{"id":132746,"date":"2022-10-14T12:25:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T16:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=132746"},"modified":"2022-10-14T12:25:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T16:25:22","slug":"the-st-louis-blues-options-with-ryan-oreilly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/10\/14\/the-st-louis-blues-options-with-ryan-oreilly\/","title":{"rendered":"The St. Louis Blues\u2019 Options with Ryan O\u2019Reilly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arguably, the biggest news of the offseason for the St. Louis Blues are the contract extensions they dished out to Robert Thomas<\/a>, Jordan Kyrou<\/a> and Nick Leddy<\/a>. Leddy got a four-year, $16 million extension<\/a> that kicks in this year. Thomas<\/a> and Kyrou<\/a> got matching eight-year, $65 million contracts that don\u2019t kick in until next season. However, what does that mean for captain Ryan O’Reilly<\/a>, who\u2019s seven-year, $52.5 million deal that he signed with the Buffalo Sabres expires after this season?<\/p>\n

The St. Louis Blues\u2019 Options with Ryan O\u2019Reilly<\/h2>\n

Before the Blues inked all these extensions, the thought was maybe with Vladimir Tarasenko<\/a>\u2019s contract off the books next year and hopefully the salary cap increasing a little bit, the Blues would be able to re-sign O\u2019Reilly. But right now, after putting Marco Scandella<\/a> on long term injured reserve, the Blues have just $1.66 million in cap space, according to PuckPedia. And even with the $7.5 million cap hit from Tarasenko off the books, Kyrou and Thomas\u2019 cap hits go from $2.8 million this season to $8.125 million ach next season. There goes that idea out the window. So what other options do the Blues have?<\/p>\n

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