Yes, those are indeed the reasons we shipped the better Blues goalie to Calgary.

We shipped the better player, particularly post season player, to save maybe 1.5 mil in cap space and to pick up a #35 in the draft.

For that, we have exposed ourselves to a risk they can ill afford. I don't like the trade off. I now believe we have an additional issue to deal with next season. This is NOT what you do with a team that just finished in the top 4 of the league and already has multiple personnel issues threatening their improvement.

As far as Elliott "wanting" to be traded, that most certainly lies at the Blues door step, 100%.

If Allen comes through, I will be happy to stand corrected. And I will congratulate Army on finally getting something right at the net. For now, I believe this is a fork up and a needless one at that.