Report: Blues expected to sign Patrick Maroon
The St. Louis Blues continue to stock up at the forward position.
According to Jeremy Rutherford of The Athletic, unrestricted free agent Patrick Maroon and the Blues are expected to reach an agreement on a contract. No word yet on terms.
Maroon's agent appeared on a Minnesota radio station on Sunday. Ben Hankinson confirmed to Rutherford's colleague Michael Russo that there is something brewing with Maroon and the Blues.
Hankinson confirmed #stlblues are 1 of those teams interested in Maroon and they're deciding between 1, 2, 3 year deals with multiple teams. Has talked to #mnwild about Maroon, they like him, but they'd have to make a trade to sign him. Sounded like Maroon wouldn't wait for that
— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) July 8, 2018
In the 2017-18 season, Maroon split his time between the New Jersey Devils and Edmonton Oilers, contributing a total of 17 goals and 26 assists in 74 games. The St. Louis native's production topped out the year prior, with 27 goals.
Blues GM Doug Armstrong has been a busy man over the past week. He signed UFAs Tyler Bozak and David Perron, and traded for Ryan O'Reilly in an effort to revamp his forward group.
Maroon, 30, is arguably the top UFA remaining on the market.