Buch trade

Created by: BluesReport18

Team: 2023-24 St. Louis Blues

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 26, 2024

Published: Feb. 26, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

The Blues are quickly falling behind Nashville in the playoff race and teams like Minnesota, Calgary, and Seattle are right behind the Blues for the 9th spot. If the Blues continue to lose or even if they keep up their win-loss-win-loss style they won't make the playoffs. I think now is the time to cash in. I think the 2 teams a trade will come down to are Vegas and Carolina. Buch would be an incredible fit on Vegas and it just makes so much sense for them to be interested in him. He would also be a huge add for Carolina but at the same time I feel like Carolina can never pull off the big trade (they are always rumored to be one of the final teams involved, but it seems they always get outbid).

On top of Buch, I think Army moves out one of Leddy, Krug, or Faulk at the deadline. Faulk is the most likely just because he is the easiest to move. Dallas seems like a nice fit, Detroit could be an option, Buffalo could be a good fit if they're looking to add a veteran presence.

As for the rest of the pending UFAs, I think if you can get semi decent value for them you have to move them.

Lastly, I would look to move one of Saad or Hayes. I think Hayes is a little easier to move given he's a center and he would be very cheap if the Blues retained 50%.

Trades

STL

Edstrom, David
Whitecloud, Zach
2024 1st round pick (VGK)
2024 3rd round pick (VGK)
2025 2nd round pick (VGK)

Additional Details:

It's been stated that Buch won't be moved unless the value is at LEAST 2 firsts. That means the price will likely be more than that especially if the Blues get a few teams bidding the price up.

So here the Blues get:
Edstrom - projects as a solid 2 way, middle 6 center. He plays on the same team as Stenberg so the Blues should be familiar with him already.
Whitecloud - I think Whitecloud is expendable with the emergence of Korczak. Whitecloud is a great 3rd pair dman but has the potential to be more.
1st - late first round pick
2nd + 3rd - cost for the Blues to retain 50% on Buch. I don't think Army will love the idea of retaining but I personally would gladly retain on him if it meant the Blues got a greater package.

VGK

Buchnevich, Pavel ($2,900,000 retained)

STL

2024 3rd round pick (TBL)
2024 5th round pick (TBL)
2025 6th round pick (TBL)

Additional Details:

Blues get some picks for pending UFAs and Tampa gets some quality depth pieces for cheap.

TBL

Kapanen, Kasperi ($1,600,000 retained)
Scandella, Marco

STL

Barbashev, Maxim [Reserve List]
2024 2nd round pick (NYR)

Additional Details:

Rangers get their 3C, Blues get a late 2nd and an okay prospect.

NYR

Hayes, Kevin ($1,785,714 retained)

STL

Additional Details:

A bit of an undersell but Detroit gets the top 4 RHD they're looking for. Faulk has good offense and isn't afraid to throw a big hit every once and a while. Playing with anyone other than Krug would help him a ton.

DET

Faulk, Justin

STL

Pärssinen, Juuso

Additional Details:

Parssinen has a lot of talent but isn't given a good chance in Nashville. This would be a bit of a sell low move by Nashville so they are unlikely to do it but you never know.

NSH

Alexandrov, Nikita
2024 2nd round pick (NYR)

Retained Salary Transactions

Pavel Buchnevich: $2,900,000 (50%)
Kasperi Kapanen: $1,600,000 (50%)
Kevin Hayes: $1,785,714 (50%)

Buried

Jakub Vrána: $1,475,000 ($2,625,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$76,289,463	$20,000	$457,500	$7,210,537

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Neighbours, Jake $835,833$835,833 LW, RW RFA - 2	Thomas, Robert $8,125,000$8,125,000 C, RW UFA - 8	Kyrou, Jordan $8,125,000$8,125,000 RW UFA - 8
Bolduc, Zachary $863,333$863,333 ($400,000$400K) LW RFA - 3	Schenn, Brayden $6,500,000$6,500,000 C, LW NTC UFA - 5	Berggren, Jonatan $925,000$925,000 RW, LW RFA - 1
Saad, Brandon $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW NTC UFA - 3	Pärssinen, Juuso $850,833$850,833 ($57,500$58K) C RFA - 1	Kostin, Klim $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, RW RFA - 2
Toropchenko, Alexey $1,250,000$1,250,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Sundqvist, Oskar $775,000$775,000 RW, C UFA - 1	Walker, Nathan $775,000$775,000 LW UFA - 1
Blais, Samuel $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Leddy, Nick $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD NTC UFA - 3	Parayko, Colton $6,500,000$6,500,000 RD NTC UFA - 7	Binnington, Jordan $6,000,000$6,000,000 G NTC UFA - 4
Perunovich, Scott $775,000$775,000 LD RFA - 1	Whitecloud, Zach $2,750,000$2,750,000 RD UFA - 5	Hofer, Joel $775,000$775,000 G RFA - 2
Määttä, Olli $3,000,000$3,000,000 LD UFA - 2	Kessel, Matthew $883,750$883,750 RD RFA - 1
Krug, Torey $6,500,000$6,500,000 LD NTC UFA - 4	Tucker, Tyler $800,000$800,000 LD/RD RFA - 2

Top Comments

Feb. 26 at 4:58 p.m.

mmccRed198913

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Yeah Wings say no to that.

Feb. 26 at 4:59 p.m.

JoeROFLCOPTER

Joe

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Red Wings would not be interested in Faulk.

Feb. 26 at 5:04 p.m.

BluesReport18

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Quoting: JoeROFLCOPTER

Red Wings would not be interested in Faulk.

fair, I feel like he's very similar in style to Roy and Detroit fans seem to want him so I liked the fit of Faulk to Detroit.

Feb. 26 at 5:10 p.m.

glaive

Joined: Nov. 2021

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Quoting: BluesReport18

fair, I feel like he's very similar in style to Roy and Detroit fans seem to want him so I liked the fit of Faulk to Detroit.

Roy can play defense, Faulk cant

Feb. 26 at 5:16 p.m.

BluesReport18

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Quoting: glaive

Roy can play defense, Faulk cant

I would disagree with that. Faulk is a pretty good defender. Not amazing by any means but he's definitely solid. It's the fact that he has to play with Krug every night that hurts his defensive numbers.

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