I feel Allen hasn't been nearly as bad as people make it seem. He clearly has been inconsistent and not worth close to his salary, but it isn't surprising given the situation he is in. He started the season great and prior to the all-star break, he had a decent .901 save % which wasn't far off Montembeault's .905%. Since the all-star break both him and Montembeault have struggled and had games where they let up 7 goals, the only goalie with decent stats since the break is Primeau who was able to play against the Ducks where almost any goalie would've got a shutout.
In 10 of his 15 losses, the team hasn't scored more than 2 goals so he needs to be close to perfect to pull off a win. In all 5 of his wins he basically needed to steal the game and he made over 30 saves in every win. All of our goalies have to deal with an awful penalty kill and a very inconsistent defence, to top it off it is difficult for them to get into a rhythm with the 3 goalie system given they could see a week or 2 off in between games and they probably see less action in practice with the 3 goalies.
I have been a fan of almost everything HuGo have done so far, but I don't see the point of playing hardball in negotiations with our goalies. The reports are that he's waiting for a team to meet his asking price, however the return will likely be shit anyways so if a team like Colorado was actually interested in taking him just make the trade and go with Montembeault/Primeau.. I just don't think it is fair to the goalies at this point.