Allen stinks. He’s the kind of goalie that would come here and possibly be almost as bad as Cory.
He had a career year this season (and as a backup), but he’s a mediocre at best goalie in his career. His season this year reeks of Carter Hutton’s last season there, which got him the starting position and contract in Buffalo, where he’s clearly showed that season was a fluke. And then Brian Elliott turned back into a bum after he left St. Louis, despite being significantly better than Allen was while they were both there.
I’d absolutely take him in a trade for Schneider though, no questions asked. But we’d lrobablt have to give a little more, since Allen just had a good season and Schneider hasn’t in years. And Allen has a lower cal hit by quite a bit and if I’m not mistaken, doesn’t he only have one year remaining, while Schneider has 2?