With another loss under his belt for the 2026-27 season, St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington has once again earned himself a spot on the hot seat. This time, the chair is on fire, and it is time for General Manager Alexander Steen to do something about it.
Falling to 1-3-1, with a lowly save percentage of .850, and an astronomical Goals Against Average of 4.27, Binnington has not been able to find any momentum this year. Now, not every goal is his fault, and that was sort of prevalent in the game against the Devils, but he has been in those kinds of spots before and made the save.
To boil it all down, in five starts, he has allowed more than five goals on three separate occasions. It doesn't matter what kind of offensive firepower you have, as that is a near-impossible feat to come back from.
The time has come for a trade to come down, before there are no available suitors left to want him. Let’s talk about it.
Enough is enough
A few weeks ago, there was a very good argument to be made about a trade with the New York Rangers, as they were in deep waters with their goaltending situation. But now, with Dylan Garand in full swing again, and Joonas Korpsialo returning shortly, that trade is not null and void.
Around the NHL, Buffalo might be just the best team with the worst goaltending dilemma, following their swing and miss on Connor Hellebuyck. Steen has to be looking there for what in the world they can get back for the Blues' winningest goaltender in franchise history.
Sell now, and embrace the call-up
To sell on Binnington now might be the best play. He had had a few chances against good, but beatable teams. No. 50 has failed to do so, and thus, the time has come for this franchise to move on.
If he is moved, there are a couple of things that will happen. Springfield will lose one of their goaltenders, which could be either Will Cranley or Georgii Romanov. Cranley has been the better of the two by a large margin.
With Love Harenstram and Vladimir Proskurin both in the farm system, but in their respective leagues in Sweden and Russia, both of them will have a chance in the coming years as Joel Hofer's backup. Of course, that is if Cranley doesn't rise to the occasion now, if given the chance.
Either way, if the Blues want to be able to win hockey games without Hofer in net, then a drastic change has to be made. They cannot rely on the goaltender who brought them their first-ever Stanley Cup anymore.
Add us as a preferred source on Google