Jordan Leopold staying in St. Louis

The St. Louis Blues and defenseman Jordan Leopold have agreed to a two-year deal, the deal is worth a total of $4.5 million over the two years. He would have become a free-agent on July 5th. Leopold 32, was drafted by the Anaheim Ducks in the 2nd round of the NHL draft in 1999, overall he is picked 44th. He never played for the Ducks in the NHL, and ended up being traded to the Calgary Flames in 2000-2001 for forward Andrei Nazarov and a 2nd round pick. His first NHL season came in 2002-2003 for the Flames. He played for the Flames from 2002-2006, before being traded to the Colorado Avalanche. The Avalanche had him for two full seasons, and had him for half a season in 2008-2009, but ended up trading him back to the Flames. He was traded back to the Flames for defenseman Ryan Wilson and a 2nd round pick.

After the 2008-2009 season, the Flames traded his free agent rights to the Florida Panthers for the rights to defenseman Jay Bouwmeester. During the 2009-2010 season, he was traded again this time to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 2nd round pick. Leopold ended up leaving the Penguins as a free-agent by signing a three-year deal with the Buffalo Sabres. In the final year of his contract with the Sabers, around the trade deadline in 2012-2013, the Sabers ended up trading him to the Blues for draft picks. He ended up playing 15 games for the Blues, while getting 2 assists. He also played in all six of the Blues postseason games.

For his career his career so far, he's played 625 games, scoring 65 goals, 139 assists, 204 points, and is a -32. Leopold has played 65 postseason games, his most were in 03-04 while with the Flames. He played in 26 games that postseason, the Flames ended up going onto the Stanley Cup but lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Leopold has played ten season in the NHL.

I like the deal for Leopold and the Blues. At that price that he signed for it looks like a steal, he also played well for the Blues down the stretch run at the end of the season. Leopold can also be used on the power play, if need be.
He seemed like he fit in well with the players who were in the Blues locker room.