The St. Louis Blues have re-signed goalie Brian Elliot to a three-year contract. The deal is worth $7.5 million in his new contract. Elliott 29, would have become a free agent on July 1st. He signed with the Blues as a a free agent back in July, 2011. At the time he almost found himself out of the NHL. He was able to re-find his career with the Blues, beating out former Blues goalie Ben Bishop for the back up behind then goalie Jaroslav Halak (now with the New York Islanders). Bishop did better in camp than Elliott, but the Blues chose Elliott because he had more NHL experience.
Elliott went to the NHL All-Star game in 2012. He also won the Jennings Trophy from the 2011-2012 season, that award goes to the goalies who's team has the fewest goals scored against them. So, Halak won that with Elliott.
Before joining the Blues, Elliott played for the Ottawa Senators and the Colorado Avalanche. As a Blues goalie, Elliott is 55-24-7, and is tied for second for most shutouts in franchise history with 16. His career stats over his seven year career in the NHL are: 245 games played, 116 wins, 77 losses, 23 overtime losses, and 28 shutouts. Over that time his saver percentage is .910 and his goals against is 2.48. Elliott has come along way after going 15-27-9 with 1 shutout in the 2010-2011 season between the Senators and Avalanche.
I like the move a lot by the Blues. The Blues now know who their goalies will be for next season, Jake Allen and Brian Elliott. Allen should be the no.1 overtime, but both will share time first.
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