06.18.2009 11:01 am

St. Louis Blues make contract offer to Keith Tkachuk

Blues veteran Keith Tkachuk received a contract offer from the club this week, and after some back-and-forth talks, an agreement could be reached as soon as today.

“I don’t want to get into it until it’s finally done,” Tkachuk said today. “We’ll know more today. We’re working on something right now.”

Tkachuk, 37, will become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the month, but has said that he wants to return to St. Louis next season. He has played eight seasons with the Blues, posting 25 goals and 49 points last season.

Reached in Las Vegas, where he is for tonight’s NHL awards ceremony, Blues President John Davidson said: “It’s close . . . we’re trying to keep the phones going. We want to get another year out of Keith and he wants to stay in St. Louis. There’s common ground there.”

Tags: John Davidson, Keith Tkachuk, St. Louis Blues

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We’ve won nothing with Tkachuk here so would it not be better to let him go and play the kids? We can’t do any worse.

— Jason Lee

11:23 am June 18th, 2009

I beg to differ J. Lee. The kids need leadership. They will only be sophomores (including Johnson coming off his awesome golf course incident). The likes of Brewer, Kariya and McDonald are too quiet of leaders. Walt leads by example, on and off the ice.

I hope this contract is for one year, with an option for a second. Anything less would be insulting to Walt.

— DK

11:30 am June 18th, 2009

To your point, we have won nothing with everyone inlcuding hall of fame players like MacInnis, maybe we should just ship the team out and trade it in for a team in a whole new sport?

Tkachuk doesnt apepar to be part of the problem, and given the likely dollar figure of the deal, he could be part of the sollution and at least add good depth to a thin team.

— Scott

11:32 am June 18th, 2009

No, it wouldn’t be better to let Tkachuk go because there is nobody ready to step in and replace his production on the ice let alone what he provides for leadership in the locker room. The Blues didn’t win anything with Hull, MacInnis, Pronger, Sutter, Federko, Unger, Plante, Hall, the Plager’s, or the Gasoff’s either.

— Looters

11:33 am June 18th, 2009

Oh Yes. The St. Louis Blues. The Chicago Cubs of hockey.

— tegsss

11:42 am June 18th, 2009

Actually, tegsss, the Chicago Blackhawks are closer to the Chicago Cubs of Hockey than the Blues are. They’ve got a 48 year drought going, ours is only at 42, but thanks for the insightful comment.

— Greg

11:50 am June 18th, 2009

Maybe they can ask Tkachuk to pay himself with the 61.7M they’ve given him for his 8 playoff goals in over half a seasons worth of games and playoff overtimes, and that includes one game with a hat trick.

— Sean

12:00 pm June 18th, 2009

I hope he takes a pay cut. Might as well have him retire a blue. He will cost less than a comparable forward. JD and co know what they’re doing.

— murderin murphy

12:16 pm June 18th, 2009

“Oh Yes. The St. Louis Blues. The Chicago Cubs of hockey.”

Actually, no. When the Blues lose, it’s not blamed on cats, curses, and people named Steve Bartman.

— Nick

12:42 pm June 18th, 2009

Jason Lee: We haven’t won anything with Erik Johnson, TJ Oshie, Perron, Bergland, Mason, or Backes either. Maybe we should get rid of all of them too.

— loki03xlh

12:48 pm June 18th, 2009

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