Jordan Binnington trade talk heats up as Blues keep the bar high
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Jordan Binnington trade buzz is back for the St. Louis Blues, and the NHL trade deadline squeeze is getting real.
Elliotte Friedman's latest read is simple, St. Louis would listen on Binnington, but the price is high.
That matters because teams hunting help between the pipes do not see many sure things available right now.
Binnington's season line explains the tug of war, he sits at 8-17-6 with a 3.65 goals against average and an .864 save percentage.
The Blues are also buried at 22-29-9, so the standings say «sell,» even if the crease is the hardest spot to replace.
Here's the post that kicked the conversation back into high gear.
The key detail is not that St. Louis is shopping him, it's that they are open to «just about anything,» as long as the return hurts.
That's classic leverage talk, and it works because goaltending markets get weird fast when one contender blinks.
Jordan Binnington puts the St. Louis Blues on edge
Blues fans feel the whiplash here, because the room knows he can steal a week, but the season keeps slipping anyway.
If a contender calls, they are not just buying saves, they are buying a Cup-tested goalie who thrives when the game turns nasty.
But the cap math is not light, Binnington carries a $6.0 million cap hit through 2026-27.
He also controls his lanes with a modified no-trade setup, which can quietly shrink the list of clean fits.
From the Blues side, holding firm makes sense, if they move him, it has to bring back real future value, not spare parts.
From the buyer side, you are betting your spring on a goalie whose numbers have dipped, and you need your blue line to protect him better than St. Louis has.
The next game will crank this up again, because one sharp start can turn «expensive» into «worth it» in a hurry.
Either way, this feels like a negotiation story first, and a hockey story second, until one desperate team finally pays the toll.
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