The St. Louis Blues added Dillon Dube on Wednesday, reaching agreement with the center on a one-year, one-way contract worth $850,000.
Dube, 27, arrives after spending the 2025-26 season with the AHL’s Springfield Thunderbirds, where he put up 20 goals and 37 points in 46 games. He also chipped in five goals and eight points across 12 playoff appearances.
A Golden, B.C. native, Dube’s NHL path began with Calgary, which drafted him in the second round, No. 56 overall, in 2016. He spent his entire junior career with the Kelowna Rockets and helped them win a WHL championship in 2015 before turning pro with the Flames organization in 2018.
Dube worked his way into a full-time NHL role in 2020-21 after splitting his first two pro seasons between Calgary and the AHL’s Stockton Heat. His best offensive year came in 2022-23, when he scored 18 goals and finished with 45 points in 82 games. The following season was a step back, as he managed seven points - three goals and four assists - in 43 games before leaving the Flames in 2023-24.
His time in Calgary ended in January 2024, when he and four other players were charged with sexual assault tied to a scandal involving members of the 2018 Canadian World Junior team, which he captained. The players were acquitted in July 2025 and later cleared to return to the NHL.
While the legal process played out, Dube spent the 2024-25 season with KHL club Dinamo Minsk. He played 42 regular-season games there, scoring four goals and 11 points, and went scoreless in four playoff games.
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