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Originally Posted by kyuss275
A 2nd round pick for Elliot? Boy was i wrong about cheap acquisition cost for trading for a goalie. I would have thought a 3rd/4th rounder would be the price for Elliot.
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If that's all the Blues would get for Elliot, why not hang on to him? Why risk putting yourself an injury to Allen away from sinking your whole season when you're a contender at the top of the cycle?
Or to put it another way, if the Blues were going into this season with only Allen as an NHL goalie, and they had concerns about his ability to carry the email, how much do you think they would give up to get a really good veteran tender to tandem with him? I'm guessing more than a 4th round pick.
Without a significant return, there's a point at which these teams carrying two goalies may as well just keep both and lose one for nothing next year. Especially as all of them (STL, PIT, TB) expect to be contenders next season. Yzerman has shown that he was willing to lose Stamkos for nothing in order to have him in the lineup for a Cup run.