The St. Louis Blues had one left nut to crack for the 2019 offseason. That was the arbitration contract of Joel Edmundson.
His deal was holding up the rest of their particulars since they needed to know how much of the remaining $5 million they had in cap space would be spent on him. Now they know and now they can begin real negotiations with Ivan Barbashev.
Edmundson will be getting $3.1 million on a one-year deal. We might be going through this entire scenario again next offseason, but at least it is done for now.