TSN: Chris Johnston on what teams could be looking for a goaltender, and which goalies could be available.
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Reda: “A pair of Habs goalies share number four on our (trade bait) list, in Jake Allen and Cayden Primeau. Samuel Montembeault got a three-year extension last week at just over $3 million a season. So safe to say one of them is likely to be moved. Kaapo Kahkonen of the Sharks also on our list, he’s at number 12.
So who’s most seriously looking for a goalie right now?
Johnston: “There’s a handful teams. I mean you got the Edmonton Oilers, they’ve really combed the marketplace, you know, since obviously sending Jack Campbell down to the AHL earlier this year when they were struggling.
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New Jersey has run into some troubles in net. I think that they would be interested in adding there. You know Carolina could be a team to watch depending on where things go with Freddie Anderson. They brought in Jaroslav Halak on a PTO and ultimately released them.
So you know, I think that there is competition out there in the goaltending position. There’s not really a ton of players, I mean, you have the two in Montreal. Is kind of a unique situation with the Canadians carrying three goaltenders right now.
There’s also three goalies in Detroit including a pending UFA in James Reimer who isn’t on our list. I’ll be curious to see how that situation develops. Right now I think Detroit’s comfortable with the three they have but perhaps someone shakes loose there.
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You mentioned Kahkonen, a pending UFA out of San Jose. There’ll be other goaltenders, I think, as teams separate themselves into buyers and sellers and we get closer to the deadline. But right now, I think that there’s more teams that would like to add a goalie than there truly are goalies available.”
