{"id":11693,"date":"2025-07-07T05:23:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T09:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/07\/07\/nhl-update-bruce-secures-future-with-goalkeeper-prospect-re-signings\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T05:23:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T09:23:13","slug":"nhl-update-bruce-secures-future-with-goalkeeper-prospect-re-signings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/07\/07\/nhl-update-bruce-secures-future-with-goalkeeper-prospect-re-signings\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Update: Bruce Secures Future with Goalkeeper Prospect Re-Signings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The St. Louis Blues continue to stay active in their roster moves. Puckpedia reports that the team has re-signed goalie prospect Vadim Zherenko to a one-year, two-way contract for the 2025-26 season. <\/p>\n<p>Zherenko, 24, was picked 208th overall by the Blues in the 2019 NHL Draft. After honing his skills overseas, he has spent the past three seasons with the Blues&#8217; AHL affiliate, the Springfield Thunderbirds. This new deal ensures he remains a key part of the Thunderbirds&#8217; goaltending squad.<\/p>\n<p>This past season, Zherenko posted a 3.44 goals-against average over 32 games, holding a 12-17-5 record and a .897 save percentage. The season before, he had a .904 save percentage and a 3.49 goals-against average in 29 games. <\/p>\n<p>This contract keeps Zherenko as a valuable depth option within the Blues organization, and it will be intriguing to see if he can make a significant leap forward in the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to this signing, the Blues also made a big splash by signing Pius Starr to a two-year deal with an average annual value of $4.13 million, signaling their intent to build a strong and competitive team.<\/p>\n<p>Fan Take: Re-signing Zherenko shows the Blues&#8217; commitment to developing their goaltending depth, which is crucial for sustained success. For hockey fans, this signals that the organization is focused on nurturing talent that could impact the team&#8217;s future performance in meaningful ways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The St. Louis Blues continue to stay active in their roster moves. Puckpedia reports that the team has re-signed goalie prospect Vadim Zherenko to a one-year, two-way contract for the 2025-26 season. Zherenko, 24, was picked 208th overall by the Blues in the 2019 NHL Draft. After honing his skills overseas, he has spent the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[730],"tags":[734],"class_list":{"0":"post-11693","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-nhl"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}