[Signing] Blues sign Jon Gillies (1 yr, 2 way)

[sureLoss]

St. Louis Blues @StLouisBlues
The Blues have signed goaltender Jon Gillies to a one-year, two-way contract. #stlblues

[SeanCharles]

Best of luck.

Hope Parsons can have a solid season in a tandem with Zagidulin next season.

[gilligans_off]

Best of luck Gillies

[GreenLantern2814]

Good for Jon.

Remember when we were worried he wouldn’t sign here?

Simpler times.

[btimbit]

Could very well be a late bloomer and I wish him nothing but the best

[TheScorpion]

good for Jon

[JurassicTunga12]

Glad he found a spot! Good luck, Jon.

[djsFlames]

Lots of teams signing our depth guys today.

[Mitch]

And just like that, flames have no remaining connection to that Providence draft class (jankowski, gillies, gilmour)

[Roof-Daddy]

With Janko and Gillies both leaving this off season, that puts a wrap on the Flames 2012 entry draft.

All of them gone, only real NHLer among them to this point is Kulak.

[getbak]

The Blues AHL affiliate is now in Springfield, MA, which is pretty close to Providence and not far from his hometown in New Hampshire.

[SuperMatt18]

Watch him do a Binnington impression for the Blues.

I still think he would have been a great goalie if not for those hip injuries. Just wasn’t the same after that.

[agulati]

Happy to see him find a spot somewhere. All the very best!

[Reggie Dunlop]

Interesting. Another reclamation project like Binnington?

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Watch him do a Binnington impression for the Blues.

I still think he would have been a great goalie if not for those hip injuries. Just wasn’t the same after that.

Hip injuries are truly ruinous for goalies.

[Swayze11]

Something Burke said a long time ago when he was GM with the Leafs that will always stick with me and has proven fairly true - especially after this years UFA goalie class.

When you draft a goalie and develop him, you will be developing him for another team.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy

With Janko and Gillies both leaving this off season, that puts a wrap on the Flames 2012 entry draft.

All of them gone, only real NHLer among them to this point is Kulak.

If Brodie signs elsewhere, it will leave Backlund, Gaudreau, and Monahan as the only pre-Treliving draft picks in the organization.

[Reggie Dunlop]

With Gillies and Schneider out, look for the Flames to pick up a depth minor leaguer. Hopefully a youngster, because Wolf is several years down the road.

[AC]

In 2016 I flew back from Penticton after the rookie tournament and sat on the plane between Stepan Falkovsky and Jon Gillies.

It appears my curse is now complete.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

With Gillies and Schneider out, look for the Flames to pick up a depth minor leaguer. Hopefully a youngster, because Wolf is several years down the road.

Not really several years. He'll be playing pro hockey a year from now, whether it's in the ECHL or AHL.