Friedman: Sense is Blues will try to make "one big move"
/Elliotte Friedman was on Toronto’s Sportsnet 590 on Friday morning.
On the St. Louis Blues:
“When they signed Brodeur, I think there were a lot of people who were really skeptical, but he hasn’t been too bad. There’s no question about that. As a matter of fact, he’s kind of stabilized them.
“I think to me, the biggest question is you look at the young players who are starting to take more control of the roster. I think the question in St. Louis is, ‘We’ve proven we’re a good regular season team, we just can’t get over the hump in the playoffs.’ And they tend to lose to really good teams.
“You know, there’s been a lot of rumblings around the Blues that maybe some of their veterans – Berglund, Oshie, I heard Steen’s name came up this week in some report. I didn’t see who reported it, but I heard about it - that maybe one of the veterans goes to get them that piece they need. And I’m curious to see if Doug Armstrong feels the need to do that.
“I get the sense with that team that there is one big move that they’re going to try to make to get them over the hump. And I think they’re a really good team, but I think they look at themselves and say, ‘We thought we were good before, and we haven’t been able to beat (them).’ So I’m curious to see if Armstrong pulls the trigger on something because he still feels he needs another piece to get there.”
Source: Sportsnet 590/ Transcript: Nichols on Hockey
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