Jeremy Rutherford: The St. Louis Blue have extended forward Jake Neighbours to a two-year contract with a $3.75 million cap hit.
Puck Pedia: Salary breakdown.
2025-26: $3.5 million
2026-27: $4 million
Neighbours will be an RFA when the contract expires and will be owed a $4 million qualifying offer. He’ll be two years away from being a UFA.
Jeremy Rutherford: “This is a good deal for Neighbours and Blues:
- He gets security and it takes off a little pressure
- Blues get a potential 25-30 goalscorer for $3.75 mil AAV
- Blues avoid the possibility of teams around the league trying to sign him to an offer sheet next offseason”
Jake Neighbours, extended 2x$3.75M by STL, is a complementary scoring winger who got a lot of one-time and deflection goals playing with talented playmakers last year. Willing to battle and throw the body. #STLBlues pic.twitter.com/SvPcZzBPZn
— JFresh (@JFreshHockey) October 22, 2024