Blues dish out extensions to Thomas, Leddy; sign Acciari
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The St. Louis Blues have signed forward Robert Thomas to an eight-year, $65 million contract extension.
The deal will carry an average annual value of $8.125 million.
Thomas is coming off a career year in which he posted 20 goals and 77 points in 72 games. He added two goals and six points in 12 games playoff games.
The 23-year-old is signed through next season at a $2.8 million cap hit on the two-year deal he signed last September with the Blues.
Selected 20th overall by the Blues in the 2017 NHL Draft, Thomas has 42 goals and 164 points in 241 career games.
Thomas becomes the seventh member of the Blues roster signed through at least 2025-26, joining forwards Brayden Schenn and Brandon Sadd, as well as defecemen Justin Faulk, Torey Krug and Colton Parayko, and goaltender Jordan Binnington.
The Blues also made a pair of signings on Wednesday, bringing back defenceman Nick Leddy on a four-year, $16 million deal as well as forward Noel Acciari on a one-year, $1.25 million agreement.
The 31-year-old Leddy had three goals and 24 points in 75 games last season split between the Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues.
A first-round pick (16th overall) by the Minnesota Wild at the 2009 NHL Draft, Leddy has had NHL stints with the Chicago Blackhawks, New York Islanders, Red Wings and Blues. He won the 2013 Stanley Cup with Chicago.
He is coming off a seven-year, $38.5 million with an average annual value of $5.5 million.
Acciari, 30, scored three goals and added five assists in 20 games last season for the Florida Panthers.
He is coming off a three-year, $5 million deal he signed with the Panthers in the summer of 2019.