Marty may get a few more goes in net and Allen sits......NASHVILLE, TENN. • Brian Elliott is back, but that doesn’t mean Martin Brodeur is done.
Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said Tuesday that Brodeur would get a start on the team’s West Coast swing, which starts Friday in Anaheim. Brodeur, who posted a 3-0 win Monday night against Colorado, will start either that game or the next day at San Jose. That will expand the Blues’ comfort zone as they get Elliott back into the swing of playing most of the games.
Jake Allen was the backup goalie Tuesday, with Brodeur a healthy scratch.
“I think what we’ve done is buy some time,” Hitchcock said. “Marty seems to have caught a second wind, so that buys us even more time to get us back on track with our goaltending.
“Marty’s going to play one of the next two games and we’ll see from there.”
Teams don’t like carrying three goalies. With only two nets on the ice in practice, somebody’s always standing around. It’s a short-term necessary evil for the Blues while they make sure Elliott can play on a regular basis
We dont want Allen in the net vs one of these teams then maybe we should ride the 3 goalie thing through the playoffs. Maybe I'm just reading too much into it, but Marty has looked a lot better than Allen as of late.