Rumor: Kevin Weekes Reports Allen Could Be Signed to Multi-Year Deal

[Skip Bayless]

Ray Allen saved Lebron's legacy

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

Extending him seems pretty useless. Why not wait for the offseason or deadline? He will be 33 at the start of next season. There is plenty of Jake Allen in the NHL. We could always trade him at the tdl and get him back for 1 year after.

Also trying to find a new #1 should be the goal. With Montombeau and Primeau it's not happening so they gotta find him somewhere else.

 

[Goalfield22]

Allen seems like a good guy to keep around. He can be the starter for now, and then a mentor later. His advice was integral to Primeau’s AHL playoff success.

 

[Halakitlikethat]

I wanna say I called it but don’t think I actually posted it here lol. I was thinking for a while now that it makes sense to resign Allen. You can’t throw your prospects to the wolves.

 

[Halakitlikethat]

If it wasn’t for Allen the Habs don’t make the playoffs in the covid year , which would mean no cup run. He’s been excellent for the Habs, stats don’t tell the whole story.

 

[26Mats]

Since Weekes is making it seem like a big deal, I decided to start its own thread. Mods can choose to delete it if they want to.

At 4:30 this afternoon, Weekes tweeted this:



Then he tweeted a picture of the city of Montreal:



Then tweeted a picture of an empty net at the Bell Center:




Then tweeted this:

I like Kevin Weekes and all. But he's too self conscious about who gets "the scoop."

We care about the news and the quality of reporting, not about who broke it first.

 

[Belial]

If he's ready to sign a somewhat cheap contract then I have no problem with that.

At worst he's your starter while you groom a real number one at best he's your second goalie.

 

[Prairie Habs]

Allen won't steal that many games for us, but he'll keep us from being embaressed most nights, which will be important for our young guys the next few years. He will be a good bridge to whoever is hopefully our next long term starter.

 

[nhlfan9191]

It's Allen extension lol

I’ve been saying for awhile Allen is more valuable to our team then in a trade. He can be a Cristobal Huet type stop gap until we find a long term solution. Bad goaltending is not good for the morale of the team. Allen’s cheap and can do the job for a few years.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Veteran who is good in the room and happy to take a back seat and be a back up if one of the young kids emerge.

Imagine the cap hit and term is low so can still be traded at any time necessary.

 

[Belial]

I’ve been saying for awhile Allen is more valuable to our team then in a trade. He can be a Cristobal Huet type stop gap until we find a long term solution. Bad goaltending is not good for the morale of the team. Allen’s cheap and can do the job for a few years.

He's a leader in the room also apparently so I'm not really surprised if he gets a 3-year deal or something.

 

[yzerman]

I don't think trading a tank commander for a tank is a good idea

Maybe Fedotov is smuggled inside.

 

[Guess]

Why would we sign him? He will be very valuable with 50% at the TDL and he can’t possibly be the solution mid/long term…

True but we need a veteran to guide a young goalie when they come up to the NHL and I don't think you want a crappy one which will put all the pressure on the young goalie.

 

[HostileCapSpace]

I like Allen and they'll need some veteran presence in goal moving forward if they can't find a clear cut number one. Just not sure why the rush to extend him now - what happens if he's plagued with injuries this season? Not the end of the world but seems risky for an aging G that's not necessarily going to be a hot commodity on the free market moving forward - especially with the numbers he'll post with our terrible D corps this year. But yeah, as far as backups or 1Bs go and veteran presence, he's solid IMO.

 

[beowulf]

Montemblows traded to Russia for a bulletproof tank

Russia has none of those.

Would make sense if Price is truly done for them to find some stability with Allen.

 

[jaffy27]

Now why would we want to extend Allen? Can’t we find a better starter than him?

So we can what….finish 15th last??

 

[yzerman]

Montreal should target Hugo Alnefelt from Tampa Bay its not ideal for his development with Vasi running the show in Tampa as nr 1 and will play 60 games or more potential 6-7 years from now.He would fit more into Montreal schedule with a new starter in 1-2 years.

