St. Louis Blues President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Doug Armstrong announced today the club has set its 23-man roster to open the 2017-18 regular season.
To finalize the roster, the Blues assigned forward Sammy Blais to the American Hockey League’s (AHL) San Antonio Rampage and defenseman Jake Walman to the AHL’s Chicago Wolves. In addition, the Blues placed goaltender Jordan Binnington on waivers.
The Blues will begin the season with four players on injured reserve and three injured non-roster players. The final active roster will include 14 forwards, seven defensemen and two goaltenders.
Opening Night Roster
#4Â Carl Gunnarsson
#6Â Joel Edmundson
#9Â Scottie Upshall
#10Â Brayden Schenn
#17Â Jaden Schwartz
#22Â Chris Thorburn
#23Â Dmitrij Jaskin
#26Â Paul Stastny
#27Â Alex Pietrangelo
#28Â Kyle Brodziak
#29Â Vince Dunn
#32Â Tage Thompson
#34Â Jake Allen
#39Â Nate Prosser
#40Â Carter Hutton
#41Â Robert Bortuzzo
#49Â Ivan Barbashev
#55Â Colton Parayko
#56Â Magnus Paajarvi
#61Â Wade Megan
#70Â Oskar Sundqvist
#71Â Vladimir Sobotka
#91Â Vladimir Tarasenko
Injured Reserve
#12Â Zach Sanford
#15Â Robby Fabbri
#19Â Jay Bouwmeester
#20Â Alexander Steen
Injured Non-Roster Players
#21Â Patrik Berglund
#37 Klim Kostin (lower-body injury – out for 7-10 days)
#45 Luke Opilka