Since being traded to the Blues on June 17, goaltender Jaroslav Halak has yet to set foot in St. Louis. He hasn't even purchased a piece of the team's merchandise.

"I don't have anything from St. Louis right now ... jerseys or hats," Halak said. "I'm pretty sure my parents, my brothers and my friends will ask me if I could get them some stuff. As you know, the Montreal ones are not good anymore."

Halak may not own a Blues jersey yet, but he is holding a spiffy new contract from the club. On Tuesday, Halak agreed to a four-year, $15 million deal averaging $3.75 million per season. He made $775,000 in Montreal last season.

The signing comes less than three weeks after the Blues acquired the restricted free agent from the Canadiens for forward prospects Lars Eller and Ian Schultz.

"I was hoping from the very beginning that they will make a deal and I will stay with St. Louis," Halak said. "I'm really happy that happened."

On Monday, Halak declined to take the Blues to salary arbitration. The reason was that the team and Halak's agent, Allan Walsh, were closing in on a deal.

"There were certain things that were important for the team and certain things that were important for Jaro," Blues general manager Doug Armstrong said. "We were able to bridge whatever gaps that were there and get a contract that fairly reflects his value" as a player who would have been a restricted free agent the first two years of the contract and an unrestricted free agent the final two years of the deal.

Halak, 25, will make $2.75 million next season, $3.5 million in 2011-12, $4.25 million in 2012-13 and $4.5 million in 2013-14.

The deal gives the Blues long-term security in net, something the organization has lacked in recent years.

"I've been fortunate enough to work in organizations that have long-standing goalies," said Armstrong, who as the general manager in Dallas had Marty Turco. "Now with Jaro at 25 years old, and where we believe his game is, and where it's going to trend toward, we think that we have a goaltender that we can grow with and know that we can count on.

"But I think we all need to be cautious and realistic. ... Jaro is just one man on a team, and we can't expect Jaro to carry our team. All we ask him is to be a really good component of a good team."

In hopes of building that team around Halak, the Blues also announced the re-signing of forward Cam Janssen and made official the re-signing of defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo.

Colaiacovo, 27, signed a two-year, $4.25 million extension.

"I'm ecstatic," he said. "I'm happy things worked out with the team where I wanted to be. Management has done a great job preparing this team for the coming season."

Armstrong said that re-signing Colaiacovo does not affect the possibility of the Blues re-signing free-agent defenseman Mike Weaver.

"I would not rule out having six experienced players to start the season and then we'll have a good competition for the seventh spot," Armstrong said. "Then, after that, we'll also have excellent call-up players."

Janssen, 26, agreed to a one-year, $600,000 extension. He had been seeking a two-year contract.

"They offered a one-year (extension), and I took it," the Eureka native said. "I'd rather be here than try to get more money out of someone else."

Armstrong said the Blues are continuing to negotiate with forward D.J. King, a restricted free agent who did not seek salary arbitration.

"I've talked to (Blues coach Davis Payne) about how he would use the players if they're both here on opening night, and there is a plan in place," Armstrong said. "We have one of the players signed, and now we'll turn our attention to get D.J. signed and we'll progress from there."

Besides King, the Blues still have to sign restricted free agents David Perron, Erik Johnson and Tyson Strachan.

Walsh, the agent for Perron and Halak, said Tuesday that the negotiating process had just begun between the Blues and Perron.

"We want to get them all signed," Armstrong said, chuckling. "We want to get Perron signed, we want to get E.J. signed, D.J. ... we want to get all of our guys in here. We still have quite a bit of work ahead of us."