Doug Armstrong has been busy behind the scenes shoring up the Blues’ goaltending for the foreseeable future. Raise your hand if you expected to see this tweet at 6:10 on a Thursday night in the middle of the season.
Put your hands down, liars.
Armstrong showed that he felt Binnington was the goaltending future of the franchise when he dealt Jake Allen to the Montreal Canadiens this off-season. Allen is 4-2-3 this season with a 2.31 GAA and a .921 save percentage with his new team.
Binnington was a pending UFA, finishing out his last year of the bridge deal that Armstrong signed him to after winning the Stanley Cup.