Allen was 12-6-3 in 24 games (21 starts) with the Blues last season. His 2.15 goals-against average was the lowest of his seven-season NHL career, and his .927 save percentage was his best.
He was 2-1-1 with a 1.89 GAA and a .935 save percentage in five postseason games, including starting Games 3, 4 and 5 in place of Jordan Binnington against the Canucks in the Western Conference First Round, which the Blues lost in six games.
"Price hasn't had a backup since Jaroslav Halak, and every year Price has to play too many games," Laraque said. "Price will be able to rest because Jake Allen will be very good as a backup. Price will be rested like he was in the playoffs, and he'll be dominant."
Fuhr, who was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003, has Montreal as his sleeper pick to win the North if Toronto doesn't, "because they have the best goalie in the division," in Price.
Reddick, who played 132 games for the Oilers, Winnipeg Jets (which moved to Arizona and became the Coyotes in 1996) and Florida Panthers, took a diplomatic approach in his Scotia North selection.
"Put it this way, I root for two teams and in no particular order," he said of the Oilers and the current Jets team that relocated from Atlanta in 2011. "As long as one of those two do good, I'm good."