St. Louis Blues Ville Husso Doesn’t Get A Soft Opening

Sep 20, 2019; Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN; St. Louis Blues goaltender Ville Husso (35) covers up a Winnipeg Jets right wing Andrei Chibisov (48) shot in the third period at Bell MTS Place. Mandatory Credit: James Carey Lauder-USA TODAY Sports

The St. Louis Blues took a chance when they split up their goaltending tandem of the last two seasons. Now, the goalie of the future has to show up today.

Nobody faulted the St. Louis Blues when they traded Jake Allen to free up salary cap space. The only real complaint was from Allen fans, in that he was not traded to a team he could start for.

Regardless of that, the deal made sense. The Blues had Ville Husso under a one-way contract, so he needed to be…