{"id":598686,"date":"2026-06-14T15:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T15:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/598686\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T15:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T15:42:12","slug":"blues-jordan-kyrou-offers-unique-trade-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/598686\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues’ Jordan Kyrou Offers Unique Trade Value"},"content":{"rendered":"

The St. Louis Blues are caught in limbo, without much momentum driving towards either a rebuild or the postseason. That stasis landed multiple Blues stars on the trade market at the 2026 Trade Deadline. Defenseman Justin Faulk<\/a> took the fall, headed to a playoff-hopeful Detroit Red Wings for a rich return<\/a>, though both top center Robert Thomas<\/a> and veteran defender Colton Parayko<\/a> also garnered trade calls.<\/p>\n

Also on the call list was scoring winger Jordan Kyrou<\/a> in the midst of a down year. Unlike Thomas and Parayko \u2013 Kyrou has stayed in trade rumors as the summer has rolled around, with NHL.com\u2019s Stefen Rosner pondering a fit with the New York Islanders in his newsletter<\/a>. Kyrou would represent another grail for St. Louis to market as they look to reinvent the lineup under rookie general manager Alexander Steen<\/a>. The Blues\u2019 search for a new direction could mean a big reward for another team.<\/p>\n

Kyrou\u2019s ability to score is his defining trait. He has scored 149 goals in 389 games since the start of the 2021-22 season \u2013 ranked 37th in total goals and 43rd in goals-per-game among the full NHL in that span. Flashier than his goal-scoring is Kyrou\u2019s knack for driving play. He serves as St. Louis\u2019 spark plug, often stepping up as the once to kickoff a change in momentum even in the midst of an 18-goal performance this season. The Blues lean on Kyrou to bring energy into the rush \u2013 and an improved ability to keep that energy up without the puck on his stick has earned Selke Trophy votes in each of the last two seasons.<\/p>\n

That energy is also the core of Kyrou\u2019s trade value. He is one of the NHL\u2019s few true spark plugs who don\u2019t also carry superstar value. Of that subgroup, Alex Tuch<\/a> may be the only other option on the open market. Kyrou could be a rare crop during a dry summer \u2013 but his recent decline is the mark of serious risk. The 27 year old scored just 46 points this season \u2013 recording a point on 20 percent of goals scored by a quiet Blues offense this season. That mark represents a major drop off from recent seasons. Kyrou has chipped in on at least 28 percent of St. Louis\u2019 goals every season dating back to 2022-23, when he led the club in scoring with 73 points in 79 games.<\/p>\n

Now, in what should be the prime years of his career, Kyrou is running into his toughest struggles yet. Part of that sudden change is his fit in the fundamental and by-the-books systems of Drew Bannister<\/a> and Jim Montgomery<\/a>. The speedster struggled to hang onto his top-line role under two styles that aimed for sustained and controlled possession in the offensive zone. That worked against the creative and explosive Kyrou, though his game-changing ability still earned him rotation onto the top unit nearly every game.<\/p>\n

Kyrou has flirted with both 40 goals and 50 assists in separate seasons through his eight-year NHL career. At 28, his chances to reach those marks will soon become dim \u2013 but his existing potential speaks to a great amount of value potentially in trade conversations. Kyrou could be a value buy who could blossom in a new setting that better supports his fast-tempo offense. Much of the NHL\u2019s up-and-comers are now built around those styles, thanks to the breakouts of stars Matthew Schaefer<\/a>, Macklin Celebrini<\/a>, and Lane Hutson<\/a>. All three players could benefit from the complement of another strong play-driver, while Kyrou also offers young-but-promising clubs a bit of proven impact.<\/p>\n

St. Louis will have a rich palate after receiving a first-round pick for aging defender Faulk at the deadline. That could quickly raise the cost of a Kyrou deal \u2013 and may even require a team to send one of their NHL-ready prospects in addition to draft capital. That could quickly price out most teams \u2013 but those who see negotiations to the end will be betting on Kyrou\u2019s untapped potential. He is signed to a very reasonable, $8.13MM cap hit through the 2030-31 season. If he reaches the heights of his scoring and lineup potential \u2013 that cap hit could quickly turn into a bargain, especially as free agents like Tuch seek eight-figure salaries.<\/p>\n

The veracity to Kyrou\u2019s trade rumors could be thin \u2013 but his value on the market would certainly be high. Even after a down year, Kyrou\u2019s potential to breakout in a new system \u2013 while wielding a cost-controlled contract \u2013 could make him one of the top names to monitor through the off-season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The St. Louis Blues are caught in limbo, without much momentum driving towards either a rebuild or the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5120],"tags":[71,5,1479,4,403,697,534,84,5285,5284],"class_list":["post-598686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-louis-blues","tag-blues","tag-hockey","tag-jordan-kyrou","tag-nhl","tag-players","tag-pro-hockey-rumors-originals","tag-st-louis","tag-st-louis-blues","tag-stlouis","tag-stlouisblues"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116749228006700734","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598686","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=598686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}