Evans truther
Rejoint: juill. 2019
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Interesting timing for a Jones buyout, if you're going to get a Allen-like goalie on the market and then draft a guy like Wallstedt you'd be set for 5 years at almost no extra cost then keeping Jones. The perfect storm for them would be that the next two years are covered by Allen at a 2.8M$ salary followed by Wallstedt (If all goes well a two year gap before going pro is possible for a guy of his talent) on his ELC at around 1M$ bringing you to Jones' last buyout year.
On the Montreal side of the trade I'm not sold doe, Allen would basically be a bait to protect everyone else from Seattle. Are guys like Evans, Chiarot or Lehkonen worth a 2nd? I don't think so but they're still players I'd like better on my team than a backup goaltender with his replacement likely already in the house, also the fact that it's a 2023 pick doesn't hold much value in this trade to convince Montreal to lose someone else over Allen.