Kyrou signed for 2 years @ 2.8M AAV

[BadgersandBlues]

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[MissouriMook]

This deal will be one of the biggest steals in the league for the next two years.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Honestly not surprising after the year he just had. Paced himself at 50 points over a 82 game season in his first full NHL season.

 

[Falco Lombardi]

I thought it wouldn’t be that high but I can’t imagine he doesn’t at least earn it

 

[Davimir Tarablad]

A bit surprised at $2.8, figured it'd be $2.5 max on a 2yr deal given he had no arbitration rights and only one season of solid production. But I won't argue with it, especially if he can maintain his early season level and not hit a wall like he did around March.

 

[BadgersandBlues]

Unless we trade Tarasenko we're going to struggle to fit Sanford in under the cap or bring back Bozak - I'm expecting Thomas to go for something around there too.

 

[MissouriMook]

Unless we trade Tarasenko we're going to struggle to fit Sanford in under the cap or bring back Bozak - I'm expecting Thomas to go for something around there too.

Given his recent injury struggles, I expect Thomas to come in substantially lower and on a 1 year bridge to allow him to re-build some value.

 

[bleedblue1223]

Ok, we might need to move Tarasenko before the season starts.

 

[Vladys Gumption]

Just from a cap perspective I wish it had been a little less on the AAV, but from a value standpoint I’m perfectly fine with this. Even if he doesn’t take any further steps forwards development wise, a 50 point scoring RFA is worth significantly more than 2.8 millon a year.

 

[illinidave]

Yep a great deal, but will need to do some trades before season starts right?

 

[Oberyn]

Thought he would get around $2.5M but $2.8M isn't so bad. He took some major steps this past season and I'm confident that he'll be a consistent contributor for the team. He's the most exciting player to watch on the Blues and I hope to see him add to his highlight reel.

 

[BlueOil]

hopefully it came in a little higher than expected because army's making a trade

kyrou will be worth $2.8m and hopefully it'll be a steal, but with so little cap room left, something has to give

 

[bleedblue1223]

As for the deal itself, it's more than acceptable. I think we are pretty confident he'll develop well. I won't say amazing because this is how bridge deals work, if you develop, you'll always get great value, and if you regress it'll suck. Boston thought they'd get great value on DeBrusk, and he's turning into a dud for them.

 

[BadgersandBlues]

The signing has been confirmed on NHL.com:

Kyrou agrees to two-year contract with Blues

 

[BlueDream]

He will be worth that. I think he’ll eclipse 50 points this year. He has a great skillset.

Good contract. If they can get Thomas around the same I’d be happy.

 

[WeWentBlues]

I think Kyrou definitely will earn every penny of this contract. Surprised Blues didn't squeeze him on the AAV though. Definitely need to deal Tank now, or play with a short bench.

 

[DatDude44]

Kyrou's gonna love buffalo...... eichel's gonna love playing with saad and buchnevich....kidding aside, this a very nice bridge deal. He should outperform this cap hit both season, especially the 2nd year.

Excited for him and thomas and the hopeful physical gains they've made in this nice long offseason

 

[Ranksu]

Nothing special. I wonder how we can squeeze Thomas and Sanford ~3.5mill.$?

Most likely Tarasenko will be out.

 

[Falco Lombardi]

Nothing special. I wonder how we can squeeze Thomas and Sanford ~3.5mill.$?

Most likely Tarasenko will be out.

Thomas had a down year and no arb rights. He’s gonna get low balled

 

[bleedblue1223]

Thomas had a down year and no arb rights. He’s gonna get low balled

I think we have to be somewhat careful of repeating our Dunn situation. While we definitely wanted to move on from Dunn at a certain point because of his play, I'm sure Dunn's camp was looking forward to a change of scenery too.

 

[Majorityof1]

This is a weird situation where the deal is fine in a vacuum, good even. It's potentially troublesome with where our cap is. We all expected this to be lower, so we could fit everyone under with equal deals. Now it looks like someone is getting squeezed out, unless we trade Tarasenko ASAP.

I am not a Sanford fan, but I'd rather have him on the roster than trade him for nothing due to cap crunch. Sanford has filed for arbitration, so we might not have much control over what we give him. He makes bone headed plays, but he puts up decent stats, so his arbitration award could be a good bit of our remaining cap.

I also don't want Thomas getting super lowballed and becoming disgruntled. Now that Barby and Kyrou got more than expected, something has to give. It will be interesting what Armstorng can come up with.

 

[CaliforniaBlues310]

I’m assuming there’s been some progress on a Vladi deal.

Army is getting his RFA’s signed way sooner than usual. Normally it seems like he makes his UFA/trade moves and then works the RFA’s cap numbers into the remaining space.

 

[Stealth JD]

This is a weird situation where the deal is fine in a vacuum, good even. It's potentially troublesome with where our cap is. We all expected this to be lower, so we could fit everyone under with equal deals. Now it looks like someone is getting squeezed out, unless we trade Tarasenko ASAP.

I am not a Sanford fan, but I'd rather have him on the roster than trade him for nothing due to cap crunch. Sanford has filed for arbitration, so we might not have much control over what we give him. He makes bone headed plays, but he puts up decent stats, so his arbitration award could be a good bit of our remaining cap.

I also don't want Thomas getting super lowballed and becoming disgruntled. Now that Barby and Kyrou got more than expected, something has to give. It will be interesting what Armstorng can come up with.

I wonder what the arbitration number for Sanford needs to be for the Blues to simply decline and walk.

 

[Blanick]

I am pretty happy with this signing. Wish it was a little longer though because I think Kyrou is going to become 60+ point guy. It would have been nice to have a couple of more cheap years.

 

[Blanick]

I wonder what the arbitration number for Sanford needs to be for the Blues to simply decline and walk.

Anything over 3 and I would but money the Blues walk away.