Hoffman signs one-year, $4 million contract with Blues

Welcome to NHL.com, the official site of the National Hockey LeagueBienvenue à LNH.com , le site officiel de la Ligue nationale de hockeyДобро пожаловать на NHL.com, официальный сайт Национальной хоккейной лигиTervetuloa NHL:n viralliselle nettisivustolle NHL.comiinVälkommen till NHL.com, NHL:s officiella web-sidaVítejte na NHL.com, oficiálních stránkách National Hockey LeagueVitajte na NHL.com, oficiálnych stránkach National Hockey LeagueWillkommen auf NHL.com, der offiziellen Seite der National Hockey LeagueBienvenido a NHL.com, el sitio oficial de la National Hockey LeagueForward Mike Hoffman signs one-year, $4 million contract with St. Louis BluesMike Hoffman signed a one-year, $4 million contract with the St. Louis Blues on Monday.The 31-year-old forward had been attending Blues training camp on a professional tryout contract (PTO) signed Dec. 27.St. Louis opens the season at the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday (10:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, NHL.TV).Hoffman said when training camp began that he joined the Blues because it gave him the best chance to win the Stanley Cup."I think that's what all of us players want," Hoffman said Jan. 4. I think when you're trying to sell a winger to come to your organization, you're trying to sell the ability to play with good players."Selected by the Ottawa Senators in the fifth round (No. 129) of the 2009 NHL Draft, Hoffman has scored 359 points (172 goals, 187 assists) in 493 regular-season games with the Senators and Panthers and 19 points (10 goals, nine assists) in 29 playoff games.NHL.com independent correspondent Louie Korac contributed to this report