As the 2022-23 season recently wrapped up for the St. Louis Blues, it’s time to look back on the Pavel Buchnevich trade that general manager Doug Armstrong pulled off prior to the 2021-22 season. This trade has been fantastic for the Blues through two seasons. Buchnevich’s Career Year in 2021-22 When the Blues acquired Buchnevich,
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The second major domino to fall in the 2023 NHL Trade Deadline as the St. Louis Blues and New York Rangers have struck a deal. Heading to New York are forward Vladimir Tarasenko (50 percent salary retained) and defenseman Niko Mikkola. The return for the Blues is forward Sammy Blais, defensive prospect Hunter Skinner, a
Our second major trade of the 2022-23 season went down earlier this afternoon. After the New York Islanders acquired Bo Horvat from the Vancouver Canucks a week ago, their division rivals — the New York Rangers — responded by trading for Vladimir Tarasenko and Niko Mikkola from the St. Louis Blues. Explore everything hockey with THW’s Hockeypedia pages. In
It has been almost five years since a blockbuster trade went down during the offseason between the St. Louis Blues and the Washington Capitals. The Blues sent forward TJ Oshie to the Caps in exchange for forward Troy Brouwer, goaltender Pheonix Copley and a third-round pick in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. As with most
As Patrick Maroon pumped the Stanley Cup above his head for the second time in as many years in September, some might have considered him a lucky fourth-liner who again found himself in the right place at the right time. Although luck is needed for any championship, Maroon’s back-to-back Stanley Cup victories are not just
Since 1967, the Toronto Maple Leafs have been looking for answers on how to get their hands back on hockey’s holy grail. They’ve rebuilt, hired general manager after general manager and have made all kinds of trades trying to find that secret recipe to success. Some moves have worked out in their favour while others
St. Louis Blues forward Troy Brouwer just cleared waivers, further signaling the inevitable end of a championship-winning career. Blues Deal Oshie for Brouwer Brouwer had signed a one-year deal back in November to rejoin the Blues after a professional try-out. The rugged forward had served as a risk-free addition, but that wasn’t always the case.
The St. Louis Blues have checked a box off their offseason to-do list, inking pending restricted free agent defenseman Marco Scandella to a four-year, $13.1 million contract extension. Blues Bolster their Blue Line Scandella, 30, appeared in 11 games for the defending Cup-champion Blues prior to the NHL shutdown in mid-March, posting one assist and
Everyone initially agreed the Pittsburgh Penguins overpaid for then-St. Louis Blues forward Ryan Reaves. Three years later, time has simply confirmed that to be the case… and then some. Reaves Traded to Penguins Granted, it’s not like the Blues got a superstar out of the deal, at least not yet. In the trade, which saw
St. Louis Blues general manager Doug Armstrong was understandably caught between a rock and a hard place. Just under two weeks before the NHL’s trade deadline, Jay Bouwmeester, a beloved team veteran, and top-four defenseman went down on the bench after suffering a cardiac event. With longterm implications still uncertain a week later, Armstrong had
It’s never easy to analyze a trade, especially when players involved in the deal are still playing in juniors. A lot of things factor into a move like the one that saw the Brayden Schenn trade to the St. Louis Blues on NHL Draft Day 2017. What many seem to forget is that this wasn’t
report this ad After taking the team to a Stanley Cup championship, the St. Louis Blues have come to terms with goaltender Jordan Binnington. The club announced that they re-signed the goalie to a two-year, $8.8 million deal. Binnington was a restricted free agent (RFA) coming off a one-year, $650,000 deal. The new deal allows
report this ad The St. Louis Blues locked down a significant restricted free agent (RFA) by signing forward Zach Sanford on Monday to a two-year, $3 million contract with an average annual value (AAV) of $1.5 million. For Sanford, who proved himself late in the season with a tremendous run in the Stanley Cup Final,