Blues sign Blais to 2-year, $3M extension

The St. Louis Blues inked forward Sammy Blais to a two-year extension with an average annual value of $1.5 million, the team announced Wednesday.

Blais, 23, had been scheduled to become a restricted free agent at the end of the current season.

"He's a developing player that we think highly of," general manager Doug Armstrong said, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Jim Thomas. "We think he certainly can be a top-nine regular in our group. I think injuries derailed a little bit of that for him at the start of this year."

The 6-foot-2 winger suffered a broken wrist in November, which limited him to just 40 games in 2019-20 before play was suspended. Despite the injury, Blais led the Blues with 155 hits while contributing six goals and 13 points.

St. Louis selected Blais in the sixth round of the 2014 NHL Draft. The Quebec native has tallied nine goals and 20 points over 83 career contests, all with the Blues.

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