Jimmy Snuggerud is giving the Blues another offensive weapon

The St. Louis Blues are 2-1-0 to start the 2025-26 regular season, with wins over the Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks. The team has seen production from several players, including Jake Neighbours’ three goals, Nathan Walker and Pavel Buchnevich each with two assists, and Robert Thomas scoring a goal and assist of his own.

But it’s Jimmy Snuggerud, the 21-year-old who made his NHL debut last season, who leads the way with three points by way of two goals and an assist. Snuggerud, a 2022 first-round pick, dominated the NCAA with the University of Minnesota, scoring 135 points (66 goals and 69 assists) during his three seasons in the Big 10. Since signing an entry-level deal, his transition to the pro game has been as smooth as the team could hope.

On Tuesday’s episode of Daily Faceoff LIVE, Tyler Yaremchuk and former NHL goaltender Carter Hutton discuss Snuggerud’s early impact on the group and where he fits into the Blues’ forward corps.

Tyler Yaremchuk: Dating back to last year, Snuggerud has got seven points in his last 10 games. This St. Louis team, I think I tend to overlook them, but when you take a peak at who they already have, and with Snuggerud being another piece in that group, I think the Blues are closer to being a team that’s in the inner circle of Stanley Cup contenders than they are a team that’s fighting for a playoff spot.

Carter Hutton: I agree. I guess for him, he’s a guy who gets overlooked when we were predicting the Calder Trophy race. He’s a little more mature of a player, I think he comes in a little less offensively dominant, like some of the guys like Ivan Demidov and Connor Bedard. Snuggerud fits in as a two-way, top-six guy who can do it all.

You have some players up front like Robert Thomas and Jordan Kyrou, Pavel Buchneviceh and Brayden Schenn, you can put Snuggerud in a good spot.

You can watch the full segment and the rest of the episode here…