Blues/T-Birds 2024 Offseason Player Tracker
Jul 22, 2024Last Updated: July 21, 2024
Below is a list of Springfield Thunderbirds players (from the season-ending roster) who are signed and returning, moving on from the organization, or are free agents. Stay tuned throughout the offseason as more signings are made.
For this Player Tracker, the categories will be as follows: Players Under Contract, Free Agents & Departures, and New Additions.
Players Under Contract
| Player | POS | Contract Status |
|---|---|---|
| #1 Vadim Zherenko | G | Signed to entry-level NHL contract by STL through 2024-25 |
| #3 Matt Kessel | D | Signed to NHL one-way contract by STL through 2025-26 |
| #7 Leo Loof | D | Signed to entry-level NHL contract by STL through 2025-26 |
| #11 Hugh McGing | C/LW | Signed to NHL two-way contract by STL through 2025-26 |
| #14 Zach Dean | C | Signed to entry-level NHL contract by STL through 2025-26 |
| #16 Zack Bolduc | LW | Signed to entry-level NHL contract by STL through 2025-26 |
| #18 Mathias Laferriere | RW | Signed to NHL two-way contract by STL through 2024-25 |
| #19 MacKenzie MacEachern | LW | Signed to NHL one-way contract by STL through 2024-25 |
| #22 Dylan Peterson | RW | Signed to entry-level NHL contract by STL through 2024-25 |
| #24 Tanner Dickinson | C/LW | Signed to entry-level NHL contract by STL through 2024-25 |
| #31 Colten Ellis | G | Signed to NHL two-way contract by STL through 2024-25 |
| #33 Anton Malmstrom | D | Signed to entry-level NHL contract by STL through 2024-25 |
| #34 Sam Bitten | LW | Signed to AHL contract by SPR through 2025-26 |
| #55 Hunter Skinner | D | Signed to NHL two-way contract by STL through 2024-25 |
| #63 Matthew Peca | C | Signed to AHL contract by SPR through 2025-26 |
| #77 Drew Callin | C/RW | Signed to AHL contract by SPR through 2024-25 |
Free Agents & Departures
| Player | POS | RFA/UFA Status |
|---|---|---|
| #8 Adam Gaudette | RW | Signed w/ Ottawa Senators |
| #9 Mikhail Abramov | C | Signed w/ Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (KHL) - * [STL issued qualifying offer to retain his NHL rights] |
| #10 Brayden Guy | LW | UFA |
| #21 Joey Duszak | D | Under contract w/ Severstal Cherepovets (KHL) |
| #25 Dylan Coghlan | D | Tendered qualifying offer by Carolina, traded to Winnipeg Jets |
| #27 Keean Washkurak | LW | Signed w/ Belleville Senators |
| #32 Mitchell Hoelscher | C/LW | Signed w/ HC Slovan Bratislava (Slovakian league) |
| #36 Ryan Suzuki | C | Re-Signed by Carolina (*will play in Hurricanes' system) |
| #41 Will Bitten | RW | UFA |
| #43 Calle Rosen | D | Signed w/ Colorado Avalanche |
| #48 Wyatt Kalynuk | D | UFA |
| #92 Jakub Vrana | LW/RW | UFA |
New Additions
As the offseason progresses, the table below will include new Blues & Thunderbirds signings and prospects (NHL two-way contracts and AHL contracts).
| Player | POS | Date Signed/Contract Status |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Harrington | D | July 12, 2024: Signed to one-year AHL contract by SPR |
| Samuel Johannesson | D | April 30, 2024: Signed to two-year entry-level NHL contract by STL |
| Aleksanteri Kaskimaki | F | May 28, 2024: Signed to three-year entry-level NHL contract by STL |
| Theo Lindstein | D | March 20, 2024: Signed to three-year entry-level NHL contract by STL |
| Juraj Pekarcik | F | May 29, 2024: Signed to three-year entry-level NHL contract by STL |
| Simon Robertsson | F | May 1, 2024: Signed to three-year entry-level NHL contract by STL |
| Corey Schueneman | D | July 2, 2024: Signed to one-year, two-way NHL contract by STL |
| Jakub Stancl | F | June 1, 2024: Signed to three-year entry-level NHL contract by STL |
| Otto Stenberg | F | May 1, 2024: Signed to three-year entry-level NHL contract by STL |
| Marcus Sylvegard | F | April 30, 2024: Signed to one-year entry-level NHL contract by STL |