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St. Louis signs Brian Elliott to three-year extension

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Brian Elliott

Jonathan Daniel

The St. Louis Blues have confirmed that they’ve signed goaltender Brian Elliott to a three-year deal. The contract is worth $7.5 million, according to St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Jeremy Rutherford.

With that, it looks like the Ryan Miller era in St. Louis is over. The Blues gave up Jaroslav Halak, Chris Stewart, William Carrier, their 2015 first round pick, and 2016 third round pick (assuming Miller’s rights aren’t traded as the conditional picks situation gets more complicated if they are) in exchange for Miller and forward Steve Ott on Feb. 28. When the deal was made, it looked like the Blues would be serious Stanley Cup contenders.

It didn’t work out like that as St. Louis ended up losing in the first round to the Chicago Blackhawks. Miller finished with a lackluster 2.70 GAA and .897 save percentage in the playoffs.

Instead, Elliott is likely to compete for the starting job with 23-year-old goaltender Jake Allen, who Blues GM Doug Armstrong previously indicated would be one of the team’s two netminders in 2014-15. Allen is highly regarded by St. Louis and is coming off a strong AHL campaign where he posted a 2.03 GAA and .928 save percentage in 52 games.

Elliott had a 1.96 GAA and .922 save percentage in 31 contests in 2013-14.

Brian Elliott’s 3 yr deal $2.3 $2.5 $2.7 #stlblues

— Andy Strickland (@andystrickland) May 19, 2014

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