Blues add former All-Star Keith Tkachuk to scouting staff
The St. Louis Blues are bringing back a part of their recent history to help them build for the future by hiring two-time Blues player Keith Tkachuk as an amateur scout.
#Stlblues have added 500 goal scorer Keith Tkachuk to amateur scouting staff. Has son who is a 1997 and knows the birth year very well.
— Andy Strickland (@andystrickland) September 24, 2014
Tkachuk spent parts of nine seasons with the Blues, recording 209 goals and 427 points in 543 regular-season games for St. Louis. He was traded to the Blues in 2001 and re-signed in St. Louis after a brief stint with the Atlanta Thrashers in 2007.
Tkachuk retired with the Blues following the 2009-10 season, ending a playing career that included five All-Star game appearances and a league-leading 52-goal season in 1996-97. He scored 538 career goals one of five American-born players to reach the 500-goal plateau.