In the summer of 2015 Blues center Jori Lehtera signed a 3 year 14 million dollar contract extension. He would make 2.75 million dollars in the 2015-16 season before his three year extension would kick in with a 4.7 million dollar average yearly cap hit.
In 2015 Lehtera was coming off his first season with the Blues. He had caught the eye of many Blues fans while centering the red hot line of Vladimir Tarasenko and Jaden Schwartz. During that year he logged 14 goals and 30 assists in 75 regular season games as well as 2 helpers in 5 playoff games.