The St. Louis Blues captured the organization’s first Stanley Cup on the back of rookie goaltender Jordan Binnington. The Ontario native’s road to the NHL alone, let alone success was improbable. At one point last year, Binnington rejected a demotion and was loaned to the Boston Bruins’ AHL affiliate.
As part of this journey, the goaltender played on three straight one year contracts before finally breaking through this year. Now, at 25-years-old, the goaltender is a restricted free agent looking for a major pay raise from his previous $650,000. The Blues have around $18 million in cap space for this summer, seven restricted and four unrestricted free agents that need extensions.