{"id":318646,"date":"2025-12-01T15:38:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T15:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/318646\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T15:38:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T15:38:04","slug":"no-contract-talks-between-st-louis-blues-philip-broberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/318646\/","title":{"rendered":"No Contract Talks Between St. Louis Blues, Philip Broberg"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the 28th-ranked St. Louis Blues will likely move on from a few pending free agents leading up to this year\u2019s trade deadline, there are a few they could look to extend for the right price. Defenseman Philip Broberg<\/a> is a prime extension candidate on the roster this season, though Jeremy Rutherford of The Athletic writes<\/a> that no contract talks have taken place yet.<\/p>\n

Poached from the Edmonton Oilers last year by way of an offer sheet, the investment turned out well for the Blues. The former 8th overall pick of the 2019 NHL Draft enjoyed the best year of his career last season, scoring eight goals and 29 points in 68 games with a +21 rating, averaging 20:30 of ice time per night.<\/p>\n

It was a clear indication that Broberg was underutilized during his tenure in Alberta. Debuting in the 2021-22 season, Broberg appeared in only 81 NHL contests over the next three years, scoring two goals and 13 points with a -5 rating, averaging 12:42 of ice time. A nearly eight-minute bump in ATOI accounted for over double the production for Broberg.<\/p>\n

Outside of his boxcar statistics, his underlying metrics paint a similar picture. Brobert finished with the highest on-ice SV% at even strength for the Blues last year with a 93.7% output. That came despite beginning 53.2% of his shifts in the defensive zone. He averaged an 87.7% mark over his three years with Edmonton.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s doing much of the same again for the Blues this year. Through his first 26 games, Broberg has scored two goals and 10 points in 26 games with a -1 rating, averaging 23:25 of action per contest. While a -1 rating is a far cry from the +21 he finished with last season, it\u2019s worth noting that St. Louis is second-to-last in the league with a -23 goal differential.<\/p>\n

Still, there doesn\u2019t appear to be internal pressure in the Blues\u2019 front office to get Broberg signed quickly. Rutherford quoted General Manager Doug Armstrong<\/a>, saying, \u201cThere\u2019s no rush with that. We\u2019re going to try and get them signed as quick as we can. If not, they\u2019re restricted free agents. We\u2019ll make sure that we leave enough space available to get those guys signed. The cap\u2019s going up. It\u2019s nice to know, with (other) guys signed, what we can do moving forward. And we can always create space.\u201d<\/p>\n

Regardless, his upcoming contract will be a difficult one to project. The Athletic speculated in mid-October that Broberg would earn a $6.7MM salary on his next deal, while Rutherford\u2019s recent article now claims it could climb as high as $8MM. Additionally, AFP Analytics projects<\/a> a $7.32MM price tag if Broberg were to sign a long-term extension.<\/p>\n

All three projected salaries would make Broberg the highest-paid defenseman on the team. It\u2019s typical to desire more offense from a blueliner at that price point, though Broberg has proven to be a capable shutdown specialist that can handle a heavy workload.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the 28th-ranked St. Louis Blues will likely move on from a few pending free agents leading up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,46170,82,759],"class_list":{"0":"post-318646","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-philip-broberg","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-st-louis-blues"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}