The Blues signed defenseman Tyler Tucker to a two-year contract extension worth an average of $925,000 per season, the team announced Friday.
Tucker's contract was set to expire this summer. He will be paid $900,000 next season and $950,000 in 2026-27.
If he played in eight of the Blues' remaining games, he would have been a restricted free agent with rights controlled by St. Louis. Had he not played in eight more games, Tucker would have become a Group 6 unrestricted free agent available to sign with any team in the league.
This season, Tucker has two goals and two assists in 20 games.
After he was recalled from AHL affiliate Springfield on Dec. 19, Tucker played in 19 of the next 20 games, including a career-long 18 in a row. He missed three games with an upper-body injury before the 4 Nations break, and has now been a healthy scratch in favor of Nick Leddy for the last three games.
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With Tucker now under contract, the Blues have seven defensemen signed for next season. That includes Colton Parayko ($6.5 million salary-cap hit), Justin Faulk ($6.5 million), Torey Krug ($6.5 million), Philip Broberg ($4.581 million), Cam Fowler ($4 million) and Leddy ($4 million).
Krug has missed the entire season following ankle surgery in September.
Ryan Suter is the only current Blues defenseman that will become an unrestricted free agent this summer. Minor-league defensemen Hunter Skinner and Anton Malmstrom will be restricted free agents.
