[Signing] Blues re-sign Brian Elliott (3yrs, $2.5mil AAV). Miller moving on

[sureLoss]

Jeremy Rutherford @jprutherford
BREAKING: #stblues announce three-year contract extension for Brian Elliott, meaning Ryan Miller will be moving on.

Jeremy Rutherford @jprutherford
Elliott's deal is three years, $7.5 million. #stlblues

[keenan87]

Wow. I can see the Oilers signing Miller

[PeteMoss]

Smart by the Blues. Miller is not worth what he'll cost anymore.

[Yoho]

Originally Posted by keenan87

Wow. I can see the Oilers signing Miller

I can see them wanting to, hard to envision Miller signing that contract. He just came from an Edmonton scenario for most of the season.

[sureLoss]

Miller wants to sign in California to be close to his actress wife.

[ForeverFlameFan]

Miller to Anaheim. Miller/Gibson/Andersen.... Anaheim will grab Miller. 6m x 5 years for Miller? Anaheim has the space.

As for the Flames, I was really wanting to sign a guy like Elliott, he can play starter minutes when he had to. Pretty much the best back up goalie a team could ask for.

[Bourque's Twin]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Miller wants to sign in California to be close to his actress wife.

Miller is certainly not an upgrade over Niemi, Quick, or Smith. I don't see Anaheim signing him over Andersen either.

[Enoch Root]

I would think that Anaheim would like the idea of a vet like Miller to complement Gibson.

And Miller would take way less (I'll bet) to play in Cal

Seems like a no brainer - and I don't think the Oilers could get enough zeroes on the page to get him interested in going there

[Cheese]

Miller to Van? Still close to Cali.

[PeteMoss]

I don't know why Anaheim would give the guy a long term deal when they've got two young guys who look ready to take over. One or two years maybe, but why five years?

[CaptainYooh]

He's going to Vancouver, I am sure. None of the Californian teams need him. Vancouver does.

[Enoch Root]

One thing about Van - would signing Miller influence Kesler's desire to stay?

Howson hired. Miller signed. Kesler stays.

Dare to dream, Arnold!

[StrykerSteve]

@mikemorrealeNHL: With Miller apparently out of STL plans, BUF gets 2016 3d-rd pick from STL; not a '14 1st-rd pick as part of conditional portion of trade

[GettinIggyWithIt]

Originally Posted by PeteMoss

I don't know why Anaheim would give the guy a long term deal when they've got two young guys who look ready to take over. One or two years maybe, but why five years?

Yeah - Miller will be 34 in July. Doesn't make sense for Anaheim to sign him to anything more than 3 years at most. I'm sure Miller is looking for a longer term though and if that's the case, it's going to narrow his list down quite a bit IMO. If the West Coast is where he wants to end up then I think that'll take a couple of potential suitors out of the mix. I could have seen a team like the Isles being interested.

[ForeverFlameFan]

I take back my 6 x 5. Keep thinking Miller is 32, but he's only going to get a 2, 3 year deal at 34.

[josef]

2 bad, i really would have liked a elliot/ramo tandem...but still greiss or montoya for the flames left

[Vinny01]

I could see the Ducks signing him to a 1-2 year deal

[sureLoss]

The Miller trade ends up as follows

Ryan Miller and Steve Ott for Chris Stewart, Jaroslav Halak, William Carrier, 2015 1st round, 2016 3rd round.


I have also read in some Shark blogs that it might be time to move on from Niemi. If true Sharks are definitely considering Miller. Niemi only has 1 year left on his contract.

[Huntingwhale]

What a brutal rental trade.

[N-E-B]

Miller won't go anywhere in Canada. It's pretty well-known he doesn't want to play up here. He'll go to San Jose or Anaheim.