St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Apr 29, 2015
Bluenotes: Blues envision competition between Allen, Elliott
The St. Louis Blues change goalies from Jake Allen (34) to Brian Elliott (1) during the second period on Sunday, April 26, 2015, at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. (Carlos Gonzalez/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)
After choosing Jake Allen over Brian Elliott in the playoffs, the understudy over the incumbent, the Blues expect to go into next season using both goaltenders.
“I see us next year with a goalie tandem,” general manager Doug Armstrong said Tuesday. “If one of them takes the ball and never drops it, never gives it up, good for us, bad for the second guy. If that doesn’t happen, the second guy had better be ready to grab it and not give it back.”