Seravalli: Blues shopping Binnington

[jetsforever]

Funny how quickly he has risen and fallen

 

[Jacob582]

Dude legitimately outplayed Tuuka Rask in the Cup Final, and lifted his team to a Cup victory by making the routine saves and playing with confidence; something this team rarely saw consistently from their goaltending. He's not going to be mistaken for Shesterkin, but he's not a horrible goaltender who will soon be out of the league. He's a workhorse starter who's slightly above average in a lot of attributes, with a compete level that the guys rally around.

He can be a bit of a doofus with his tough-guy act; but he's still a good goalie. He's just currently making a lot of money and watching his back-up outshine him.

Glowing things could be said about Matt Murray too. Teams just aren't going to take the risk of those contracts. Too long.

 

[StickShift]

Whoever does take Binnington would be doubling-down as a heel team across the league.

 

[AcerComputer]

And HFBoards thought the Mrazek contract was bad. Woof!

 

[AcerComputer]

Except there will be zero market then.

Smart to target the market which has the Leafs OIlers and Knights a bit desperate for a goalie. The Knights have no ability to retain that contract though. If they unload it on Edm or Tor that's a huge win for StL...i dont see anyone biting

With what Cap Space? Unless St Louis retain 25%-50% + a pick and takes back Mrazek - what deal is there to be had with the Leafs?

 

[JKG33]

With what Cap Space? Unless St Louis retain 25%-50% + a pick and takes back Mrazek - what deal is there to be had with the Leafs?

If Toronto were offered Mrazek for Binnington they'd take it and run.

Mrazek is garbage. Binnington is at least a solid goalie

 

[Michael Brand Eggs]

No deal unless the Blues pay for the expensive anger management therapist he obviously needs

 

[AcerComputer]

If Toronto were offered Mrazek for Binnington they'd take it and run.

Mrazek is garbage. Binnington is at least a solid goalie

Leafs don't have Cap space. St Louis would need to retain to make it work. Square peg, round hole.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Or I could watch him play and not rely upon some idiot stat watchers

Yes watch him play then come back with an opinion.

 

[JKG33]

Yes watch him play then come back with an opinion.

...I have. Smh you can't argue with stupid

 

[zar]

I would like to make fun and say, with 50% retention, what else are the Blues adding to Binnington for this “opportunity”… but we have Ken Holland as our GM.

He’d probably do a Drai for Binnington… and retain $2.5 mill on Drai.

Holland on the Keith trade…

“Did you want me to get him for free?” Holland asked.

Keith, Holland shrug off pointed questions in wake of much-discussed deal

 

[Dead Coyote]

STL
Binnington
Perunovich/Bolduc
Neighbours
1st '22
1st '23
Scandella if needed

ARI
Chychrun
Vejmelka if needed

 

[Cotton]

Or I could watch him play and not rely upon some idiot stat watchers

Or maybe stick to the Kings? 6Mx5 for 3 straight years of regression. No f***ing thanks.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Leafs don't have Cap space. St Louis would need to retain to make it work. Square peg, round hole.

In theory something like

Binnington @ 5m AAV for Mrazek and Kerfoot + draft pick would get St. Louis out of the term of that deal and save the Leafs 1M in cap space for the deadline while addressing goaltending.

Especially if St. Louis flips Kerfoot for a 3rd they could likely get the Leafs 2nd and another teams 3rd and half Binnington's caphit and term in the process. Would help both teams.

 

[A1LeafNation]

...I have. Smh you can't argue with stupid

Oh they way you talk about him, it's like you haven't watched him all year.

 

[domiwroze]

Might as well call Hughes for Carey Price if you want an anchor contract, at least Carey can win you a cup with a decent team

 

[JKG33]

Or maybe stick to the Kings? 6Mx5 for 3 straight years of regression. No f***ing thanks.

He'd be the best goalie this team has seen since since Eddie. God forbid we get a winner in that locker room

 

[CycloneSweep]

Or I could watch him play and not rely upon some idiot stat watchers

Usually when a team is running 2 goalies, and one goalie has substantially better numbers than the other, its usually cause the one goalie isn't playing very good. Unless you are trying to say that the team just happens to play much worse when Binnington is in net than Husso.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Might as well call Hughes for Carey Price if you want an anchor contract, at least Carey can win you a cup with a decent team

Ahhh yes. I forgot how many more cups Price has won compared to Binnington....

 

[bleedblue1223]

Oh they way you talk about him, it's like you haven't watched him all year.

He started the season very good, then a rough stretch for 10 or so games, then an implosion, and since then he's had a solid 5 game stretch. He hasn't been utter garbage all season like you imply, he's just struggled with finding that consistency. He'll never be 2019 consistently, that was never going to happen, but he won't be as bad as he was for parts of this season either.

 

[MissouriMook]

Binnington is the new scott darling. ....

Yes, who among us will ever forget that amazing save Scott Darling made to keep the score 2-0 in favor of his team in Game 7 of the Cup Final, on his way to his triumphant 16th win in those playoffs and...

wait, wut?

 

[Schmooley]

Would be a huge addition for the Leafs. Seems like a really good fit actually. Binnington and another solid dman for cheap would be enough for Toronto to go on a strong run.

 

[McGarnagle]

I am forever broken inside and furious over the fact that we let this shithead beat us in game 7.

 

[Blues0307]

This isn't going to sit well with the Blues fans that continually mocked their fellow Blues fans for pushing for Husso to be the #1 goalie.

 

[CycloneSweep]

Binnington is the new scott darling. ....

No Binnington is the new Matt Murray