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Bye-bye Ryan Miller. The Ells/Allen combo is officially in effect.

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ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Blues President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Doug Armstrong announced Monday the club has re-signed goaltender Brian Elliott to a three-year contract.

Elliott, 29, appeared in 31 regular season games last season, posting an 18-6-2 record while ranking 11th in both save percentage (.922) and shutouts (4), and second with a 1.96 goals-against average.

The 6-foot-2, 209-pound goaltender has spent his past three campaigns with the Blues, including 2011-12, when he set single-season franchise records in save percentage (.940), goals-against average (1.56) and shutouts (9) en route to earning the 2012 Jennings Trophy.

Over the past three seasons, Elliott ranks second overall (at least 50 games played) with a .680 win percentage (55-24-7), while his 16 shutouts not only lead the League, but are tied for second in Blues franchise history.

Overall, Elliott has appeared in seven NHL seasons, including stints with Ottawa, Colorado and St. Louis. He has accumulated a 116-77-23 record, including a 2.48 goals-against average, .910 save-percentage and 25 shutouts in 235 career regular season games.

In addition, Elliott has dressed in 18 career postseason games, posting a 6-10 record, including a 2.55 goals against average and a .898 save percentage.

The Newmarket, Ontario native was originally signed by the Blues as a free agent on July 1, 2011.
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Now is Allen gone for Spezza?
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STLADOGG wrote:Now is Allen gone for Spezza?
That's what I was just wondering. What if this is a move to make Elliott the backup to Miller again, and use Allen as trade bait? Doesn't seem like it would help out our lack of "future talent," if it is indeed the case.

Anyway, I like Elliott. I have no doubt he will own some all-time Blues goaltending records by the time he leaves StL.
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Awesome...and smart.
Exactly what I was hoping for.
Now go after those forwards.
Let's deal Berglund, a prospect & a pick for Spezza...which only sees us taking on $750k in salary next year.
And with the money saved on not signing Miller and Spezza's lower salary, we could go after even more help on offense via free agency...Gaborik, Cammelleri, O'Reilly, or Stastny, etc.
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STLADOGG wrote:Now is Allen gone for Spezza?
Personally, I don't see that happening at all. I think the Blues are calling the Miller experiment done, going all in with a solid veteran and the up and comer, and spending cash on some scoring.
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One thing I like about Elliott, aside from the way he has played...is how he shows his emotions on the ice. I mean, he's calm and cool in net, but after a shootout win or whatever, he gets pumped up and doesn't hide his excitement.
That may not mean anything to anyone else, but I like seeing that passion in the players I root for. I mean, I'm at home jumping up and down, yelling at the tv and whatnot and wearing my heart on my sleeve...it's nice to see some players doing the same.
That was always my gripe with Halak. He always seemed so stoic and cold. It made you think he didn't have the passion...which is probably not true, I just like to see it displayed for my own personal enjoyment.
Same thing with Berglund. He'd get excited after a goal, but other than that, he doesn't seem to play with urgency and passion. That bugs me.

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STLADOGG wrote:Now is Allen gone for Spezza?
Personally, I don't see that happening at all. I think the Blues are calling the Miller experiment done, going all in with a solid veteran and the up and comer, and spending cash on some scoring.
Allen is our backup. Armstrong has stated that publicly already...and was solid about it. So unless he does a complete 180 with that, Elliott and Allen are our goalies for 2014-2015.

Elliott seems like a real good guy as well. So I'm happy for him.
I'm disappointed the Miller situation didn't work out because I was on board with the decision to trade for him only because Halak would have started in the playoffs over Elliott...which I was not comfortable with as I preferred Elliott over Halak. So if given the choice of Halak or Miller, I'm going with Miller.
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STLADOGG wrote:Now is Allen gone for Spezza?
Personally, I don't see that happening at all. I think the Blues are calling the Miller experiment done, going all in with a solid veteran and the up and comer, and spending cash on some scoring.
Allen is our backup. Armstrong has stated that publicly already...and was solid about it. So unless he does a complete 180 with that, Elliott and Allen are our goalies for 2014-2015.
Exactly and not to mention the fact that Allen's deal this year turns into a one way contract. So his place was already set. Now with Elliott signing the dotted line, seems the writing is on the wall for Miller. I've said a couple times on the board here, I'd love to see a 50/32 split or so with Elliott/Allen. My only question now is who will be 3rd in line should one of these two get hurt?
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Good to see everyone's excited about trading Chris Stewart, a prospect, and two picks for nothing, and that we're going into the season with a career backup and a minor league prospect in goal.

THE CUP IS OURS!

