The Montreal Canadiens announced that they have acquired goaltender Jake Allen from the St. Louis Blues.
According to Montreal general manager Marc Bergevin, they will be sending a third-round pick in 2020 and a seventh-round pick in 2020 to the Blues. In addition to Allen, the Canadiens will also get a seventh-round pick in 2022 from St. Louis.
The 30-year-old goalie is a seasoned veteran, spending his entire career thus far in St. Louis, where he was drafted in 2008. The Blues took him in the second round of the 2008 draft with the 34th overall pick.
He has a career record of 148-94-26, with a 2.50 GAA and a .915 career save percentage. In the 2019-2020 season, Allen played in 24 games, tallying 12 wins, six losses, and three ties with a 2.15 GAA and .927 save percentage.
While all of these picks might look like too much compensation for a 30-year-old goalie, it’s important to remember that all of the picks that the Canadiens are giving up were previously acquired from other teams in other trades.
They received the third-rounder for Ilya Kovalchuk from the Washington Capitals and the seventh-round pick for Andrew Shaw, who they sent to the Chicago Blackhawks.
