Kevin Shattenkirk staying in St. Louis, agrees to deal with Blues

The St. Louis Blues and defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk have agreed to a four-year deal. Shattenkirk will earn $17 million over the four years of his new contract. He was drafted by the Colorado Avalanche in the 2007 NHL draft, he was picked in the first round and picked 14th overall. He would play in 46 games for the Avalanche, before being traded to the St. Louis Blues with forward Chris Stewart, a second round pick for defenseman Erik Johnson, center Jay McClement, and a first round pick.

The deal helped the Blues a lot, giving them a better defenseman than Erik Johnson was. Shattenkirk would end up playing in 26 for the Blues, scoring 2 goals, and getting 15 assists. All of that was in his rookie season in 2010-2011. So far for his career, he's played 201 games, 23 goals, 86 assists, 109 points, and he's a plus 18. Also, since coming into the NHL in 2010, Shattenkirk ranks fourth among American-born defensemen currently playing in points. As for goals and assists he ranks fifth.

The deal was big on the Blues to do list in the offseason, now they need to get defenseman Alex Pietrangelo singed, and forward Chris Stewart. 

I'm glad to see Kevin Shattenkirk staying a Blue, as I'm sure lots of other people are glad also. I give kudos to the Blues management for getting Shattenkirk signed, now for some of the other core players to hopefully be signed, as in the two I mentioned  above Pietrangelo and Stewart.