Did Blues GM Doug Armstrong Drop A Hint on Jordan Kyrou's Future?

Jordan Kyrou is not likely to be traded by the Blues this summer, per GM's comments

While Jordan Kyrou's name has been making the rounds on the rumor mill this offseason, many observers wonder whether the St. Louis Blues should really be considering trading their three-time 30-goal scorer.

Blues general manager Doug Armstrong appeared on the NHL Network recently, and dropped a pretty strong hint that he is done making any significant moves this summer, and the only thing we can draw from that is that Kyrou isn't going anywhere.

After his move of signing unrestricted free agent center Pius Suter for "some depth down the middle of the ice," the Blues GM made it sound like he's ready to hang a 'Closed for Summer' sign on his office door.

"This is probably, in my 21 years of managing, this is the strangest summer I’ve ever had. We have all of our contracts done on July 2nd. No arbitrations. Everybody’s in the fold... And so when we signed Suter, that was pretty well, put the 'Go(ne) Fishing' sign up," said Armstrong.

"Usually you have other things that you need to do this time of year, (but) we’re in a good spot... There’s not a lot really to do, except dream about what’s around the corner and prepare for it a little bit. But I’m not a big make-work guy. If there’s work there, we’ll get it done. We’ll talk to other teams. But I think most guys are looking to sign their players, get their contracts done, and prepare for arbitration. We don’t have that to do...:

In conclusion, Armstrong laughed, "I wish I could tell you we’re working hard, but we’re really not doing too much now."

Kyrou, 27, still has six years to run on his now-very-reasonable $8.125 million cap hit, and is coming off three seasons in which he's averaged 35 goals and 70 points. So it really doesn't make a lot of sense to trade him.

Armstrong even went so far as to list his forward core for the future, naming Kyrou, Jimmy Snuggerud, Pavel Buchnevich and Dylan Holloway, who are all "signed or could be here for a number of years."

But all of that won't stop clubs like the Montreal Canadiens from calling, and Armstrong did admit that he will still "talk to other teams" when the situation arises.