Can the Blues’ Goaltending Get Any Better?

The answer is yes. Signing Brian Elliot to a $600,000 two-way deal was a great move as the Blues gained an all star and did not have to sacrifice any assets. It was a minor blip on the radar in the free agency period last summer but it’s panned out wonderfully to this point. What they lost in free agency though was Ty Conklin. This sounds like nothing at first. I don’t have cable, so all I watch is hockey and the (bad) news. In watching the Phoenix Coyotes, one thing that makes them a different team is goaltender Mike Smith’s ability to move the puck. Any time the Coyotes are on the powerplay and the opposing team clears the puck, Smith is far out of the crease looking to catch the opposing teams’ penalty killers in a line change. Whenever opposing teams casually flip the puck into the Coyotes’ zone, he comes way out of his crease to play it. It’s like having a third defenseman back there. Although Phoenix is one of only two teams in the entire NHL with a worse powerplay than the Bl...