Blues' Armstrong: Halak will have an opportunity
/You may want to think twice if you've been liking the chances of the Blues acquiring Ryan Miller in the next week.
GM Doug Armstrong spoke with The St. Louis Post-Dispatch and offered up some very straight-forward insight into his goaltending situation. He's confident in Jaroslav Halak.
“St. Louis historically has been a graveyard for goaltenders,” Armstrong said. “I’m not being critical of the fans, but it doesn’t seem like they’ve ever been happy with who’s in the net. Jaro doesn’t deserve to have the past put on him."
Because of injuries, “Jaro has been our starting goaltender for exactly two playoff games,” Armstrong said. “He hasn’t failed. He’s going to have the opportunity to show what he’s capable of. That’s how it is in sports. Until you win, you can’t win.”
He goes on to offer a comparison with Eddie Belfour and Halak. Check it out.
On the trade front in general: “Last year I felt we had a glaring need, and had to improve the left side of our defense. I don’t feel there’s a glaring need right now.
“You always consider tweaking the roster if it makes sense. And I never say ‘never.’ But in two weeks if we have the same team that we have right now, I’d be happy.”