As a Habs fan, we'll take that deal and give you Allen with that

Jesus. EDM is infinitely better off just buying him out at the end of the year. If they absolutely feel the need to make a G addition in-season, they'd still be infinitely better off sending away one of their smaller salaries (Foegele, Kulak, or the like). Y'all are getting nuts with this stuff.

Or we could keep the 3 1sts and just buyout the contract in the summer… yep that sounds much better.

yes but can you afford to walk 97 and 29 another year closer to Free agency?

Maybe. But paying a cap hit until 2030 is a serious price to pay. Even though it will only be 1.5MM for the last 3 years, that can inhibit building a team around your stars.

I'm not saying Edm should do this, but this would be the cost.