Blues, D Alex Pietrangelo agree on 7-year contract
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The St. Louis Blues and defenseman Alex Pietrangelo agreed on a seven-year contract, ending a brief holdout.
The deal was announced Friday, the day after the first practice of training camp.
The 23-year-old Pietrangelo led Blues defensemen with 24 points with five goals and 19 assists and was among the league leaders with an average of 25 per minutes per game.
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Pietrangelo was the fourth overall pick of the 2008 draft and has been a regular the last three seasons.