Confirmed Trade: [NJD/MTL] Jake Allen (50% retained) for 2025 cond. 2nd/3rd round pick

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Holy cow! Straight up?
They basically traded Toffoli for Allen.

No retention and a third seems like a lot. Watch Allen catch fire now lol.

They retained.

 

[MaxDummy]

Why not just claim Raanta wtf lol

 

[SnS]

Schmid to AHL?

 

[EveryDay]

All that talk and they end up with a conditional 3rd.

He was worth a 7th you clown!

 

[Kaiden Ghoul]

Thank God

 

[Le Tricolore]

Jake Allen sucks. Even at 50% retained, this is great.

 

[crazyfisherman]

Let me introduce you to the Habs D…

While the other 2 allows half a goal less than him

 

[JTToilinginToronto]

Terrible for NJ

 

[Muffin]

Price is fair considering Montreal has retained salary next season too.

 

[Aoko]

Holy cow! Straight up?
They basically traded Toffoli for Allen.

It just gets funnier and funnier.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

We actually received something for Allen without retention lol good job Hughes

This aged well.

Terrible move by NJ still.

 

[lakai17]

.892 save % with better defense in front of him. I can't comprehend.

 

[intangible]

I don't see how Allen is any better than Raanta, especially considering Allen has another year left on his contract. Even with Montreal retaining 50%, this clearly isn't the solution, or at least any better solution than just picking up Raanta off waivers.

 

[Wats]

Ah the retention over this and next season makes more sense.

 

[Colin226]

 

[BLNY]

With better structure in front of him, I do think Allen rebounds some. I also think the 3-goalie system impacted him the most. He wasn't able to seize the net from Monty.

That said, on a day that's been a buyer's market, the ability to get a potential 2nd for him is outstanding. Waiting to see if there's salary retention. I kinda think there'd have to be ---- 50% retained.

 

[Grand Admiral Thrawn]

There goes our tank commander!

And with the retention, Kent's day is done!

 

[Jeune Poulet]

At last we got rid of him!

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

 

[NobleSix]

Devils basically traded a 3rd round pick which could become a 2nd (LOL) for the Habs' 3rd goalie.

That's a bad trade.

 

[TheOrganist]

This is their solution to their problems in net? Questionable.

 

[Puckclektr]

I defended the Toffoli trade. HE got what he could. But this is non-sense. Now you have two below average goalies making $4m next year. What a horrible trade by Fitz

 

[dredeye]

They retained.

Yea I corrected. Saw that right after I posted. Not so bad now

 

[Moose Head]

Well, I doubt Savard gets traded since the habs used their final retention spot.

 

[PriceIsGod]

Hughes continues to surprise me, might be minor things when looking at the bigger picture but I thought we’d get a 2nd for Monahan and be lucky to get a 4th for Allen from a desperate GM. I guess it’s a weaker draft but damn…

Edit: Just saw the retention so it makes more sense. I guess it’s a low risk gamble for the Devils but Allen isn’t a starting goalie for a Stanley Cup winning team. They would have been better off just addressing their goaltending issues in the offseason