Ryan Miller's time as a Sabre is over. The longtime Buffalo goaltender has been traded to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for another goaltender, Jaroslav Halak, in a big five player, two draft pick trade that also includes NHL forwards Steve Ott and Chris Stewart.

To Buffalo: Jaroslav Halak, Chris Stewart, prospect William Carrier, 2015 1st round pick, 2016 conditional 3rd round pick.

To St. Louis: Ryan Miller, Steve Ott.

The 33-year-old Miller has posted a 15-22-3 record with the Sabres this season, with a 2.72 goals-against average and a .923 save percentage.

Originally selected in the fifth round (138th overall) by the Sabres at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, Miller has spent his entire 11-year NHL career in Buffalo, posting a 284-186-1-56-28 record with a 2.60 goals-against average and a .916 save percentage.

Miller is in the final year of a five-year deal worth an average annual value of $6.25 million that he signed with the Sabres prior to the 2009-10 season.

Ott, 31, has appeared in 59 games with the Sabres this season, scoring nine goals and 11 assists.

He is in the final year of a four-year, $11.8 million contract and is slated to become an unrestricted free-agent on July 1.

Ott was selected in the first round (25th overall) of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft by the Dallas Stars and played nine seasons in Dallas before being traded to Buffalo in 2012.

In 673 career games with the Sabres and Stars, Ott has scored 103 goals and 161 assists while racking up 1,318 penalty minutes.

Halak, 28, has appeared in 40 games with the Blues this season recording a 24-9-4 record, with a 2.23 goals against average and a .917 save percentage.

He is currently in the final year of a four-year, $15 million contract he signed prior to the 2010-11 season and is slated to become an unrestricted free agent this summer.

Halak was selected in the ninth round (271st overall) of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens. He has appeared in 260 career games with the Blues and Canadiens, posting a 139-81-26-29 record with a 2.38 goals-against average and a .917 save percentage.

the Hawks haven't beaten them once in three tries.

NHL teams don't sandbag the regular season (except for Game 48 last year where everyone was a healthy scratch). Even the shitty Sabres have been busting their asses for Ted Nolan because that's what Ted Nolan's teams do. The Blues are considerably better than the Hawks this year, which will happen when Captain Tryhard doesn't give a fuck for weeks at a time, something people don't like to talk about.

TSN now reporting that the Sabres are looking to flip Halak to Minnesota to take over for the perpetually injured Backstrom/Harding duo. Great.

TSN now reporting that the Sabres are looking to flip Halak to Minnesota to take over for the perpetually injured Backstrom/Harding duo. Great.

Career, Regular Season, Even Strength

Miller has faced 11648 shots and made 10745 saves for a 0.9225 ESS%.
Halak has faced 4904 shots and made 4535 saves for a 0.9248 ESS%.

Edge Halak, but realistically those save percentages are the same.

Last 3 years, Regular Season, Even Strength

Miller has faced 4056 shots and made 3748 saves for a 0.9241 ESS%.
Halak has faced 2448 shots and made 2262 saves for a 0.9240 ESS%.
Those save percentages are obviously the same. That's one goal difference in 10,000 shots.

And the Blackhawks couldn't beat Quick, or Rask or any of the other douches that are brick walls. Ill take my chances in the playoffs against anyone . It might not be their year sure, but they shouldn't be afraid to play anyone in the playoffs. Neither should their fans.

They've been bad for two months. Perhaps you missed losing to Grand Rapids, losing to Dallas on an Antoine Roussel penalty shot, getting shut out by a Mike Smith who might lose his starting job, and a cavalcade of overtime losses.

I hate St Louis but this was a great deal for them. The Hawks are in trouble.

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

Just admit this isn't our year. St. Louis is going all in on this year, and the Hawks haven't beaten them once in three tries. The Hawks should still try their best and hope that the Blues crap out in the playoffs like they did the last two years, but they need to think about the long game here and not make big sacrifices to win a year that isn't theirs to win. It won't be worth it.

Hard to be optimistic with the Hawks' offense plummeting and a study from the NYT saying that goal scoring drops by about .08 per Olympian. which means we're on pace to score like 2.2 goals a game the rest of the way out.