The Montreal Canadiens landed their backup goaltender for Carey Price next season.
The Habs dealt a third-round pick in 2020 to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Jake Allen on Wednesday. The two teams also swapped seventh-round picks in 2020 and 2022.
Blues’ backup goaltender Jake Allen took a graceful backseat to rookie sensation Jordan Binnington halfway through the regular season.
Not only is Allen still supporting Binnington in the playoffs, he’s also making a few saves of his own from his team’s bench.
By Brennin Weiswerda 2 years ago
Thursday night in St. Louis, the Washington Capitals routed the Blues 7-3 and something strange happened. Goaltender Jake Allen was pulled twice in the same game.
Now, after a terrible January, Blues GM Doug Armstrong has announced that Allen is not traveling with the team to Winnipeg. The Capitals literally broke the man.
Jake Allen is having a rough January. He’d been pulled twice already with a .857 save percentage.
And then those meanies Andre Burakovsky and Jay Beagle had to be bullies, which led to a curious series of events.
