Big goaltending moves were again hard to come by at the NHL trade deadline

APNews - 09/03
A handful of goaltenders traded places before the NHL trade deadline. The New Jersey Devils were involved in moves with three of them.

All season, Tom Fitzgerald has been looking to upgrade the goaltending situation for the New Jersey Devils. Those talks went nowhere until Friday, when they were the most active NHL team in that department.

The Devils acquired Jake Allen from Montreal, sent injured Vitek Vanecek to San Jose for pending free agent backup Kaapo Kahkonen and still did not land the front-line starter they’ve been looking for. Only a handful of goalies changed places before the deadline, a source of frustration for some but also a precursor to what could be an active offseason.

“Teams with goalies don’t need to move them unless they’re maybe ready to hit free agenc...
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