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PostPosted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 3:12 pm 
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Calls it a day after 32 seasons with Montreal, Anaheim, Toronto and Colorado. Along with Patrick Roy, Allaire revolutionized the goalie position with the development of the butterfly style.

In addition to winning two Cups with Roy in Montreal, Allaire guided JS Giguere to an unforgettable performance in 2003, where he won the Smythe despite being on the losing team. He was on the 2007 Cup winning team in Anaheim too.

Growing up in Montreal in the early 90s, Allaire was as famous as any player on the team.

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 9:10 am 
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The perfect marriage to revolutionize and popularize modern goaltending.

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His contribution to the Avs' success (short-lived as it was) cannot be understated. If he had one flaw it might've been that he was a better teacher of goalies than he was an evaluator. He convinced Sakic and Roy to give up a 2nd rounder for Reto Berra because he had worked with him in the past and thought he could hone him into something special. He didn't, and the Avs ended up eating quite a bit of crow and ended up dumping the contract in exchange for career AHLer Rocco Grimaldi.


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