Jake Allen signed a two-year, $7.7 million contract with the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. It has an average annual value of $3.85 million and runs through the 2024-25 season.
The 32-year-old goalie was 9-20-4 with a 3.30 goals-against average, .905 save percentage and two shutouts in 35 games last season. He was traded to the Canadiens by the St. Louis Blues on Sept. 2, 2020 and was the backup to Carey Price when Montreal reached the Stanley Cup Final in 2021, losing in five games to the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Allen is expected to share the goalie duties with either Sam Montembeault or Cayden Primeau this season. Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes said in August that Price will be placed on LTIR because of a knee injury.
“This summer he went through the process of a shot to the knee seeing if that would help,” Hughes said Aug. 18. “It did not, and at this point, we don’t expect Carey to be available for the start of this season. Quite frankly, I don’t know that there’s a path for Carey to return this season through the rehab process.”
A second-round pick (No. 34) in the 2008 NHL Draft by the St. Louis Blues, Allen is 168-126-35 with a 2.60 GAA, .911 save percentage and 23 shutouts in 353 regular-season games (333 starts) with the Blues and Canadiens. He is 11-11-1 in 29 Stanley Cup Playoff games (23 starts) with a 2.06 GAA and .924 save percentage. Allen helped the Blues win their first Stanley Cup championship in 2019, defeating the Boston Bruins in seven games.
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