St. Louis Blues Part Ways With Martin Brodeur, Promote Bill Armstrong

After a report surfaced recently that Martin Brodeur would be leaving the St. Louis Blues organization, many wondered who would be taking over his role as Assistant General Manager. The team announced today that Bill Armstrong has been promoted from his former position as Director of Amateur Scouting to take over as AGM, while also confirming that Brodeur will be pursuing other opportunities, which are expected to be with the New Jersey Devils organization. The press release included a statement from Brodeur thanking the organization for his time there:

I want to thank Tom Stillman, Doug Armstrong, Chris Zimmerman and the Blues organization for giving me the opportunity to continue my playing career and begin my career off the ice in hockey operations. I am looking forward to the next chapter of my career

The team has also announced several other title changes including naming Kevin McDonald the new General Manager of the San Antonio Rampage, Glen Wesley as a development coach, Ryan Miller as Director of Hockey Operations and Dave Farrish as a pro scout. Barret Jackman will also not return in 2018-19. Lou Korac of NHL.com adds that Armstrong will continue in his previous role running the amateur scouting, just under a new title and position.

Armstrong has been with the organization since 2004 and is widely regarded as extremely proficient at evaluating amateur talent, something that has shown quite clearly in the Blues draft history since he took over as director in 2010. With selections like Joel Edmundson, Colton Parayko, Ivan Barbashev, Ville Husso, Vince Dunn, Jordan Kyrou and others all coming well outside the first round, the team has built an extremely deep pipeline of talent for their NHL squad. Continuing to bring in talent will be key for the team going forward after they went all-in this offseason trying to compete for the Stanley Cup.