Quoting: MONSTER1974
closest goalie transaction I could find involving a goalie similar to Jake Allen would be Antti Raanta & Derek Stephan from NYR to ARZ for Anthony DeAngelo & a 1st Rd Pick 2017 (7th overall).
I read that as two 1st round picks for Stepan & Raanta. A 1st for Stepan isn't enough, and a 1st for Raanta was too much.
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@f50marco" at the beginning of your post, so i know you responded to me.
Fair enough, but I would argue that you are picking a goalie that has very little experience. Allen has played a lot more than Raanta has and is also younger....
So even though Raanta returned Deangelo in a sense which you considered a 2nd rounder, plus was a ufa at years end this year is value is quite a bit less than Allens is. Whose signed longer in term, at a very affordable cap hit, younger, more experience, etc.
Allen does not = Raanta. So if Rantta was worth a 2nd is your eyes. Allen is easily a late 1st. Throw in Halak who comes off the Isles books as a cap dump, giving them enough space to actully be able to take on Allen and an additional 2nd isn't that big a price if you ask me.
Either way maybe its less, maybe it isn't. I really wasn't over thinking it. But judging how much certain players costed in trades before him and taking everything into account, I don't think im that far off. Plus I think NYI demand right now for a capable goalie is sky high.