Last season, the 6-foot-2, 190-pound McKenna recorded a 22-10-1 record with a .910 save percentage (SV%) and a 2.54 goals against average (GAA) in 36 games with the Springfield Falcons (AHL). The 31-year-old native of St. Louis, Mo., also registered a 1-1-1 mark with a .904 SV% and a 3.01 GAA in four games with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Paul Stastny is now a member of the St. Louis Blues.
The Blues had long been on the hunt for a centerman and were reportedly on the trail of Stastny for a while so it didn’t take long for them to sign him to a four-year deal early in free agency on Tuesday.
“I’m actually still waiting to be drafted,” said Bollig, who was signed by the Chicago Blackhawks after two years at St. Lawrence University. “I was never drafted so I was hoping to see my name pop up there. I watched [Friday] night to see what happens and what teams go through but I wasn’t watching it. I was doing other stuff and got the call.
With their third-round pick, 71st overall, at the 2014 NHL Draft, the Devils’ added 6-2 right wing Connor Chatham (Plymouth, OHL). A power forward, Chatham says his rugged, two-way style is best compared to St. Louis’ captain David Backes.
After attending the NHL Draft in Philadelphia with his family on Friday night, Belleville area resident Connor Chatham had trouble sleeping.
That’s a high bar for Ryan MacInnis, a centre who doesn’t have the blistering shot his dad, a Hall of Fame defenceman. Marr told MacInnis to expect questions from interviewing teams about how fast he can shoot.
“I have no idea,” said MacInnis, who hasn’t tested his shot with a radar gun.
They took center Ryan MacInnis in the second round with the 43rd pick. The 6-foot-3, 185-pound MacInnis scored 16 goals and 37 points in 66 games with Kitchener (Ontario Hockey League) last season.
In 37 years of working as an NHL security representative at Blues’ home games, Jim Maier has developed relationships with not only players, but their children as well.
He’s been asked to keep a watchful eye on kids named Carson and Ryan MacInnis, Dominic Turgeon and Mathew and Brady Tkachuk.
The New Jersey Devils have signed right wing Cam Janssen to a one-year, two-way contract, according to The Record. The report states Janssen will make $575,000 if he’s in the NHL next season.
Janssen, 30, could have become an unrestricted free agent July 1.
While the most famous player in St. Louis Blues history was born in Belleville, Hall of Famer Brett Hull came into the world in Belleville, Ontario in Canada — not Illinois.
Another Belleville-born forward, 18-year-old Connor Chatham, could become the first metro-east player selected in the NHL draft when the event is held June 27-28 in Philadelphia.
