On the St. Louis Blues …
Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: the St. Louis Blues have avoided salary arbitration with left winger Jaden Schwartz. Their arbitration had been set for July 20th. The deal is for five years and just under $27 million.
General Fanager: Schwartz’s five year contract carries a $5.35 million cap hit. The deal has a modified no-trade clause in the final two years of the contract.
Cap Friendly: Schwartz’s modified no-trade clause is a 15 team no trade list in the final two years. Those years would have been unrestricted free agent years.
Jeremy Rutherford: The Blues signed goaltenders Jordan Binnington and Pheonix Copley to one-year, two-way contracts.
On the Toronto Maple Leafs …
Cap Friendly: the Maple Leafs have signed RFA goalie Garret Sparks to a one-year, two-way deal with $575,000 in the NHL, $100,000 in the AHL, with $150,000 guaranteed.
On the Edmonton Oilers and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins …
Chris Nichols of Today SlapShot: Edmonton Oilers center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on 630 CHED on being on TSN’s most likely to be traded list and if the rumors creep into a players mind.
“I mean, when you see stuff like that – you know me, Bob, I don’t follow that kind of stuff too closely – you try to stay out of it as much as possible. You go on social media and stuff, so you do see things a little bit. But for the most part, I was good about keeping my mind off it. But it’s in the back of your mind, no matter what you do.
“I felt pretty comfortable in my position. There’s just a lot of talk and really, it’s just guys kind of putting their own opinions out there. It kind of gets carried away, I think, a little bit. But yeah, it’s still in the back of your mind a little bit.”
