The longer term is brilliant in St. Louis. And now, it is right here to remain.
With coaching camp getting nearer by the day, the St. Louis Blues determined to lock in one in all their franchise pillars for the long run, agreeing to phrases with ahead Jordan Kyrou on a large eight-year contract extension price a mean annual worth of $8.125 million.
The deal, which now ties Kyrou to St. Louis by way of the 2030-31 season, comes only a few months after his teammate Robert Thomas signed an similar eight-year pact price the identical AAV, absolutely entrenching each gamers because the core of the Blues lineup shifting ahead.
It is laborious to argue towards that sentiment, both.
Kyrou broke out in an enormous manner for the Blues final season, his first full marketing campaign as an NHLer, racking up a formidable 27 objectives and 48 assists for 75 factors in 74 video games, all whereas logging practically 17 minutes in common nightly ice time. Extra impressively is that Kyrou managed to do the majority of his injury when the enjoying subject was even, with 22 of his objectives and 33 of his assists coming at even-strength, whereas his 5 objectives and 14 assists on the facility play nonetheless made him throughout the man benefit.
With Kyrou and Thomas beneath contract by way of the top of the last decade, the Blues can now flip their focus to a different star ahead, hopefully discovering cap room for an extension for Ryan O’Reilly, who is ready to develop into a free agent subsequent summer season.
Within the meantime, although, Blues followers can relaxation straightforward figuring out their youth motion will stay intact for fairly a while.