Brodeur stepped in at the end of last season when we fired our goalie coach, Corsi. We hired Jake Allen's personal coach. David Alexander, for this season and Brodeur went back to being an executive. He doesn't really have that much interaction with Jake anymore. Brodeur did an amazing job when he was in the coaching role, but he wants to be a GM when he grows up, not a goalie coach.
The idea originated from a
Devil's fan who came to our board, said he wasn't sure who added and thought Allen could be a 1B to Kincaid. Allen just isn't a fit stylistically for the Blues but has the skills to do really well somewhere. The Blues do everything they can to suppress shots and High Danger scoring chances (3rd least in both, all situations). However, in doing so, they clog the middle with defenders trying to block shots (6th most) or push the play wide. So the shots that do go through are from wide angles or screened. Positioning on wide angles and tracking the puck through traffic are two of Allen's weaknesses (along with over-sliding at times). Staying mentally sharp when not constantly engaged is another. He is absolutely money when he can see the puck and it comes from prime scoring areas. Now, I did not watch enough Devils this year to know what extent he would experience the same problems with them. However, I do think on a team that where he'd see even a couple more shots a game would go a long way to keeping him engaged and on his game.
So St. Louis is not giving up a good prospect to have $10+M in salary committed to a goalie who doesn't fit stylistically and another who is coming off 2 down years with no indication of a turn around. If you want a change of scenery trade, some Blues fans may be interested in a gamble. But that is the only way we'd consider it. Schneider is precariously close to a negative value asset.
Also, not sure why you had to point out that the Blues missed the playoffs. The Devils had 3 more points than the Blues in a slightly easier division. The Blues missed because they scored 22 less goals than the Devils (due to an atrocious powerplay ranked 2nd worst in the league). Our defense (which Allen is a part of) put up better numbers than the Devils in save percentage (6th best to Devils 25th) and GAA (5th best to Devils 22nd). Allen has led the Blues to the playoffs starting a majority of games the two previous years while Schneider has never led the Devils to the playoffs with a majority of the starts (Kincaid got more this year). So how do playoffs matter? Actually, you talked me out of it. You guys need to give us a good prospect with Schneider or retain salary, because Allen has a better track record and played for the better defense