{"id":90087,"date":"2025-06-25T02:17:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T02:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/90087\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T02:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T02:17:15","slug":"nhl-rumors-kings-among-7-or-8-teams-interested-in-top-goalie-in-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/90087\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL rumors: Kings among \u20187 or 8\u2019 teams interested in top goalie in free agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

The post NHL rumors: Kings among \u20187 or 8\u2019 teams interested in top goalie in free agency<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The NHL offseason is here, and that means teams will be scrambling to sign free agents. One player getting a lot of attention from teams is <\/a>New Jersey Devils<\/a> goalie Jake Allen. Allen has about seven or even eight<\/a> NHL teams chasing him, per The Athletic. The Los Angeles Kings<\/a> are considered to be a top suitor.<\/p>\n

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Allen is a 34-year-old free agent who has a good amount of experience in net. He helped lead the Devils to the playoffs this past year, although they lost in the first round to Carolina.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good to be Jake Allen. It\u2019s not a deep year at all on the unrestricted-free-agent goalie market. There are more jobs to be had than there are quality goalies available,\u201d Pierre LeBrun wrote for the outlet. \u201cAllen is the top UFA goalie on a market that also includes Alexandar Georgiev, David Rittich, Anton Forsberg, Alex Lyons, Dan Vladar, Ilya Samsonov and Vitek Vanecek.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Devils are also hoping to re-sign Allen. This past season, the goalie posted four shutouts.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe hasn\u2019t closed the door on returning, and I know the sides are still talking, but New Jersey may not have the cap space to re-sign him, depending on other moves it wants to make up front,\u201d LeBrun added.<\/p>\n

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New Jersey finished the regular season third in the Eastern Conference\u2019s Metropolitan Division, behind Carolina and Washington.<\/p>\n

Jake Allen will be getting more attention in free agency<\/p>\n

Allen posted some solid numbers in this past season. He finished the year with 2.66 GAA and a save percentage at close to 91 percent.<\/p>\n

There are several NHL insiders who believe Allen could be the best free agent goaltender<\/a> available.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s going to have options to pick from at different term and dollar. Everyone else in the market is second to Allen, who can easily play 50+ games or play in a similar role as last year as 1B. Plus he also has solid career playoff numbers,\u201d Frank Seravalli wrote for Daily Faceoff.<\/p>\n

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Allen has played for the Devils since the 2023-24 campaign<\/a>. He previously played in Montreal and St. Louis before that. During the 2024-25 campaign, Allen appeared in 31 games.<\/p>\n

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