Dube has not played an NHL game since the 2023-24 season, but could get a shot after signing a one-year contract with the St. Louis Blues. The 27-year-old scored 37 points (20G / 17A) last season in 46 games with the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL).
Johnston has struggled to be a full-time NHLer over his career, but at age 31 in the 2025-26 season, he had a breakout season in a fourth-line role for the Anaheim Ducks, tallying 14 points (3G / 11A), 107 penalty minutes, and 192 hits in 62 games. He earns himself some security, joining the Blues on a three-year contract worth $6 million ($2M AAV).
The Blues will owe $1.33M AAV against the cap for each of the next two seasons. Drouin becomes a UFA after scoring four goals and 20 assists (24 points) in 64 games in 2025-26.
Berggren was acquired mid-season in 2025-26 by the Blues off waivers from the Detroit Red Wings and made enough of an impact with his new team to earn a one-year contract extension. The 25-year-old Swedish forward, the 33rd-overall pick in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, scored 16 points (6G / 10A) in 36 games with the Blues last season.
Drouin has one year left on his deal that carries a $4.0M cap-hit. According to PuckPedia, Drouin's buy-out will carry a $1.33M cap-hit for 2027 and 2028. Drouin, who had just one goal and two assists (three points) in nine games with the Blues after being acquired in the Brayden Schenn trade, will become an unrestricted free agent on July 1st.
Carlo's short tenure in Toronto is over after a season and a half after the team announced Saturday that St. Louis had acquired the 29-year-old defensemen for the 73rd overall pick in 2026 and the 76th overall pick. Carlo not only failed to score in 2025-26, but only appeared in 55 games due to injury, ending the season with seven points, 37 PIMs and a +4 plus/minus.
After four full seasons in Anaheim, Mason McTavish has been acquired by St. Louis for the No.15 overall pick and the No.29 overall pick on Friday. The 23-year-old was Anaheim's 2021 1st round pick (3rd overall) and had 17 goals, 41 points and 42 PIMs in 75 games played in 2025-26. He is expected to be a key part of St. Louis' top-six for the 2026-27 season.
St. Louis has solidified its goaltending depth after it announced the Blues had signed Georgi Romanov to a two-year, two-way contract extension. The 26-year-old last appeared in the NHL with San Jose in 2024-25, going winless across eight appearances. He is expected to start the 2026-27 season in Springfield (AHL), where he shared the Thunderbirds crease last season, going 9-12-4 with a .896 SV% and 3.29 GAA.
Peterson was a third-round pick of the Blues in 2020 and has yet to appear in an NHL game. After four years at Boston University, Petersson has spent the last two seasons in the AHL, where he has scored 25 goals and 21 assists (46 points) in 109 games.
Dean was originally selected with the No.30 overall pick in 2021 and was traded to the Blues for Ivan Barbashev in 2023. Since then, he's appeared in just nine NHL games and has spent the last two full seasons in Springfield (AHL). In 2025-26, he had just four goals and 10 assists (14 points) in 36 AHL games.
Holloway missed a significant portion of the 2025-26 season due to injuries, but was tremendous when healthy, building on his breakout 2024-25 season. The 24-year-old forward averaged a career-high 18:15 time-on-ice, recording 129 hits and 51 points (22G / 29A) in 59 games. Even with his injury woes, Holloway’s 51-point season was tied for second on the Blues, earning him a five-year contract extension.
Berggren will draw in alongside Justin Holl and Jack Finley as the Blues do some line shuffling ahead of their season finale on Thursday. Oskar Sundqvist, Matthew Kessel, and Jonathan Drouin will all draw out of the lineup.
Finley will draw in alongside Justin Holl and Jonatan Berggren as the Blues do some line shuffling ahead of their season finale on Thursday. Oskar Sundqvist, Matthew Kessel, and Jonathan Drouin will all draw out of the lineup.
Drouin, Oskar Sundqvist, and Matthew Kessel will all draw out of the lineup as the Blues do some line shuffling ahead of their season finale on Thursday. Jack Finley, Jonatan Berggren, and Justin Holl will slot in.
Hofer will get the nod for the Blues season finale in Utah on Thursday. Hofer secured the victory in his last start, stopping 28 of the 31 shots he faced in a 6-3 win over the Wild on Monday. The 25-year-old netminder has been one of the few bright spots for the Blues this season, posting a 23-13-5 record and a .910 SV% across 45 appearances. Hofer and the Blues enter action on Thursday at -125 on the money line.
Koromyslov was St. Louis' 2020 4th round pick (120th overall) and has signed a two-year, entry-level contract on Wednesday. The 22-year-old Russian defensemen just completed his fourth season in KHL and second with Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL), where he had a goal and 17 points in 61 games played.
