St Louis Blues Interested in Hiring Jay Bouwmeester

If it was up to St Louis Blues general manager Doug Armstrong, Jay Bouwmeester would be hired tomorrow as a scout for the team. Armstrong was recently on the Cam and Strick Podcast and commented on the fact he would love to hire Bouwmeester in the near future and get him back in the game in some capacity.

I would love to work with him. I would love to get him into some scouting for us in the future. He's one of those guys, he's got a great hockey mind - and also, retirement's great until you're home all the time. Now I'm not saying that he's going to want to travel like a pro scout and do four games in five nights in five cities, but he can go into Calgary, go up to Edmonton, go to Vancouver, he can come in when we're there.

The 37-year-old suffered a cardiac episode in February and has yet to officially retire, but it unfortunately does appear to be heading in that direction. If Bouwmeester wants to stay close to the game on his own terms it sounds like the Blues will set him up nicely with this position.

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— Andy Strickland (@andystrickland) December 2, 2020