The St. Louis Blues announced that a pair of young forwards – Zach Dean and Dylan Peterson – have each been signed to a one-year, two-way contract extension.
A couple of prospects are staying in the St. Louis Blues system for at least another year. On Thursday, Blues general manager Doug Armstrong announced that the team has signed forwards Zach Dean and Dylan Peterson to one-year, two-way contract extensions.
On Thursday, the St. Louis Blues announced that forward Zach Dean has been cleared to rejoin the team after receiving care from the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
The Blues are in a bit of a funk. They’ve missed each of the last two postseasons — only the fourth time in the team’s 47-year history that they’ve missed consecutive playoffs.
The St. Louis Blues haven’t made any major moves this summer, but they’ve improved the forward depth and overall group for the 2024-25 season with a couple of trades.
Zach Dean showed up to the practice rink at Centene Community Ice Center with no expectations, just another day of skating and preparation in the every day life of being in the NHL.
With the St. Louis Blues pushing for a playoff spot, the spotlight is on the recently recalled one of the club's top prospects, Zach Dean. As fans eagerly anticipate his NHL debut, head coach Drew Bannister voiced his measured approach to the 21-year-old's integration into the team. "I think we need to get him a couple of practices here.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
Chalk up Zach Dean as one of the latest scoring threats from the junior level that perhaps thought a bump to the American Hockey League would be more like a walk in the park than a tough, arduous climb.