Cup in Boston last year after St. Louis won its first title in franchise history, has said he wants to stay with the Blues. Allen gets a fresh start as a clear backup to Montreal starter Carey Price. Trading Allen makes it clear Jordan Binnington is the Blues’ starting goalie.

But the Fredericton native had a nice bounce-back season in 2019-20, posting a .927 save percentage in 21 starts during the regular season and a .935 save percentage in four postseason starts. Even after trading Allen, St. Louis has just over $6 million in space under the $81.5 million cap ceiling. MONTREAL - Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin announced today that the team has acquired goaltender Jake Allen and a seventh … Blues trade goalie Allen to Canadiens for picks. Montreal acquired Allen, 30, and a 2022 seventh-round pick in return for a third-round pick in 2020 (previously acquired from Washington) and a seventh-round pick in 2020 (previously acquired from Chicago). Trading a longtime goaltender who lost his starting job could be the first step toward the St. Louis Blues keeping their Stanley Cup-winning captain.

In exchange, the Blues will receive a 2020 third-round pick (previously acquired from Washington in the Ilya Kovalchuk trade) and a seventh-rounder (acquired from Chicago in the Andrew Shaw trade) this year as well.

Allen, 30, was the Blues’ No. He has played all seven years of his NHL career in St. Louis and was the Blues' starting goaltender before the ascendance of Jordan Binnington in the 2018-19 season. Allen, 30, didn’t expect to be starting next season in St. Louis. The Jets release Le'Veon Bell. The Blues turned to Allen for their only two victories of the NHL restart, but coach Craig Berube still turned back to Binnington when his team was facing elimination. The … Jake Allen era in Blues' net ends with his trade to Montreal ... Trade him and don't re-sign Pietrangelo and you're down them, plus Bouwmeester and Edmundson from the Stanley Cup group. The St. Louis Blues have made a surprising move, trading backup goaltender Jake Allen to the Montreal Canadiens. Defenseman and captain Alex Pietrangelo is an unrestricted free agent, and both he and the Blues have expressed a desire to keep him in St. Louis. Trading a longtime goaltender who lost his starting job could be the first step toward the St. Louis Blues keeping their Stanley Cup-winning captain.

While the Jake Allen trade means the Montreal Canadiens are dedicating $15 million to their goalies, it doesn’t really matter.

Winners and losers of 2020 NHL free agency: Sabres come out on top, Rangers sign DeAngelo, Georgiev to 2-year deals, Free agent Thornton is on Swiss team -- for now, Senators ink Dadonov to three-year, $15M deal, Vegas' owner sees NHL season starting Feb. 1, Canadiens extend Gallagher with 6-year deal, Canadiens give backup goalie Allen extension, Pastrnak, Marchand may miss start of season, Grades for every big NHL free-agent signing: What Dadonov can do for the Sens, Live NHL free-agency tracker: Latest signings, analysis and buzz, Teams that drafted a new top prospect: Rangers' Lafreniere, Blackhawks' Reichel bring hope, Lightning GM Julien BriseBois cracked the Stanley Cup code, now faces tougher puzzle, 2020 NHL draft grades: Best picks, value steals, more for all 31 teams, 2020 NHL draft: Pick tracker and analysis for every team.

Allen played 24 games with the Blues in 2019-20 and posted a 12-6-3 record with a 2.15 goals-against average and .927 save percentage. All the other teams in the league were options in the way I saw it.”.

Jake Allen is on his way to Montreal, along with a seventh-round draft pick in 2022. The Jets release Le'Veon Bell. The Blues have 25-year-old Ville Husso ($750,000 AAV) potentially ready to backup Binnington, and the free-agent market will also have more cost-efficient options. Plus, Free Agency reaction. Allen had one more year on his contract at $4.35 million. Those were better numbers than Binnington had, but he still struggled to get playing time given Binnington led St. Louis to a Stanley Cup in 2019. The three backup goalies for the Canadiens last season went 4-6-3 with a .889 save percentage. Pietrangelo’s agent, Mark Guy, didn’t immediately respond to a message asking about the state of negotiations. “Had no idea where, for me. Between Price and Allen, they now have $14.835 million dedicated to their goaltending position. "I don't think we've made any secret that we'd love to get Alex signed, and I think Alex has made it know that he would like to sign here, so we're going to have to work through that. For St. Louis, the move also has important salary-cap implications.

