Confirmed with Link: Scottie Upshall signs one year deal for 2016-2017 [900K one-way]

[jura]

ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Blues President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Doug Armstrong announced today the club has signed forward Scottie Upshall to a one-year, two-way contract.

Upshall, 31, dressed in 63 regular season games with the Florida Panthers last season, posting 15 points (eight goals, seven assists) and 28 penalty minutes.

The 6-foot, 200-pound forward is a veteran of 12 National Hockey League (NHL) seasons including stints with Florida, Columbus, Phoenix, Philadelphia and Nashville.

Overall, the Fort McMurray, Alberta, native has accumulated 234 points (115 goals, 119 assists) and 480 penalty minutes in 553 career regular season games, as well as 10 points (four goals, six assists) and 48 penalty minutes in 26 career postseason games.

Upshall was originally drafted by Nashville in the first round (sixth overall) of the 2002 NHL Draft.

http://blues.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=781731

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[STL fan in MN]

Blues sign Upshall

@jprutherford: Upshall's contract is $700,000 in the NHL, $200,000 in the AHL. #stlblues

Good signing IMO. Very low risk with it being a two-way deal and he provides good depth. Plays hard, all out effort, gritty and can pop in a few goals here and there too.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Blues President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Doug Armstrong announced today the club has signed forward Scottie Upshall to a one-year, two-way contract.

Upshall, 31, dressed in 63 regular season games with the Florida Panthers last season, posting 15 points (eight goals, seven assists) and 28 penalty minutes.

The 6-foot, 200-pound forward is a veteran of 12 National Hockey League (NHL) seasons including stints with Florida, Columbus, Phoenix, Philadelphia and Nashville.

Overall, the Fort McMurray, Alberta, native has accumulated 234 points (115 goals, 119 assists) and 480 penalty minutes in 553 career regular season games, as well as 10 points (four goals, six assists) and 48 penalty minutes in 26 career postseason games.

Upshall was originally drafted by Nashville in the first round (sixth overall) of the 2002 NHL Draft.

http://blues.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=781731

He looks so happy.

Welcome to the Lou Scottie.

 

[MortiestOfMortys]

As a LW, I'm sure this means less games for Ott, which ought to make a lot of you happy.

 

[Vladys Gumption]

I'm not upset at all that Upshall got signed. He's a good 13th forward. Hopefully that means he'll rotate in and out with Ott.

 

[BlueOil]

Porter's replacement.

 

[TheDizee]

upshall is a good player and a good 3rd/4th line playoff performer. good signing

 

[Robb_K]

Added 4th Line depth, and decent 3rd Line fill-in, near the minimum salary and cap hit, and on a 2-way contract with only $200,000 when in The AHL. Can't lose. He'll be a better option than Ott.

 

[craws]

We'll never see it, but wouldn't it be great to have a checking line consisting of:
Upshall - Brodziak - Brouwer

I can't see Ott or Reaves going anywhere, but that checking line has more speed and talent, yet still brings the pain.

We would have a 4th line that actually could score a few goals. That's not too common these days. Just thinking out loud...

 

[JustOneB4IDie]

Yawns... Upshall is the final piece to a franchise that has yet to win anything.

 

[542365]

Yawns... Upshall is the final piece to a franchise that has yet to win anything.

You say dumb **** like this all the time. Do you think the Hawks or the Kings never sign role players? All they ever sign is superstars? You need depth to win. That has been proven over and over again. It's why the Hawks dominate and the Pens and Ducks don't. Top end talent is similar on both teams, Hawks have them in depth.

 

[bluemandan]

You say dumb **** like this all the time. Do you think the Hawks or the Kings never sign role players? All they ever sign is superstars? You need depth to win. That has been proven over and over again. It's why the Hawks dominate and the Pens and Ducks don't. Top end talent is similar on both teams, Hawks have them in depth.

The Hawks win because Brian Campbell is the only star who had a real cap hit until this season. Keith and Hossa are on back-diving contracts over a decade long and Kane/Toews took a discount on their RFA deals with the promise of big checks later.

 

[sbkbghockey]

You say dumb **** like this all the time. Do you think the Hawks or the Kings never sign role players? All they ever sign is superstars? You need depth to win. That has been proven over and over again. It's why the Hawks dominate and the Pens and Ducks don't. Top end talent is similar on both teams, Hawks have them in depth.

The one thing about Upshall is that I would have liked the Blues to sign a veteran playoff/Stanley Cup performer. Upshall has 1 playoff goal in the last 9 seasons. He has 4 goals, 6 assists in 26 NHL playoff games.

 

[MortiestOfMortys]

The one thing about Upshall is that I would have liked the Blues to sign a veteran playoff/Stanley Cup performer. Upshall has 1 playoff goal in the last 9 seasons. He has 4 goals, 6 assists in 26 NHL playoff games.

The one thing about that is that those players don't cost $700k and play on the 4th line

 

[sbkbghockey]

The one thing about that is that those players don't cost $700k and play on the 4th line

Goood point. Upshall and now Gomez are super low risk! DA got a them at awesomely low prices.

 

[Robb_K]

Goood point. Upshall and now Gomez are super low risk! DA got a them at awesomely low prices.

I just don't want Gomez being available keeping Rattie from getting his NHL trial before The Blues can decide to keep him or not, and then, by default, they'll have to trade him off for less than if they had "showcased him", and he played well in The NHL.

 

[Ranksu]

Love how low price Upshall agree. Very unrated PK'er and great extra booster giver. True team player! Great sign by Army!!

PS. Maybe Mod's can change topic to correct one, bit misleading.

 

[TheDizee]

this signals otts departure pretty much. jaskin and upshall both take his spot, not to mention sobotka likely returning.

 

[BlueDream]

Love Upshall and the energy he brings. This was a no-brainer.

No reason to bring Ott back.

 

[Oberyn]

Didn't like Upshall to start the season but he grew on me as time went on. Happy with this signing.

 

[Note Worthy]

Love Upshall and the energy he brings. This was a no-brainer.

No reason to bring Ott back.

Completely agreed.

 

[2 Minute Minor]

Good grief, I just realized this was a 2-way contract. Very team-friendly.

 

[Stealth JD]

Good grief, I just realized this was a 2-way contract. Very team-friendly.

I don't think it's 2-way...it was last year, and this is just a bump of the original thread to announce the most recent $900k contract. I'd have to believe that it's a one-way this go around, and that the title needs a mod-edit.

 

[2 Minute Minor]

Yeah, that's confusing. Should have been its own thread.

 

[ManyIdeas]

Leave the title as is...HFBlues way....