ST. LOUIS – Thunder Bay’s Robert Bortuzzo is sticking with the St. Louis Blues for at least two more seasons.
The NHL team on Tuesday announced it has signed the veteran defenceman to a two-year extension of his three-year, $4.25-million deal that expires after the current season.
His new deal will pay him an average of $950,000 a season.
Bortuzzo, a graduate of the Fort William North Stars, has a goal and two assists in 37 games for St. Louis in 2021-22, his eighth season with the Blues. Over his 11-year NHL career he’s played 454 games, scoring 18 times and adding 48 assists, picking up 443 penalty minutes as a mostly stay-at-home defenceman.
He won a Stanley Cup with St. Louis in 2018-19.
