The St. Louis Blues have signed 2024 first-round pick Adam Jiricek to his entry-level contract (Twitter link). Jiricek becomes the first prospect from his draft class to sign an entry-level deal, even beating out unanimous first-overall pick Macklin Celebrini. To see Jiricek become the first of his class to sign is a bit of a surprise after a lower-body injury ended his season … [Read more...] about Blues Sign Adam Jiricek To Entry-Level Contract
Blues Expected To Acquire Radek Faksa, Mathieu Joseph
The Stars are trading center Radek Faksa to the Blues, Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli reports. St. Louis is also closing in on acquiring forward Mathieu Joseph in a separate deal, per Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet. More to come… … [Read more...] about Blues Expected To Acquire Radek Faksa, Mathieu Joseph
St. Louis Blues Expected To Re-Sign Kasperi Kapanen
TSN’s Chris Johnston reports the St. Louis Blues will be re-signing forward Kasperi Kapanen. The new contract will be for one year and it will pay the Finnish a total of $1MM, according to PuckPedia. After the Blues claimed Kapanen on waivers from the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 2022-23 NHL season, he appeared to look like a promising middle-six option within the … [Read more...] about St. Louis Blues Expected To Re-Sign Kasperi Kapanen
Blues Re-Sign Hunter Skinner
The Blues took care of one of their potential restricted free agents today, announcing that they’ve re-signed defenseman Hunter Skinner to a one-year, two-way deal. The contract pays $775K in the NHL and $80K at the AHL level. The 23-year-old was originally a fourth-round pick by the Rangers back in 2019 and joined St. Louis as part of the Vladimir Tarasenko trade back in … [Read more...] about Blues Re-Sign Hunter Skinner
St. Louis Blues Hoping To Extend Pavel Buchnevich
In a recent post-draft interview, the General Manager of the St. Louis Blues, Doug Armstrong, indicated that he and the organization will be aggressive in signing forward Pavel Buchnevich to an extension this summer (X Link). The news marks a sharp pivot for the Blues organization as Buchnevich’s name had begun popping up in the rumor mill before the trade deadline. Any … [Read more...] about St. Louis Blues Hoping To Extend Pavel Buchnevich