Stu Bickel

38-Year-Old DefensemanD
 Free Agent  
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$Signed a professional tryout contract with the Blues in September 2015.
Joins college coaching staff
DFree Agent
October 9, 2018
Bickel will end his professional career and join the Minnesota Golden Gophers' new coaching staff.
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Bickel last logged an NHL game back in 2014-15 with the Wild and has spent the past three seasons playing with AHL San Diego. In 310 AHL appearances, the defenseman notched 12 goals, 42 assists and 919 PIM. This included being the most penalized player in the league in 2015-16. In his 76 NHL outings, Bickel failed to find the back of the net, but did garner 10 helpers.
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The Wild brought in Bickel for the experience he can offer the NHL squad as the team attempts to lean on the young incoming players this season. Bickel can provide some penalty minutes, but he is unlikely to be used consistently and unlikely to get many minutes when he is given the call up from the AHL.
Bickel, a 26-year-old undrafted free agent, heads into camp with one-year remaining on his contract. The defenseman has become more known for his muscle and willingness to get scrappy from the blue line than anything else. With the organization using several draft picks (Dylan McIlrath, Ryan Graves) in the past few seasons on Ds of his ilk, it's likely Bickel is playing his last season on Broadway. Unless you need a back-up bruiser, he should not be on either keeper or annual re-draft radars as he is not likely to change pace from the nine assists and 157 penalty minutes through 67 career games with the Rangers.
The 6-4 defenseman will return to the Rangers after signing a two-year, $1.5 million deal this offseason. With Brandon Prust headed to the Montreal Canadiens, Bickel will play a larger role as an enforcer for the Blueshirts in 2012-13. He totaled 108 penalty minutes last season, and the bulk of his fantasy worth will come in leagues that count minutes in the box since he is not relied to score much, as evidenced by his no goals and nine assist stat line one season earlier.
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DSt. Louis Blues  Free Agent
September 16, 2015
Bickel signed a professional tryout contract with the Blues on Wednesday, Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
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DMinnesota Wild  Free Agent
April 21, 2015
Bickel was recalled from AHL Iowa on Wednesday, Michael Russo of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
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DMinnesota Wild  Free Agent
February 20, 2015
Bickel was reassigned to AHL Iowa on Friday.
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DMinnesota Wild  Free Agent
February 10, 2015
The Wild have recalled Bickel from AHL Iowa, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports.
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DMinnesota Wild  Free Agent
January 29, 2015
Bickel was reassigned to AHL Iowa on Thursday, Chad Graff of the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports.
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