Kyrou signed an eight-year, $65 million contract with the Blues on Sept. 13, 2022 that begins in the 2023-24 season. He earned an average annual value of $8.125 million at age 23 after setting NHL career-highs in goals (27), assists (48) and points (75), and tying for third on St. Louis with 19 power-play points. Kyrou had nine points, including seven goals (tied for second on the Blues) in 12 Stanley Cup Playoff games to help St. Louis advance to the Western Conference Second round, a six-game loss to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche.

The Blues selected Kyrou, a Toronto native, in the second round (No. 35) of the 2016 NHL Draft after his second season with Sarnia of the Ontario Hockey League.

Kyrou returned Kyrou to Sarnia, where he blossomed offensively, finishing with 94 points (34 goals, 60 assists) in 2016-17 and 109 points (39 goals, 70 assists) in 2017-18, a season when he helped Canada win the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship. He impressed the Blues during training camp in the fall of 2018 and was on the opening-night roster when the Blues lost 5-1 to the Winnipeg Jets on Oct. 4. He scored his first NHL goal Dec. 9, 2018. Kyrou had three points (one goal, two assists) with St. Louis and 43 points (16 goals, 27 assists) with San Antonio of the American Hockey League.

St. Louis sent him back to San Antonio to start the 2019-20 season, but he was recalled in early December.

NOTES & TRANSACTIONS

• OHL First All-Star Team (2018)
• OHL Player of the Year (2018)
• Played in NHL All-Star Game (2022)