ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Blues President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Doug Armstrong announced today the team has signed forward Marcus Sylvegard to a one-year, entry-level contract and defenseman Samuel Johannesson to a two-year, entry-level contract.
Sylvegard, a native of Gessie, Sweden, dressed in 51 regular-season games for
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It wasn t the news Carson Meyer probably wanted to hear.
But it s also fair to say he might not be where he is today without it.
When the coronavirus pandemic ended his Ohio State career mere days after he scored four goals in a Big Ten tournament game, the 2017 CBJ sixth-round draft pick was plunged into a world of uncertainty.
Meyer s college career was over, but what was going to happen from there? Who knew when he d step on the ice next, and who knew who it would be with, as the deadline for the Blue Jackets to have exclusive rights to sign the Powell native came and went.