The Five Most Likely Trade Scenarios for Ryan Miller

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports

3. The St. Louis Blues

St. Louis is a near-lock to make the playoffs next year, and a near-lock to get knocked out before the Western Conference Finals, too.  The reason?  You guessed it: their goaltending situation.  Yes, Jaroslav Halak and Brian Elliott won the 2012 William M. Jennings Trophy as the best goaltending duo in the NHL.  They then proceeded to go 4-5 in the playoffs, with Elliott posting a save percentage of .904 as they were swept out of the playoffs in the second round by the Los Angeles Kings.  This past season, Halak spent a good amount of time injured, while Elliott struggled through a stretch of the regular season and was once again bested by Jonathan Quick and the Kings in the playoffs.   Halak’s name has already come up as someone the Blues are looking to ship out of town, and Garth over at Hockey Buzz already floated out the potential for the Sabres to move Miller to St. Louis in order to pick up someone like T.J. Oshie.  Again, this is another potential win-win for everyone involved . . . but I have not heard much chatter about this scenario lately, so I’m left to wonder if it wasn’t just a pipe dream Garth was floating out there.