{"id":130494,"date":"2022-10-01T11:03:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T15:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=130494"},"modified":"2022-10-01T11:04:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T15:04:16","slug":"montreal-canadiens-goalie-jake-allen-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/10\/01\/montreal-canadiens-goalie-jake-allen-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Canadiens Extend Starting Netminder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/09\/24\/puck-drop-preview-2022-23-montreal-canadiens\/\" target=\"_self\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a> extended goalie Jake Allen on a two-year contract worth $3.85 million per season, the team announced Saturday morning. The contract will take effect in 2023-24.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jake Allen\u2019s new deal: 2 x $3.85 mil. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OsHOfILrhr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/OsHOfILrhr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frank_seravalli\/status\/1576188059539763200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Canadiens Extend Jake Allen<\/h2>\n<p>In a reversal of recent trends, a piece of the Canadiens&#8217; 2021 Stanley Cup Final run is staying around. Jake Allen will be in a Habs uniform for the next three seasons. Allen has spent the last two years as a part of the Canadiens, being a part of a trade package that sent draft picks to the Blues. He then signed a two-year extension with Montreal, with his current contract ending after the 2022-23 season.<\/p>\n<p>Allen served as the starter for the Canadiens last year after Carey Price was out for the majority of the season with injuries from the Stanley Cup Final. Allen posted a 9-20-4 record, with a 3.30 goals-against average and a .905 save percentage. He did suffer an injury halfway through the year, cutting his season short after only 35 games.<\/p>\n<p>He spent the majority of his career with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/blues\/\" target=\"_self\">St. Louis Blues<\/a>, before being traded to the Canadiens in the 2020 offseason.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means<\/h3>\n<p>For Allen, this is a chance for him to get his feet under him in Montreal. It may allow him to return to what he was in St. Louis. He has served as a backup or 1B for the majority of his career, so hopefully, this allows him to get the chance to be a proven starter for the Canadiens in Price&#8217;s assumed absence.<\/p>\n<p>Retaining Allen will help solidify the Montreal Canadiens goalie depth, and keeps around some championship pedigree. Allen was a member of the 2019 Stanley Cup-winning St. Louis Blues. Hopefully, his performance will improve over time, and the Canadiens can rely on him longer-term.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"2fiOKqRFQth4BPKCcBOAWw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1243607628\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'2fiOKqRFQth4BPKCcBOAWw',sig:'lLEXxPkZFqE0_7D8hZrQfgaS-4tD3gkHaGr4EASvxHI=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1243607628',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Montreal Canadiens extended goalie Jake Allen on a two-year contract worth $3.85 million per season, the team announced Saturday morning. The contract will take effect in 2023-24. Jake Allen\u2019s new deal: 2 x $3.85 mil. https:\/\/t.co\/OsHOfILrhr \u2014 Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) October 1, 2022 Canadiens Extend Jake Allen In a reversal of recent trends, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4073,"featured_media":132534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4547,34,4548],"tags":[250,5927],"class_list":["post-130494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canadiens","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-jake-allen","tag-montreal-canadiens-news"],"modified_by":"Josh Erickson","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}