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St. Louis received a third- and a seventh-round pick in this year’s draft and also sent a 2022 seventh-rounder to Montreal. The St. Louis Blues traded goalie Jake Allen to the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday, shedding cap space before a critical offseason. “I don’t think we’ve made any secret that we’d love to get Alex signed, and I think Alex has made it know that he would like to sign here, so we’re going to have to work through that. “This does show that our faith is that we’re going to take Jordan Binnington’s NHL career going back to January of ’19 through today and say there was a lot more positives than negatives and we believe he could be the man,” Armstrong said. Cimini on the Bell relationship. The St. Louis Blues knew they needed to make a move at goaltender going into the offseason. © 2020 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. The key to the deal is getting Allen’s $4.35 million cap hit off the books to potentially keep Pietrangelo in the fold.

“Family’s here, I grew up here as a player and as a person. Montreal acquired Allen, 30, and a … Top 10 best free agents still available: Where will Mike Hoffman, others sign?

The Blues traded goaltender Jake Allen to the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday in a move that clears valuable salary cap space to try to re-sign captain and top defenseman Alex Pietrangelo. Cimini on the Bell relationship. “This is the only place I know professionally,” Pietrangelo said. Jake Allen is on his way to Montreal, along with a seventh-round draft pick in 2022. Pietrangelo, 30, who lifted the Cup in Boston last year after St. Louis won its first title in franchise history, has said he wants to stay with the Blues. Allen gets a fresh start as a clear backup to Montreal starter Carey Price. Trading Allen makes it clear Jordan Binnington is the Blues’ starting goalie.

But the Fredericton native had a nice bounce-back season in 2019-20, posting a .927 save percentage in 21 starts during the regular season and a .935 save percentage in four postseason starts. Even after trading Allen, St. Louis has just over $6 million in space under the $81.5 million cap ceiling. MONTREAL - Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin announced today that the team has acquired goaltender Jake Allen and a seventh … Blues trade goalie Allen to Canadiens for picks. Montreal acquired Allen, 30, and a 2022 seventh-round pick in return for a third-round pick in 2020 (previously acquired from Washington) and a seventh-round pick in 2020 (previously acquired from Chicago). Trading a longtime goaltender who lost his starting job could be the first step toward the St. Louis Blues keeping their Stanley Cup-winning captain.

In exchange, the Blues will receive a 2020 third-round pick (previously acquired from Washington in the Ilya Kovalchuk trade) and a seventh-rounder (acquired from Chicago in the Andrew Shaw trade) this year as well.

Allen, 30, was the Blues’ No. He has played all seven years of his NHL career in St. Louis and was the Blues' starting goaltender before the ascendance of Jordan Binnington in the 2018-19 season. Allen, 30, didn’t expect to be starting next season in St. Louis. The Jets release Le'Veon Bell. The Blues turned to Allen for their only two victories of the NHL restart, but coach Craig Berube still turned back to Binnington when his team was facing elimination. The … Jake Allen era in Blues' net ends with his trade to Montreal ... Trade him and don't re-sign Pietrangelo and you're down them, plus Bouwmeester and Edmundson from the Stanley Cup group. The St. Louis Blues have made a surprising move, trading backup goaltender Jake Allen to the Montreal Canadiens. Defenseman and captain Alex Pietrangelo is an unrestricted free agent, and both he and the Blues have expressed a desire to keep him in St. Louis. Trading a longtime goaltender who lost his starting job could be the first step toward the St. Louis Blues keeping their Stanley Cup-winning captain.

While the Jake Allen trade means the Montreal Canadiens are dedicating $15 million to their goalies, it doesn’t really matter.

Winners and losers of 2020 NHL free agency: Sabres come out on top, Rangers sign DeAngelo, Georgiev to 2-year deals, Free agent Thornton is on Swiss team -- for now, Senators ink Dadonov to three-year, $15M deal, Vegas' owner sees NHL season starting Feb. 1, Canadiens extend Gallagher with 6-year deal, Canadiens give backup goalie Allen extension, Pastrnak, Marchand may miss start of season, Grades for every big NHL free-agent signing: What Dadonov can do for the Sens, Live NHL free-agency tracker: Latest signings, analysis and buzz, Teams that drafted a new top prospect: Rangers' Lafreniere, Blackhawks' Reichel bring hope, Lightning GM Julien BriseBois cracked the Stanley Cup code, now faces tougher puzzle, 2020 NHL draft grades: Best picks, value steals, more for all 31 teams, 2020 NHL draft: Pick tracker and analysis for every team.

