Blues re-sign Dunn to 1-year, $1.88M deal

The St. Louis Blues have re-signed defenseman Vince Dunn to a one-year contract worth $1,875,000, the club announced Thursday.

Dunn was a restricted free agent.

The 24-year-old collected nine goals and 14 assists while averaging 16:16 in ice time with the Blues last season. He was the only St. Louis rearguard to suit up for all 71 games.

He played his first three NHL campaigns with the Blues, who drafted him 56th overall in 2015.

St. Louis is currently over the salary cap, but is expected to place Vladimir Tarasenko on long-term injured reserve before the start of the upcoming season. The team reportedly already placed recently retired forward Alex Steen on LTIR, thus allowing them to exceed the cap ceiling by $5.75 million because he was hurt during the league's buyout period.