Will the St. Louis Blues move on from Jordan Binnington this summer?
Dave Pagnotta of The Fourth Period joined Sirius XM NHL Network Radio on Wednesday with Steve Kouleas and Carter Hutton on the Power Play. There, he was asked in regards to the St. Louis Blues and whether or not they are passing the torch from Jordan Binnington to Joel Hofer?
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Carter Hutton: “And you realize, Pags, for me, the one team that me and Kools were touching on it earlier about, an enormous shutout night for Joel Hofer, sixth this yr. He’s one behind Ilya Sorokin with 10 less games played. What happens in St Louis now? Because he’s got yet another yr at $3.4 million. Binnington’s got yet another at $6 million. Like, is the torch passing or is it already passed? And what did they do there?
Dave Pagnotta: “I feel it’s passing. I feel it’s going and I do know they really like Hofer. They obviously like Binnington well. But he’s older. They need to sort of pass this off slightly bit, and he becomes a really useful trade commodity come the summer for teams which can be going to look to shore up their goaltending?
Is it going to be in Edmonton? Is it going to be Carolina? Is it going to be one other team? Philadelphia? Is it going to be one other club that’s seeking to solidify their goaltending and have a chance to bring a man in that you could sign to an extension after the actual fact?
Now, Binnington has no trade protection. He’s got a modified no-trade, so he could have to say where he goes. But one in all those teams is Montreal. Is it one other, like, they’re going to be options out there for a player like Jordan Binnington. What happens in Florida? Can they re-sign (Sergei Bobrovsky)? If not, possibly that’s an option and so forth. Although I do think they’ll figure that out.
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But there’s going to be slightly little bit of a marketplace for goaltending, and I feel St. Louis understands that. They didn’t need to rush into anything ahead of the deadline. There have been some teams that actually poked around. I do expect that to choose up.
And I feel Hofer goes to be the guy moving forward, in a longer-term sense, with the Blues, they usually’re going to should determine an extension on his end as well. As you mentioned, he’s entering the last yr of his deal.”
NHLRumors.com Note: The St. Louis Blues were seeking to make major moves on the deadline, moving Jordan Kyrou, Robert Thomas, and Jordan Binnington. None of them were traded, though teams inquired about Binnington.
Nevertheless, with the Carolina Hurricanes moving on from Frederik Andersen at the tip of the season and the Montreal Canadiens needing a goalie, there will likely be a ton of interest in him this summer. With the games now leaning more in Joel Hofer’s favour, it appears he’s the guy moving forward in St. Louis because the Blues look to get younger across their roster.
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