Think Hugo has a lot more upside then Primeau has.

 

[Runner77]

Now why would we want to extend Allen? Can’t we find a better starter than him?

I didn’t anticipate this happening and don’t see the urgency of signing what amounts to a goalie who is only at his best in a back up capacity.

I get that he’s an upstanding guy with great character, a good mentor and is selfless. Maybe there’s the appeal of an affordable extension at a reasonable term? In the grand scheme, you still need veteran players but he’s not durable and is getting on, age-wise. Maybe there is a short term deal to be had, I don’t know.

It’s just odd that Weekes would go through all of this rigamarole just to announce the possible deal of a player already under contract with the same team when Weekes’ usual breaking news are major trades and new signings by organizations.

 

[Sterling Archer]

I don’t understand why Allan gets resigned. Hughes himself said he didn’t see a number one goalie in Montreal, last year. With Monty under a 2 year deal, Primeau should be a full time NHLer next year, and Allan I’m the last year of a very tradable contract, re-signing him now seems very odd.

 

[slybel]

u

I don't think trading a tank commander for a tank is a good idea

Unless the tank has inflatable wheels!

 

[BLONG7]

If it wasn’t for Allen the Habs don’t make the playoffs in the covid year , which would mean no cup run. He’s been excellent for the Habs, stats don’t tell the whole story.

True, but being in the bad division of Cdn teams, and playing 56 games is what actually made it happen.
Allen and the team were barely ok during the season.

I didn’t anticipate this happening and don’t see the urgency of signing what amounts to a goalie who is only at his best in a back up capacity.

I get that he’s an upstanding guy with great character, a good mentor and is selfless. Maybe there’s the appeal of an affordable extension at a reasonable term? In the grand scheme, you still need veteran players but he’s not durable and is getting on, age-wise. Maybe there is a short term deal to be had, I don’t know.

It’s just odd that Weekes would go through all of this rigamarole just to announce the possible deal of a player already under contract with the same team when Weekes’ usual breaking news are major trades and new signings by organizations.

A trade involving Allen is more likely than an extension....you would think.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Montreal should target Hugo Alnefelt from Tampa Bay its not ideal for his development with Vasi running the show in Tampa as nr 1 and will play 60 games or more potential 6-7 years from now.He would fit more into Montreal schedule with a new starter in 1-2 years.

Think Hugo has a lot more upside then Primeau has.

He's not really any better than Dobes or Dichow.

Dostal is the guy you wanna target out of Anaheim if they are gonna stay with Gibson.

 

[Scintillating10]

Stupid move signing Allen. Habs could get asset for him. About a Beck or Hutson caliber pick.

Allen decent player but not make team a good team. He'll improve Montreal slightly. But just enough to costs us couple/three slots in draft. Habs want to try for Bedard not patch it up to slightly improve. In 3 or 4 years Montreal be good team. Shot at a Cup you want the star player. Hard to win without one.

 

[StCaufield]

Why is he trying to be so weird about it?

 

[StCaufield]

Stupid move signing Allen. Habs could get asset for him. About a Beck or Hutson caliber pick.

Allen decent player but not make team a good team. He'll improve Montreal slightly. But just enough to costs us couple/three slots in draft. Habs want to try for Bedard not patch it up to slightly improve. In 3 or 4 years Montreal be good team. Shot at a Cup you want the star player. Hard to win without one.

Allen is an asset. We need an nhl goalie sorry to say. Andrew Hammond was our best goalie when Allen was injured. I don’t want anything after Allen in the depth chart and I’m sure the players would rather play in close games and not worry about what shot will go in from anywhere on the ice with the trash we have in net after Allen. It gives the team confidence and competitiveness and prevent bad habits such as constantly in defence mode which would actually hurt development. Primeau could end up being something but so far he’s been terrible. Can we stop with bedard? We aren’t close to the worst team in the league. There’s at least 5 teams below us as the billion man games lost last year due to injury which shattered the NHL record. You can pray for more injuries if you want