{"id":429921,"date":"2026-01-27T02:19:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T02:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/429921\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T02:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T02:19:18","slug":"st-louis-blues-reassign-otto-stenberg-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/429921\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Louis Blues Reassign Otto Stenberg \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The St. Louis Blues have reassigned forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/stenbot01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-01-26_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Otto Stenberg<\/a> to their AHL affiliate, the Springfield Thunderbirds, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/blues\/news\/stenberg-assigned-to-springfield\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to a team announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stenberg\u2019s reassignment clears an open spot on St. Louis\u2019 23-man roster, one that could soon be claimed by winger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hollody01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-01-26_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dylan Holloway<\/a>. The 24-year-old is currently on IR with an ankle injury, but <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lkorac10\/status\/2015830018937516202\" rel=\"nofollow\">skated this morning<\/a>. That could be a sign that his return is imminent. Holloway, who is an arbitration-eligible pending RFA, scored 63 points in 77 games last season and has 17 points in 34 contests this season.<\/p>\n<p>Holloway\u2019s impending return spells the end of Stenberg\u2019s lengthy first recall to the NHL level. Originally recalled on Dec. 15, Stenberg ended up skating in a total of 18 contests for the Blues. He averaged 14:00 time on ice per game, earning an increased level of trust as his recall progressed. Last week was a significant one for Stenberg, as he earned considerable time on both special teams units in the final few games of his recall.<\/p>\n<p>Being sent down at this point paves the way for Stenberg to be eligible to play in the AHL during the Olympic break. That\u2019s likely the best move for his development, as he still has room to produce more consistently at that level. He began the season with just eight points in 21 games in Springfield, and figures to be a key player for the Blues\u2019 affiliate for as long as he remains in the AHL.<\/p>\n<p>Stenberg is widely considered to be one of St. Louis\u2019 better prospects, earning a preseason rank of No. 5 in the team\u2019s prospect pool <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6484521\/2025\/08\/27\/st-louis-blues-nhl-pipeline-rankings-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">by The Athletic\u2019s Corey Pronman<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/news\/prospect-pool-rankings\/elite-prospects-2025-nhl-prospect-pool-rankings-no-11-ranked-st-louis-blues\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">No. 8 by Elite Prospects<\/a>. Both project Stenberg as a future middle-six NHLer. Finding a way to score more consistently at the AHL would go a long way towards helping Stenberg maintain that projection moving forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The St. Louis Blues have reassigned forward Otto Stenberg to their AHL affiliate, the Springfield Thunderbirds, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5120],"tags":[401,71,5,4,5984,534,84,5285,5284],"class_list":{"0":"post-429921","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-louis-blues","8":"tag-ahl","9":"tag-blues","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-otto-stenberg","13":"tag-st-louis","14":"tag-st-louis-blues","15":"tag-stlouis","16":"tag-stlouisblues"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115964671653315838","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}