During a recent appearance on Sportsnet, renowned insider Elliotte Friedman made an important revelation about the trade market, specifically regarding goaltenders.
According to him, the market is currently crazy throughout the league, mainly due to many teams being buyers and several other organizations being sellers.
Thus, we can see that there is a significant number of sellers and buyers, which fuels the excitement of the market.
In this situation, as reported by a high-ranking official from an NHL team, the asking prices are currently absolutely huge, which is somewhat blocking the completion of trades.
However, Friedman asserts that Kent Hughes would not be as greedy as his counterparts, but he would have a well-defined price to let Jake Allen go. He would be patient, even if it means complicating Martin St-Louis' task with a trio of goalies.
Normally, after the holiday break, it is often at this time that the league becomes more active in terms of transactions. It is highly likely that the phone of the Canadiens' GM will ring more as the weeks go by, up until the trade deadline on March 8.
