Who is the highest-paid player on the St. Louis Blues for 2024-25?

The St. Louis Blues don’t have an incredibly high average salary for 2024-25, even if they don’t have a lot of cap space. It’s a more curious situation, but it’s mainly because hardly anyone on the team has an ultra-luxurious contract. 

This means that heading into the 2024-25 season, nobody on the Blues will make over seven figures as far as cap hits are concerned. Further, nobody will even find themselves making $9 million or more, or even $8.5 million, as Jordan Kyrou and Robert Thomas will factor in as the highest-paid players, and both will carry a cap hit of $8.125. 

Not a bad number at all, but those are a pair of contracts that will expire following the 2027-28 season, and it wouldn’t be surprising if one or both signed their respective extensions following the 2026-27 season. 

Jordan Kyrou and Robert Thomas will be the highest-paid St. Louis Blues players

The Blues should have money for them both, as Brayden Schenn, Justin Faulk, Torey Krug, and Jordan Binnington will all see their respective contracts expire that season, after which Kyrou and Thomas become eligible for new contracts. 

It’s hard to argue that Kyrou and Thomas don’t deserve to be the highest-paid members of the Blues, considering their recent 2023-24 outings and even before then. Last season, Thomas ranked No. 1 on the team with 26 goals and 86 points, while Kyrou pitched in with 67 points and 31 goals, clocking him in at No. 2. 

Both players also proved they could be durable, as they both saw ice time in all 82 games and given their respective ages, they will head up this Blues core that continues to get younger. They’re a pair of players who, should they keep building on their numbers from last season, will be, come among the best forwards in the NHL if they haven’t yet already gotten there. 

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