Confirmed Signing with Link: [STL] Alex Steen signs extension with Blues (4 years, $5.75M AAV)

[Zirakzigil]

Pretty solid contract for what he brings.

 

[Willy Stylez]

Seems like a fair deal.

 

[WesMcCauley]

Fair deal for both Steen and Blues

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

He's been good for Blues but he'll be 37 years old when this contract expires so it's possible he will slow down the last couple of years.

At $3.5M hard cash for a $5.75M cap hit in his last year, he might be of interest to a cap floor team.

He has a NTC, however.

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

No one has called it a steel.

Because most know how to spell, unlike the poster you quoted...

 

[Roof Daddy]

Good deal for the Blues.

What I find odd is that the consensus on this deal is that it is a great contract for the Blues, but when the Oil signed Lucic the HF hive mind proclaimed it will be a horrible deal in the back half of the contract. Looch will be 33 and 34 in those final 2 years, the same age as Steen in the first 2 years of his extension.

Again, I like the Steen deal, just mentioning Looch because I think it's funny how many people slammed his deal.

 

[Skip2myBordyloo]

Great deal.

Wasn't there a thread on HF how Steen was going to get 9 million on his next deal?

 

[Esq]

If he is healthy, he's worth every penny.

 

[BlueDream]

Great deal.

Wasn't there a thread on HF how Steen was going to get 9 million on his next deal?

I remember that, lol.

As a pending UFA there was.

The chances of Steen ending the season without a contract was about 0%. He was never going to be an unprotected UFA at the time of the draft.

 

[nicholas89alex]

Good deal for the Blues.

What I find odd is that the consensus on this deal is that it is a great contract for the Blues, but when the Oil signed Lucic the HF hive mind proclaimed it will be a horrible deal in the back half of the contract. Looch will be 33 and 34 in those final 2 years, the same age as Steen in the first 2 years of his extension.

Again, I like the Steen deal, just mentioning Looch because I think it's funny how many people slammed his deal.

Lucic .64 ppg last 4 years
steen .82 ppg last 4 years

obviously ppg isnt the defining stat but points is just half of what steener brings to the blues. so basically you get a slightly older, better offensive player, who is at worse equal defensively, who plays a game that tends to age better, for a quarter of a million less.

 

[BlueDream]

Lucic .64 ppg last 4 years
steen .82 ppg last 4 years

obviously ppg isnt the defining stat but points is just half of what steener brings to the blues. so basically you get a slightly older, better offensive player, who is at worse equal defensively, who plays a game that tends to age better, for a quarter of a million less.

And they're not even equal defensively, Steen is far far superior in that aspect.

 

[nicholas89alex]

And they're not even equal defensively, Steen is far far superior in that aspect.

I figured but don't watch lucic enough to say for sure. So yeah I'll take a slightly older but better player on a cheaper deal.

 

[LondonKendrick]

I'm still happy the Leafs traded him, I get he's good but I always hated him