Jaroslav Halak is accepted to accessible in ambition as he makes his Blues admission adjoin the visiting Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night.
Halak was acquired from Montreal afterwards his hasty Eastern Appointment playoff run, which saw him advance the eighth-seeded Canadiens to alternation wins over No. 1 berry Washington and No. 4 berry Pittsburgh afore falling to Philadelphia in the appointment finals.
“It’s activity to be a fresh challenge. It’s affectionate of funny, because I got traded actuality and the home aperture bold is adjoin Philadelphia,” he told the Blues’ official website. “It’s activity to be a big claiming and I anticipate everybody’s attractive advanced to it.”
Halak accomplished 26-13-5 with a 2.40 goals-against boilerplate in the approved division in 2009-10, but the Flyers won in bristles amateur in the East finals as Halak acquaint a 2.91 GAA.
The Blues are counting on Halak to advance them to the playoffs afterwards finishing ninth in the Western Appointment aftermost season.
Philadelphia opened its division with a 3-2 win over Pittsburgh on Thursday, as amateur Sergei Bobrovsky chock-full 29 of 31 shots to become the youngest Flyer to win his NHL admission back Antero Niittymaki on Feb. 4, 2004. Watch Philadelphia Flyers Vs. St. Louis Blues Live Online Give it a try >>>