Allen played 24 games with the Blues in 2019-20 and posted a 12-6-3 record with a 2.15 goals-against average and .927 save percentage. All the other teams in the league were options in the way I saw it.”.

Jake Allen is on his way to Montreal, along with a seventh-round draft pick in 2022. The Jets release Le'Veon Bell. The Blues have 25-year-old Ville Husso ($750,000 AAV) potentially ready to backup Binnington, and the free-agent market will also have more cost-efficient options. Plus, Free Agency reaction. Allen had one more year on his contract at $4.35 million. Those were better numbers than Binnington had, but he still struggled to get playing time given Binnington led St. Louis to a Stanley Cup in 2019. The three backup goalies for the Canadiens last season went 4-6-3 with a .889 save percentage. Pietrangelo’s agent, Mark Guy, didn’t immediately respond to a message asking about the state of negotiations. “Had no idea where, for me. Between Price and Allen, they now have $14.835 million dedicated to their goaltending position. "I don't think we've made any secret that we'd love to get Alex signed, and I think Alex has made it know that he would like to sign here, so we're going to have to work through that. For St. Louis, the move also has important salary-cap implications.

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St. Louis received a third- and a seventh-round pick in this year’s draft and also sent a 2022 seventh-rounder to Montreal. The St. Louis Blues traded goalie Jake Allen to the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday, shedding cap space before a critical offseason. “I don’t think we’ve made any secret that we’d love to get Alex signed, and I think Alex has made it know that he would like to sign here, so we’re going to have to work through that. “This does show that our faith is that we’re going to take Jordan Binnington’s NHL career going back to January of ’19 through today and say there was a lot more positives than negatives and we believe he could be the man,” Armstrong said. Cimini on the Bell relationship. The St. Louis Blues knew they needed to make a move at goaltender going into the offseason. © 2020 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. The key to the deal is getting Allen’s $4.35 million cap hit off the books to potentially keep Pietrangelo in the fold.

“Family’s here, I grew up here as a player and as a person. Montreal acquired Allen, 30, and a … Top 10 best free agents still available: Where will Mike Hoffman, others sign?

The Blues traded goaltender Jake Allen to the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday in a move that clears valuable salary cap space to try to re-sign captain and top defenseman Alex Pietrangelo. Cimini on the Bell relationship. “This is the only place I know professionally,” Pietrangelo said. Jake Allen is on his way to Montreal, along with a seventh-round draft pick in 2022. Pietrangelo, 30, who lifted the Cup in Boston last year after St. Louis won its first title in franchise history, has said he wants to stay with the Blues. Allen gets a fresh start as a clear backup to Montreal starter Carey Price. Trading Allen makes it clear Jordan Binnington is the Blues’ starting goalie.

But the Fredericton native had a nice bounce-back season in 2019-20, posting a .927 save percentage in 21 starts during the regular season and a .935 save percentage in four postseason starts. Even after trading Allen, St. Louis has just over $6 million in space under the $81.5 million cap ceiling. MONTREAL - Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin announced today that the team has acquired goaltender Jake Allen and a seventh … Blues trade goalie Allen to Canadiens for picks. Montreal acquired Allen, 30, and a 2022 seventh-round pick in return for a third-round pick in 2020 (previously acquired from Washington) and a seventh-round pick in 2020 (previously acquired from Chicago). Trading a longtime goaltender who lost his starting job could be the first step toward the St. Louis Blues keeping their Stanley Cup-winning captain.

In exchange, the Blues will receive a 2020 third-round pick (previously acquired from Washington in the Ilya Kovalchuk trade) and a seventh-rounder (acquired from Chicago in the Andrew Shaw trade) this year as well.

Allen, 30, was the Blues’ No. He has played all seven years of his NHL career in St. Louis and was the Blues' starting goaltender before the ascendance of Jordan Binnington in the 2018-19 season. Allen, 30, didn’t expect to be starting next season in St. Louis. The Jets release Le'Veon Bell. The Blues turned to Allen for their only two victories of the NHL restart, but coach Craig Berube still turned back to Binnington when his team was facing elimination. The … Jake Allen era in Blues' net ends with his trade to Montreal ... Trade him and don't re-sign Pietrangelo and you're down them, plus Bouwmeester and Edmundson from the Stanley Cup group. The St. Louis Blues have made a surprising move, trading backup goaltender Jake Allen to the Montreal Canadiens. Defenseman and captain Alex Pietrangelo is an unrestricted free agent, and both he and the Blues have expressed a desire to keep him in St. Louis. Trading a longtime goaltender who lost his starting job could be the first step toward the St. Louis Blues keeping their Stanley Cup-winning captain.

