Saad to Blues, Perry to Lightning: Recent champs add winners

The St. Louis Blues have signed forward Brandon Saad to a five-year, $22.5 million contract.

Saad won the Stanley Cup with Chicago in 2013 and 2015 and is heading to his fifth NHL organization.

The two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning also signed Corey Perry on a two-year deal. Perry won the Cup with Anaheim in 2007. He is joining the team he lost to in the final each of the past two years.

Perry was with Dallas in 2020 and Montreal this past season.