Victor Tarasenko uses nifty stick work to score his seventh of the season.

Victor Tarasenko uses nifty stick work to score his seventh of the season.

The St. Louis Blues signed forward Vladimir Tarasenko to an eight-year contract worth $60 million on Tuesday.  The 23 year old tied for 10th in the NHL last season with 73 points (37 goals, 36 assists) and had a plus-27 rating. He became the youngest Blues player to score 30 goals in a season since Brendan Shanahan (1991-92) and the first to have 73 points since Pavol Demitra in 2002-03.

Tarasenko was one of four players to have two hat tricks last season and was the only player to score six game-winning goals, six shootout goals and two overtime goals. He was the second Blues player (Brett Hull) to score a hat trick that included a game-winning overtime goal (Oct. 28 vs. the Dallas Stars).