While the Jake Allen trade means the Montreal Canadiens are dedicating $15 million to their goalies, it doesn’t really matter.

Winners and losers of 2020 NHL free agency: Sabres come out on top, Rangers sign DeAngelo, Georgiev to 2-year deals, Free agent Thornton is on Swiss team -- for now, Senators ink Dadonov to three-year, $15M deal, Vegas' owner sees NHL season starting Feb. 1, Canadiens extend Gallagher with 6-year deal, Canadiens give backup goalie Allen extension, Pastrnak, Marchand may miss start of season, Grades for every big NHL free-agent signing: What Dadonov can do for the Sens, Live NHL free-agency tracker: Latest signings, analysis and buzz, Teams that drafted a new top prospect: Rangers' Lafreniere, Blackhawks' Reichel bring hope, Lightning GM Julien BriseBois cracked the Stanley Cup code, now faces tougher puzzle, 2020 NHL draft grades: Best picks, value steals, more for all 31 teams, 2020 NHL draft: Pick tracker and analysis for every team.

Allen played 24 games with the Blues in 2019-20 and posted a 12-6-3 record with a 2.15 goals-against average and .927 save percentage. All the other teams in the league were options in the way I saw it.”.

Jake Allen is on his way to Montreal, along with a seventh-round draft pick in 2022. The Jets release Le'Veon Bell. The Blues have 25-year-old Ville Husso ($750,000 AAV) potentially ready to backup Binnington, and the free-agent market will also have more cost-efficient options. Plus, Free Agency reaction. Allen had one more year on his contract at $4.35 million. Those were better numbers than Binnington had, but he still struggled to get playing time given Binnington led St. Louis to a Stanley Cup in 2019. The three backup goalies for the Canadiens last season went 4-6-3 with a .889 save percentage. Pietrangelo’s agent, Mark Guy, didn’t immediately respond to a message asking about the state of negotiations. “Had no idea where, for me. Between Price and Allen, they now have $14.835 million dedicated to their goaltending position. "I don't think we've made any secret that we'd love to get Alex signed, and I think Alex has made it know that he would like to sign here, so we're going to have to work through that. For St. Louis, the move also has important salary-cap implications.

Free agents Marleau, Nieto return to Sharks, Tarasenko expected to miss start of next season, Blues' title reign over after 'embarrassing' effort, Keys to the offseason: Free-agency, draft plans for all 31 NHL teams.

St. Louis received a third- and a seventh-round pick in this year’s draft and also sent a 2022 seventh-rounder to Montreal. The St. Louis Blues traded goalie Jake Allen to the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday, shedding cap space before a critical offseason. “I don’t think we’ve made any secret that we’d love to get Alex signed, and I think Alex has made it know that he would like to sign here, so we’re going to have to work through that. “This does show that our faith is that we’re going to take Jordan Binnington’s NHL career going back to January of ’19 through today and say there was a lot more positives than negatives and we believe he could be the man,” Armstrong said. Cimini on the Bell relationship. The St. Louis Blues knew they needed to make a move at goaltender going into the offseason. © 2020 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. The key to the deal is getting Allen’s $4.35 million cap hit off the books to potentially keep Pietrangelo in the fold.

“Family’s here, I grew up here as a player and as a person. Montreal acquired Allen, 30, and a … Top 10 best free agents still available: Where will Mike Hoffman, others sign?

The Blues traded goaltender Jake Allen to the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday in a move that clears valuable salary cap space to try to re-sign captain and top defenseman Alex Pietrangelo. Cimini on the Bell relationship. “This is the only place I know professionally,” Pietrangelo said. Jake Allen is on his way to Montreal, along with a seventh-round draft pick in 2022. Pietrangelo, 30, who lifted the Cup in Boston last year after St. Louis won its first title in franchise history, has said he wants to stay with the Blues. Allen gets a fresh start as a clear backup to Montreal starter Carey Price. Trading Allen makes it clear Jordan Binnington is the Blues’ starting goalie.