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I can't think of a more St. Louis Blues thing to be excited about. The fact that everyone still has a job after this debacle is just depressing. One of the worst trades in team history, and no one is responsible. Everything is great. Right.
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STLADOGG wrote:Now is Allen gone for Spezza?
Personally, I don't see that happening at all. I think the Blues are calling the Miller experiment done, going all in with a solid veteran and the up and comer, and spending cash on some scoring.
Allen is our backup. Armstrong has stated that publicly already...and was solid about it. So unless he does a complete 180 with that, Elliott and Allen are our goalies for 2014-2015.
Agreed. And I strongly dislike the idea of it being anything different (at least now that Elliott is signed). Miller/Elliott sounds better on paper than Elliott/Allen . . . in 2014-15. But, having young cost-controlled talent is necessary if you're going to have high-priced talent. I would be really upset if Allen were to be traded.
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Nyghtewynd wrote:Good to see everyone's excited about trading Chris Stewart, a prospect, and two picks for nothing, and that we're going into the season with a career backup and a minor league prospect in goal.
Nobody is happy we lost those players in a trade that had us hoping to win a cup and then not winning it...and not even getting out of the first round.

I'm still cool with the move because it was a move made with intent to win a cup. I'd rather fail in being aggressive than fail in being passive...and it wasn't really Miller's fault we lost anyway.
I'm not sure what else Elliott has to do to be given a shot at the #1 job full time. He's got some of the best numbers in the NHL since he has been here.
I'm not crazy about Allen. He was only "ok" when he was here two seasons ago. But if our goaltending situation allows for us to grab the offensive help we have all been screaming for the past few years, then it's a no-brainer move.
I can't think of a more St. Louis Blues thing to be excited about. The fact that everyone still has a job after this debacle is just depressing. One of the worst trades in team history, and no one is responsible. Everything is great. Right.
I think giving Hitch a one year deal is writing on the wall. Get playoff results next season, or we'll look for different leadership.

One of the worst trades in team history? I disagree. It ended up not being a great trade because he couldn't steal the series for us...but he was good enough for us to win it. If we had a PP that could have scored a couple goals when given tons of chances, we'd have won the series...hell, could have swept the series. And not to mention all of the injuries to key guys we had down the stretch and in the playoffs.

My only real gripe with Miller was down the stretch in the reg. season and how he played then, which cost us a better seed, avoiding the Hawks in the first round...but the whole team was playing like crap so there is plenty of blame to go around there. In the playoffs, he had two bad periods and a horrible goal outside those two periods. Other than that, he was really good...and that should have been good enough to win the series if the rest of the team had done their part.

I thought the team played really well against Chicago (except for a couple periods), but just had issues scoring at key times...and that is what needs to get addressed in the offseason now that our goaltending is set.
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I supported the Miller trade. It didn't work. I am happier without stewart and halak, tbh.

We now have solid (not great, but maybe great?!) goaltending and lots of money to improve our forwards.

Same goaltending we got this series with a powerplay that can score and we would still be playing.

I think allen and ells can equal what miller showed us.

I'm happy with this decision IF they spend the money to upgrade the top six significantly.
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Everybody knew that the Miller trade was high-risk, high-reward the moment we made it. Sometimes those trades fail, but I'm happy that A) Armstrong was willing to take a shot on one and B) that ownership doesn't make a GM's job hinge on a high-risk high-reward trade succeeding. You know what happens when a GM's job depends on it working perfectly? YOu get a GM afraid to pull the trigger on a move that might put you over the top. This one didn't work. Hopefully the next one does.
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cardsfan04 wrote:Everybody knew that the Miller trade was high-risk, high-reward the moment we made it. Sometimes those trades fail, but I'm happy that A) Armstrong was willing to take a shot on one and B) that ownership doesn't make a GM's job hinge on a high-risk high-reward trade succeeding. You know what happens when a GM's job depends on it working perfectly? YOu get a GM afraid to pull the trigger on a move that might put you over the top. This one didn't work. Hopefully the next one does.
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You guys can't get rid of Jake Allen - he is thought to be a phenom in the making. But....you also can't just promote him to be your #1 when he's completely untested at the NHL level - we saw what happened to the Penguins GM by just sitting pat with Fleury in net surrounded by superstar forwards. I think Allen needs a serious look as a backup next year.

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cardsfan04 wrote:Everybody knew that the Miller trade was high-risk, high-reward the moment we made it. Sometimes those trades fail, but I'm happy that A) Armstrong was willing to take a shot on one and B) that ownership doesn't make a GM's job hinge on a high-risk high-reward trade succeeding. You know what happens when a GM's job depends on it working perfectly? YOu get a GM afraid to pull the trigger on a move that might put you over the top. This one didn't work. Hopefully the next one does.
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Thanks for those tweets dmiles.
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cardsfan04 wrote:Everybody knew that the Miller trade was high-risk, high-reward the moment we made it. Sometimes those trades fail, but I'm happy that A) Armstrong was willing to take a shot on one and B) that ownership doesn't make a GM's job hinge on a high-risk high-reward trade succeeding. You know what happens when a GM's job depends on it working perfectly? YOu get a GM afraid to pull the trigger on a move that might put you over the top. This one didn't work. Hopefully the next one does.

The problem I had with the trade is that it wasn't needed cause Halak was rocking in net and had carried you guys til that point to a great record and season. It's the old adage 'don't fix it if it isn't broken'. Well Armstrong tried to fix it and made it worse. What he should have spent the money on was another sniper to lead the attack.

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