How much will the average St. Louis Blues player make in 2024-25?

The St. Louis Blues will use a significant portion of their allotted salary in 2024-25, so what will the average player with the organization’s big club make heading into the season? If the season started today, the Blues would be in for an $80,660,834 cap hit, so if we took that number and divided it by the 23 players currently slated to be in the lineup per Puck Pedia, we would end up with $3,506,992. 

Therefore, if we took that $80,660,834 cap hit and divided it equally among Blues players, that is the amount each would make. Now for some fun facts: Jordan Kyrou and Robert Thomas are tied as the highest-paid players with the club this season, as they each contain a cap hit of $8.125 million, and deservedly so, as they are a pair of building blocks for the team’s future. 

Meanwhile, Nathan Walker, Ryan Suter, and Joel Hofer are tied as the lowest-paid players, with each carrying a cap hit of $775,000. For Walker and Suter, this is fine, as they’re both role players who are likely in the second half of their respective careers. Okay, Suter is likely playing in his final season, but anyway, you get the point. 

Two St. Louis Blues players should bring that number up next season

While the $3,506,992 cap hit will fluctuate depending on who is on the big club at any point in the 2024-25 campaign, it nonetheless gives you an idea of where the Blues stand about nine weeks from the regular season commencing. 

But thanks to the stellar play from Jake Neighbours - currently the second lowest-paid forward and Joel Hofer, extensions will be in the works for both players at some point this season. Those won’t kick in until 2025-26, but when they do, look for the number shown above to increase, even if Blues general manager Doug Armstrong gets rid of some of his higher-paid veterans via trade. 

That will make two more names for what has become a long, drawn-out lineup restructuring, and done well, might I add. But for the time being, look for the Blues to enter the season with a rather manageable average cap hit per player, barring any unforeseen blockbuster trade that would bring a big-time player into Gateway City.