Confirmed with Link: Blues sign Stastny!!!!!4 years, $7 million

[2 Minute Minor]

Another thing that is great about the Stastny situation is that he gets to go through training camp with us to get adjusted. Getting him at the trade deadline may have been a Miller situation for bit as he played with one team his whole life and suddenly is on a new team in the same division. The Blues would have to juggle lines in the regular season to try and find something. Now they can do it during training camp.

Now, instead of being traded, he makes the choice to come to St. Louis and gets the entire offseason and training camp to become acquainted with everything.

Also an argument for why Sobotka/Schwartz would be unwise to hold out. I think the possibility is remote (but its really Schwartz' only negotiating option), but this season in particular it would be detrimental.

 

[JustOneB4IDie]

Major kudos to GM Doug Armstrong for sticking to his guns on not signing any contract past four years with Stastny. That was really important to Armstrong, but it’s hard to have that kind of self-control on July 1 when sometimes your emotions get the better of you with all the money flying around the NHL. He gave Stastny top dollar, averaging $7 million per year, but was able to get the term he wanted at four years, buying exactly the best four years of Stastny’s career from age 28 to 32. That’s mighty impressive. Yes Armstrong has made mistakes with his affinity for ex-over the hill former Stars players and the Miller fiasco notwithstanding, however this Stastny coup ranks right up there with his finest moves as the Blues GM.