This is a big offseason for the St.Louis Blues because they have a couple key free agents to re-sign, and in addition have to deal with the Vladimir Tarasenko saga as well.
Before the expansion draft, the St.Louis Blues should work to trade Vladimir Tarasenko so they don't lose him for nothing.
St.Louis Blues trade Vladimir Tarasenko to the New York Rangers for Kappo Kakko, Zachary Jones, 2nd round pick '22, 4th rd pick '21. If the Rangers make the playoffs or Tarasneko scores 30+ goals, the 2022 2nd round pick becomes a 1st round pick.
This trade works out great for both teams because Tarasenko gets to play with Artemi Panarin, one of his best friends, while the Blues get a highly talented player in Kappo Kakko, who was underutilized by David Quinn, prospect defenseman Zachary Jones, and a 4th round pick. Depending on Tarasenko and the Rangers' performance next season, the 2nd round pick could become a 1st round pick.
St.Louis Blues also trade Vince Dunn to the Edmonton Oilers for Ethan Bear.
This trade makes sense for both teams because the Oilers need a good young defenseman, while the Blues add Ethan Bear, a player that they wouldn't mind losing in the expansion draft.
St.Louis Blues lose Ethan Bear in the expansion draft to the Seattle Kraken.
After the Tarasenko and Dunn trades, the Blues have 21.03 million in cap space.
Before heading into Free Agency, the Blues make a major trade:
St.Louis Blues trade Jaden Schwartz to the Boston Bruins for Jake DeBrusk, rights to Jaroslav Halak in a sign and trade.
The trade makes sense for both teams because Schwartz fits perfectly into Boston's system; at the same time, Jake DeBrusk gets a change of Scenery and the Blues also get the rights to veteran backup, Jaroslav Halak.
St.Louis Blues now turn their attention to re-signing their key Free agents:
Key UFAs: Mike Hoffman, Tyler Bozak, Jaroslav Halak
Key RFAs: Robert Thomas, Ivan Barabshev, Zach Sanford, Jordan Kyrou
The Blues don't re-sign Mike Hoffman and Tyler Bozak, so will become UFAs.
St.Louis Blues re-sign Jaroslav Halak to a 2yrs deal worth 2 million per season.
St.Louis Blues re-sign:
Robert Thomas-3yrs/4M per
Jordan Kyrou-2yrs/1.7M per
Zach Sanford-2yrs/1.5M per
Ivan Barbashev-3yrs/1.5M per
Before Free Agency, St.Louis Blues make one trade:
St.Louis Blues trade Robert Bortuzzo, Niko Mikkola to the Columbus Blue Jackets for Jake Christiansen, 2021 7th rd pick.
This trade is a cap dump to unload Robert Bortuzzo's contract, in doing so the Blues will free up at least 1.375 million in cap space.
St.Louis Blues enter Free Agency with 9.34 Million in cap space.
In Free Agency, the St.Louis Blues add two key players:
David Savard-5yrs/4.5M per
Alexander Wennberg-3yrs/3.25M per
This is how the lineup looks like after free agency
2021-22 St.Louis Blues
D.Perron-R.O'Reilly-J.Kyrou
J.DeBrusk-B.Schenn-K.Kakko
Z.Sanford-A.Wennberg-R.Thomas
K.Clifford-I.Barbashev-S.Blais
T.Krug-C.Parayko
M.Scandella-J.Faulk
Z.Jones-D.Savard
J.Binnington
J.Halak
Spares: J.Wallman, S.Santini, M.MacEachern, V.Husso
LTIR: O.Sundqvist
The St.Louis Blues look like a much deeper team than they were this season, and hopefully, the new players can mesh together to form a contending team.
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